# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=869 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 870 --- ## [Is this graphic anti-Semitic? (POLL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-graphic-anti-semitic-poll/727043)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-graphic-anti-semitic-poll/727043 "2015-08-07T09:58:49Z")
Is this graphic anti-Semitic? http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1002/almighty-dollar/transparency.jpg --- ## [Would you buy a car online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-car-online/726883)
**Author:** [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-car-online/726883 "2015-08-07T00:31:27Z")
So, I’ve been looking at cars and have almost certainly decided on a Kia Soul. I’ve test driven a new one, and been searching and found this one through Carvana. The prices is good, the mileage is good/low, and it’s a … --- ## [Talk to me about meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-meditation/727128)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-meditation/727128 "2015-08-07T00:26:07Z")
For people who meditate, please tell me about how you do it, how you feel, what helps you concentrate and other such questions. As part of my recovery program, I’m trying meditation. I do it for 10 minutes a day, in the… --- ## [Rhinoceroses, sad situation, but "Genocide?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhinoceroses-sad-situation-but-genocide/727145)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhinoceroses-sad-situation-but-genocide/727145 "2015-08-07T00:13:11Z")
“Rhino Genocide,” a construction which yields nearly a quarter-million Google hits. Yes, we’re really sorry about the rhinos, especially because it’s happening so that Chinese men can achieve an erections through the pl… --- ## [Reverse Osmosis Desalinated water is only twice as expensive? Crisis solved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-osmosis-desalinated-water-is-only-twice-as-expensive-crisis-solved/726897)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-osmosis-desalinated-water-is-only-twice-as-expensive-crisis-solved/726897 "2015-08-06T21:18:56Z")
This wired article seems to indicate that it only costs twice as much to desalinate ocean water as it costs to import colorado river water. Twice a low number - a water bill of $50-$100 or something - is still not very … --- ## [how to find a new puppy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-new-puppy/726551)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-new-puppy/726551 "2015-08-06T19:43:06Z")
Sheesh, this is harder than it looks. Okay, long story short, kids are 15, 10 and 10 and now old enough and mature enough to take on a puppy. Also there was a heroic story where one twin saved the other one for a potent… --- ## [Dating someone who is "ideal," or on their way to becoming "ideal?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-someone-who-is-ideal-or-on-their-way-to-becoming-ideal/727106)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-someone-who-is-ideal-or-on-their-way-to-becoming-ideal/727106 "2015-08-06T18:24:11Z")
Let’s say that you \*\*\*knew \*\*\*someone was going to be an “ideal” spouse. (That’s the hypothetical, you know this, don’t fight the hypothetical.) Would you prefer to date them when they are a finished, ideal product, or … --- ## [What would actual space warfare be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-actual-space-warfare-be-like/726732)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-actual-space-warfare-be-like/726732 "2015-08-06T18:02:37Z")
Presume Mars is habitable and is settled in much the same way as Earth. Mars and Earth are at war. Technology similar to our own, at most 1 or 2 decades further. If you must, presume some relatively cheap way to put ma… --- ## [You are a billionaire trying to help the homeless. What is the most effective plan?n](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-trying-to-help-the-homeless-what-is-the-most-effective-plan-n/726844)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-a-billionaire-trying-to-help-the-homeless-what-is-the-most-effective-plan-n/726844 "2015-08-06T17:35:32Z")
In this MPSIMS thread the question is asked how one can best help a homeless person. I have always been told by the directors of local homeless shelters to not give them money under any circumstances since that just enab… --- ## [Anyone ever do a professional Voice-Over? Suggestions? (Need answer fastish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-professional-voice-over-suggestions-need-answer-fastish/727042)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-professional-voice-over-suggestions-need-answer-fastish/727042 "2015-08-06T16:36:55Z")
So, the short version is that my employer has supported an Indonesian institution in the production of a 15-minute video in Indonesian. There is a translated version with an English VO that is embarrassingly bad, but no … --- ## [Problems with MacBook Pro recently upgraded to Yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-macbook-pro-recently-upgraded-to-yosemite/727016)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-macbook-pro-recently-upgraded-to-yosemite/727016 "2015-08-06T15:06:09Z")
This “upgrade” is really pissing me off. One thing at a time: All my pictures now show as thumbnails, not full sized images. I’ve tried everything I know, I can’t access the full sized pics. Before “upgrading” the … --- ## [Your views on self-defense, killing, and weapons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-views-on-self-defense-killing-and-weapons/726737)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-views-on-self-defense-killing-and-weapons/726737 "2015-08-06T14:48:37Z")
Since the endless gun debates seem to be polarized by the innate beliefs of the posters, I thought I’d step back from specifics and poll the Dopers on their basic philosophical positions that are gun-relevant. The follow… --- ## [Hacking the Modern Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacking-the-modern-woman/726667)
**Author:** [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacking-the-modern-woman/726667 "2015-08-06T14:38:19Z")
Dear gentlemen, This thread is a torch to guide young men in dating in the 21st century. Share your tips if you have any. I went from being borderline involuntarily celibate to being a lady’s man. I will show you how I … --- ## [Choose which of these tragedies to avert.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-which-of-these-tragedies-to-avert/726898)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-which-of-these-tragedies-to-avert/726898 "2015-08-06T14:01:49Z")
New week = new Skaldthetical with a longish storytelling OP and possibly a poll. Let’s see what I can come up with in ten minutes. Your nation’s biggest city has become a wretched hive of scum and villainy, so Pallas At… --- ## [Is there such a thing as an entry-leve IT job? What would it be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-an-entry-leve-it-job-what-would-it-be-like/726995)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-an-entry-leve-it-job-what-would-it-be-like/726995 "2015-08-06T11:05:15Z")
This is the story. I’ve been in the same trade for 15 years, the same job for 8. I’m getting bored and stagnant. Doing the same thing every day, having mastered all the challenges there are. I’ve been thinking about whet… --- ## [Public poll ideas for a high school reunion facebook group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-poll-ideas-for-a-high-school-reunion-facebook-group/727045)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-poll-ideas-for-a-high-school-reunion-facebook-group/727045 "2015-08-06T06:15:42Z")
I made a face book group for my high school class to ultimately have a 20th anniversary reunion event. There are about 30 members. People have been posting photos, etc. Anyway I was wondering what polls we can have. The… --- ## [Ethics/politics question: job offer higher than agreed upon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-politics-question-job-offer-higher-than-agreed-upon/727101)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-politics-question-job-offer-higher-than-agreed-upon/727101 "2015-08-06T02:30:50Z")
You interview for a job with the VP of a company. They make an offer and say with clear regret that there’s not much flexibility with the salary. You are disappointed but accept the job. They say they will send out a … --- ## [Do you drive purely for recreation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drive-purely-for-recreation/726947)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-drive-purely-for-recreation/726947 "2015-08-06T00:42:14Z")
I got a new car in January, a Mazda3, and I love driving it. So much so that my average miles per month has doubled that of the prior car (Mazda Protege 5). Not only that, but because I have alternate transportation to… --- ## [What is the financial incentive to build a supercomputer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-financial-incentive-to-build-a-supercomputer/727000)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-financial-incentive-to-build-a-supercomputer/727000 "2015-08-05T23:46:03Z")
The current fastest is in China, it cost 390 million dollars to build and has 34 petaflops. Obama wants to build an exaflop computer that is thirty times faster. Economically, with Moores law isn’t depreciation so rapid… --- ## [So I'm just going to have to get over my arachnophobia, aren't I? :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-just-going-to-have-to-get-over-my-arachnophobia-arent-i/726179)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-just-going-to-have-to-get-over-my-arachnophobia-arent-i/726179 "2015-08-05T21:51:34Z")
This may surprise you considering how collected I usually am around critters, but spiders scare the shit out of me. I saw a spider \*web \*and I shrieked. Just the evidence of a spider’s existence nearby made me scream. Ye… --- ## [Why are american women (particularly southerns) so judgemental of men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-women-particularly-southerns-so-judgemental-of-men/726931)
**Author:** [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-american-women-particularly-southerns-so-judgemental-of-men/726931 "2015-08-05T20:31:17Z")
In a sense where the “perfect” guy is a man who goes mudding, fixes cars, wears hats, and drinks watered down american beers all the time. Seriously, the stereotype is lame, i’m on one of those dating sites and so many … --- ## [The English language's vocabulary: especially and outstandingly precise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-languages-vocabulary-especially-and-outstandingly-precise/726716)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-languages-vocabulary-especially-and-outstandingly-precise/726716 "2015-08-05T18:04:11Z")
There’s an opinion on the part of a friend of mine – in the general area of language use – held and much touted by him. I wonder whether there is any substance to it at all, and would be grateful for comment from those … --- ## [Worst Illness/Injury You've Not Sought Medical Attention For](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-illness-injury-youve-not-sought-medical-attention-for/726838)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-illness-injury-youve-not-sought-medical-attention-for/726838 "2015-08-05T17:59:25Z")
Title says it all. Let’s hear your story. --- ## [Where online can I a buy customized computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-online-can-i-a-buy-customized-computer/726859)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-online-can-i-a-buy-customized-computer/726859 "2015-08-05T17:21:36Z")
Is it still possible to buy online a customized computer at a decent price? Dell used to let you customize pretty much every component of your desktop. It seems they don’t anymore. Is there anyway to get a computer li… --- ## [Sweating folk: Any suggestions for a good "anti-sweat" lotion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweating-folk-any-suggestions-for-a-good-anti-sweat-lotion/727077)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweating-folk-any-suggestions-for-a-good-anti-sweat-lotion/727077 "2015-08-05T17:10:06Z")
I sweat. Buckets. Like, it’s embarrassing. As in the president of a major research university holding a garden party at his mansion once brought me a towel in front of his other guests (the bastard). A few years ago I d… --- ## ["It may harm your defence..." (British police warning)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-may-harm-your-defence-british-police-warning/726926)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-may-harm-your-defence-british-police-warning/726926 "2015-08-05T16:24:40Z")
When the British cops arrest someone on TV, they say, “You do not have to answer any questions, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something that you later rely on in court.” Do they say … --- ## [Taking money, leaving a check -- legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-money-leaving-a-check-legal/726920)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-money-leaving-a-check-legal/726920 "2015-08-05T15:52:13Z")
The soap opera in my family of late has been my former brother-in-law. We’re all interested in his latest craziness for personal entertainment reasons. Even his children, now 40 and 35, pretty much just roll their eyes… --- ## [First Tattoo... what to expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tattoo-what-to-expect/726682)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tattoo-what-to-expect/726682 "2015-08-05T15:34:26Z")
I have no tattoos and plan to keep it that way. I’m not really crazy about most of them. My son however is 18 (almost 19) and he has said for some time that he wanted to get a tat when he turned 18. He had Lymphoma when… --- ## [Uber = Paying Hitchhiking, Right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uber-paying-hitchhiking-right/726639)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uber-paying-hitchhiking-right/726639 "2015-08-05T15:13:59Z")
Please explain Uber, especially if you’ve “contracted” with them. (I am sure you are NOT an employee.) I can’t find the full story on the web. And, Uber’s radio ads making things sound too good. So, basically, YOU sig… --- ## [What is AARP good for? Are there alternatives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-aarp-good-for-are-there-alternatives/726165)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2015, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-aarp-good-for-are-there-alternatives/726165 "2015-08-05T07:49:14Z")
AARP is an organization for older people (the name once stood for “American Association of Retired Persons”). I like the idea of such organizations. I’m 58. AARP facilitates getting discounts on various things including… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=868) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=870)