# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=862 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 863 --- ## [Correlation is not causation!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correlation-is-not-causation/684741)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correlation-is-not-causation/684741 "2015-08-22T14:59:06Z")
I need to make it my life’s work to get people in the media to just ask a few simple questions of every social science research finding: is the causation arrow correctly applied? Do you have proof of that? Do you unders… --- ## [Given Modern (Smooth) Roads, Are Independent Suspensions Needed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-modern-smooth-roads-are-independent-suspensions-needed/728263)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-modern-smooth-roads-are-independent-suspensions-needed/728263 "2015-08-22T14:54:53Z")
Most American cars used live real axles until recently. Even Alfa-Romeo used them-and their cars were certainly well handling. Most USA roads are very smooth, so, could you drive a car with both front and rear live ax… --- ## [Hypothesis: cetaceans see humans as deities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothesis-cetaceans-see-humans-as-deities/728127)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothesis-cetaceans-see-humans-as-deities/728127 "2015-08-22T12:11:44Z")
On my phone so I can’t link, but I read a story about Australian fishermen who say a whale swam up and bumped their boat until they removed some plastic from its mouth. I’ve read similar stories about other whales and do… --- ## [Career change looming...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-change-looming/728392)
**Author:** [@Gotlift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotlift)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-change-looming/728392 "2015-08-22T03:44:19Z")
Hi all, I was googling career change and this site popped up with a thread on career change. I got to looking around and decided to join. I’m not sure I want to join a job/career advice kind of forum. So yeah, I’m about… --- ## [Getting antiques and art appraised -- your experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-antiques-and-art-appraised-your-experiences/728446)
**Author:** [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-antiques-and-art-appraised-your-experiences/728446 "2015-08-22T02:47:11Z")
Have you ever had a large quantity (or an estate) of antiques/art appraised? If so, please share what it was like! My long story short, my mother collected antiques and some original art, she died, my father wants to s… --- ## [Suburu Engine Issues, any improvements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suburu-engine-issues-any-improvements/728248)
**Author:** [@Deereman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deereman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suburu-engine-issues-any-improvements/728248 "2015-08-22T01:32:17Z")
I’ve been looking out for a smaller SUV that’s good in the snow, and it seems like Subaru keeps coming up over and over again with all the features I’d like, mostly good ground clearance, good AWD, and good milage, a rea… --- ## [right to die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-to-die/727972)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-to-die/727972 "2015-08-22T00:34:45Z")
For the last several years, we have been dealing with my father who has had several strokes and is in pretty bad shape these days. He can’t do anything anymore. Can’t get out of a chair, go to the bathroom, go to bed o… --- ## [What annoying question does your SO ask you, over and over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-annoying-question-does-your-so-ask-you-over-and-over/727754)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-annoying-question-does-your-so-ask-you-over-and-over/727754 "2015-08-21T22:59:05Z")
“Is the dishwasher clean or dirty?” --- ## [Obama and Cuba: Accident of history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-cuba-accident-of-history/728366)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-cuba-accident-of-history/728366 "2015-08-21T20:49:23Z")
There was a report earlier this week in WSJ about some additional travel restrictions being eased sometime in the future concerning travel to Cuba. So. . . what’s driving this? I have to believe that politicians, espec… --- ## [Prank! (Wife + Spider)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prank-wife-spider/728447)
**Author:** [@Gotlift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotlift)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prank-wife-spider/728447 "2015-08-21T20:39:54Z")
I used to be a prankster, but my wife broke me of that when we moved in together 13 years ago. I wasn’t over the top by any means and generally it was a pretty innocent scare here and there, but definitely not daily or e… --- ## [Blood pressure medications and side effects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-pressure-medications-and-side-effects/728411)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-pressure-medications-and-side-effects/728411 "2015-08-21T19:29:49Z")
You are neither my doctor nor necessarily even A doctor (although doctors are welcome to respond). I am under the care of a physician. Recently my PCP put me on Losartan 100 mg for my blood pressure. It took a couple of… --- ## [Opening the door to terrorism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-the-door-to-terrorism/728388)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-the-door-to-terrorism/728388 "2015-08-21T18:52:19Z")
I didn’t want to discuss this in the Jimmy Carter thread. I’m not sure I’d blame Carter for opening the door to terrorism. There were bombings, attacks, and hijackings before that. But when it seems, to me, terrorism… --- ## [Ninglanders - how would you describe your roads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ninglanders-how-would-you-describe-your-roads/728454)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ninglanders-how-would-you-describe-your-roads/728454 "2015-08-21T18:18:43Z")
Tangential to this other thread. Just wondering how everyone would describe the roads. I’m curious where all the Ninglanders are. I’m in Cumberland RI. --- ## [Predict the outcome of this lawsuit: Man hit with bread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-outcome-of-this-lawsuit-man-hit-with-bread/727752)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-outcome-of-this-lawsuit-man-hit-with-bread/727752 "2015-08-21T18:00:46Z")
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck/2015/08/thats\_how\_we\_roll\_lamberts\_cafe\_sued\_for\_throwed\_roll\_injury.php If you have ever driven through Missouri or southern Alabama, then you’ve probably seen the billboards a… --- ## [Anyone heard of Fed Ex restriction where they refuse to allow a package redirect to Fed Ex office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-heard-of-fed-ex-restriction-where-they-refuse-to-allow-a-package-redirect-to-fed-ex-office/728376)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-heard-of-fed-ex-restriction-where-they-refuse-to-allow-a-package-redirect-to-fed-ex-office/728376 "2015-08-21T16:28:22Z")
This is the weirdest most bizarre shipping problem I’ve ever encountered. Fed Ex claims that somehow my shipper placed a restriction where the package must be delivered to my door and a signature. No rerouting to the F… --- ## [Re serving man would a sedentary, obese person be tastier and more tender than a muscular athlete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-serving-man-would-a-sedentary-obese-person-be-tastier-and-more-tender-than-a-muscular-athlete/728204 "2015-08-21T15:53:07Z")
Just wondering if a fat, sedentary human being would be preferred as a taste treat for discriminating cannibals vs a muscular athletic person. Any data points on this? Extrapolations from eating animals with similar phy… --- ## [What To Do With My Time During a 5 Hour Commute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-my-time-during-a-5-hour-commute/728343)
**Author:** [@RememberMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RememberMe)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-my-time-during-a-5-hour-commute/728343 "2015-08-21T15:28:05Z")
Hi folks! I may be facing a situation where I have to commute by driving 2.5 hours each direction on a daily basis. Since I will be driving, I can’t read or study anything from a book, but I want to do more than just l… --- ## [Tell me about your turbinectomy/septoplasty op.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-turbinectomy-septoplasty-op/677777)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-turbinectomy-septoplasty-op/677777 "2015-08-21T14:46:05Z")
I’m finally booked in for my turbinectomy/septoplasty op the week after next, so I need all the good and the gruesome stories to keep me entertained until I go under the knife. Brief history: I’m a horrid snorer, have s… --- ## [Could obesity possibly be a two-tier problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-obesity-possibly-be-a-two-tier-problem/728165)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-obesity-possibly-be-a-two-tier-problem/728165 "2015-08-21T13:39:38Z")
Okay, I fell half in love with paleo, fell one-quarter out of love with that half, have studied low-carb, low-fat, and now my head’s in a spin. You thought battles about religion and politics were fraught and murky? Thos… --- ## [Given Another 100 Million years, What Are The Chances That I Will Exist Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-another-100-million-years-what-are-the-chances-that-i-will-exist-again/728267)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-another-100-million-years-what-are-the-chances-that-i-will-exist-again/728267 "2015-08-21T13:34:26Z")
I mean, is there a finite probability that someone with my eyes, body type, , etc. will be born sometime in the future? Or are humans so unique that there will never be a copy of me? --- ## [What is more important to teach: mercy or consequences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-more-important-to-teach-mercy-or-consequences/728252)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-more-important-to-teach-mercy-or-consequences/728252 "2015-08-21T13:13:52Z")
B (age 18) has a habit of being disrespectful. One day she uses E’s property without permission and doesn’t return it promptly. E (age 35) calls B on it, and B returns it immediately with snide remarks. This is not the … --- ## [My wife wants to try bondage!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-to-try-bondage/728001)
**Author:** [@Figure8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figure8)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-to-try-bondage/728001 "2015-08-21T05:08:00Z")
My wife has lately gotten into bondage stuff, and wants me to be a Dom. I have done a little reading to learn about it. Truly though, I’m nervous to try. I don’t have a big imagination when it comes to the bedroom, and b… --- ## [Do I mention other salary offers to my boss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-mention-other-salary-offers-to-my-boss/728213)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-mention-other-salary-offers-to-my-boss/728213 "2015-08-21T04:54:39Z")
The situation is this: I’m working full time at a position that the company higher ups don’t really value, but is still very needed and necessary (data analysis and office app development). On TOP of that I’m doing full … --- ## [Iran, Sanctions, and the Atom Bomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-sanctions-and-the-atom-bomb/727908)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-sanctions-and-the-atom-bomb/727908 "2015-08-21T01:44:45Z")
Ok, so the latest outrage that makes a few conservative friends of mind red faced with bulging veins is that apparently Obama has made a deal with Iran that will result in the country being able to increase their GDP by … --- ## [Jeremy Clarkson vs the Ford F-150](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-clarkson-vs-the-ford-f-150/727950)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-clarkson-vs-the-ford-f-150/727950 "2015-08-21T00:31:24Z")
So, Jeremy Clarkson had a few things to say about the F-150 a few years back. First, we see him enjoying the power of it’s 380 HP supercharged engine. Pretty spiffy. And the UK edition has some nice amenities like the… --- ## [Were you the last one picked in sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-the-last-one-picked-in-sports/727747)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-the-last-one-picked-in-sports/727747 "2015-08-20T23:42:23Z")
And how did you feel about it? --- ## [What's the worst case of racism/sexism/homophobia/etc. you've seen at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-case-of-racism-sexism-homophobia-etc-youve-seen-at-work/727739)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-case-of-racism-sexism-homophobia-etc-youve-seen-at-work/727739 "2015-08-20T20:44:39Z")
Over in this Pit thread, they’re discussing a woman who demanded a “white” delivery man. So it goes. I’m a cashier in a discount store. Occasionally I’ll get a customer, usually Orthodox Jewish or Muslim, who asks for a… --- ## [How important is time to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-time-to-you/728172)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-time-to-you/728172 "2015-08-20T19:52:25Z")
Something that I am pondering is how important time is to you? To me, it is worth more than the material cost of any product. That is something that many people (including myself) seem to waste without realizing just ho… --- ## [Simple Physics: vacuum vs. air pressure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-physics-vacuum-vs-air-pressure/728051)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-physics-vacuum-vs-air-pressure/728051 "2015-08-20T15:30:58Z")
I was trying to think of a simple, easy, back-yard or classroom experiment that would conclusively demonstrate that “suction” isn’t the correct model, but “air pressure” is. We naively think we “suck” liquid up through … --- ## [Car Insurance: Tell Me Your Experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-insurance-tell-me-your-experiences/727500)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-insurance-tell-me-your-experiences/727500 "2015-08-20T14:09:18Z")
Consumer Reports (CR) just released a fascinating article in the Sept 2015 issue all about the dirty little secrets of the auto insurance business. I have State Farm - one of the top three CR likes. We’ve been happy (or… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=861) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=863)