# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=877 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 878 --- ## [Meetup Gender Ratio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meetup-gender-ratio/725877)
**Author:** [@ArztWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArztWolf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meetup-gender-ratio/725877 "2015-07-22T21:12:44Z")
So, for those who attend meetups; what have you noticed about gender ratio? In my area, San Antonio, TX, it seems to be predominantly women attending (unless it is a male only group). So, what about yours? --- ## [Where do you hide your porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-hide-your-porn/638385)
**Author:** [@Teddy\_Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teddy_Kennedy)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-hide-your-porn/638385 "2015-07-22T21:11:19Z")
So where do you keep your porn/other questionables? I keep mine on an old iPod Touch (32gb, a 28gb partition is used for file storage). The solid-state technology makes me so much more comfortable, and I don’t have to p… --- ## [Replacing the battery in an iPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-the-battery-in-an-iphone/725888)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-the-battery-in-an-iphone/725888 "2015-07-22T19:56:12Z")
I have a Verizon iPhone 5. The battery has really gone to shit recently and I was hoping to get it replaced. Can I do so legally? Is there a reputable national chain that does that? (I’m in the SF bay area). thanks! --- ## [Introvert moved in with needy best friend: seeks Doper advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introvert-moved-in-with-needy-best-friend-seeks-doper-advice/725514)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introvert-moved-in-with-needy-best-friend-seeks-doper-advice/725514 "2015-07-22T19:37:12Z")
Help me figure out how to keep my mental health AND my friendship? I moved into a shared 2/2 recently with one of my closest friends, and so I’m already spending more time over at my boyfriend’s place now. Why? Because … --- ## [My car AC doesn't seem to be running right; what could be the problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-ac-doesnt-seem-to-be-running-right-what-could-be-the-problem/725815)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-ac-doesnt-seem-to-be-running-right-what-could-be-the-problem/725815 "2015-07-22T14:31:36Z")
I am going to take it in for service, but not until next month. My inspection is due, and it’s time for the 30,000 mile service, so I will get everything done at once. But it’s weird. This is a 2012 Honda Fit so there r… --- ## [Best way to apply foot scrub?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-apply-foot-scrub/725473)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-apply-foot-scrub/725473 "2015-07-22T12:03:47Z")
I need to scrub down some cracked calloused areas (lots of walking!) and while I have plenty of nicely scented scrubby stuff, I’m at a loss how best to use it. A terry cloth washcloth seems like it would hold onto all th… --- ## [Learn a dance from YouTube; How do I mirror the moves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-a-dance-from-youtube-how-do-i-mirror-the-moves/725507)
**Author:** [@Subtlety\_Wrecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subtlety_Wrecks)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-a-dance-from-youtube-how-do-i-mirror-the-moves/725507 "2015-07-22T04:11:22Z")
I’m the best man at a wedding in the distant future. I’ve been tasked with learning a pretty complex Michael Jackson dance (Smooth Criminal, from The Michael Jackson Experience game on Wii). The dance may be complex but… --- ## [Cross-Country, Alone, at 18](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-country-alone-at-18/725523)
**Author:** [@jstan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jstan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-country-alone-at-18/725523 "2015-07-22T01:26:30Z")
Hey All, I (18, just finished highschool) was planning a trip with my girlfriend (19, just finished first year at college) from Louisiana to Oregon (to see my parents, who moved a few months ago). We’re were planning to… --- ## [Who should clean out the employee refrigerator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-clean-out-the-employee-refrigerator/725518)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-clean-out-the-employee-refrigerator/725518 "2015-07-22T01:12:27Z")
At our job we have employee refrigeratos for staff to leave their lunches in. Some employees leave lunch boxes, food containers, and some ladies even leave there purses in the refrigerator. Now these start to stink after… --- ## [Can a doctor tell a patient is an alcoholic just by looking at him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-doctor-tell-a-patient-is-an-alcoholic-just-by-looking-at-him/725812)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-doctor-tell-a-patient-is-an-alcoholic-just-by-looking-at-him/725812 "2015-07-22T00:10:27Z")
Or her. We know that alcoholism can change a person’s looks over time. But could a doctor take one look at a new patient and know that that person is an alcoholic? And if so, does the doctor say something about it, ev… --- ## [Chicago IL Labor Law: part-timer paid stipend instead of hourly wage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-il-labor-law-part-timer-paid-stipend-instead-of-hourly-wage/725709)
**Author:** [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-il-labor-law-part-timer-paid-stipend-instead-of-hourly-wage/725709 "2015-07-21T23:51:17Z")
Trying to assist a small for-profit organization to come into compliance with labor laws and my google-fu has failed me. Is it legal to pay part-time workers a stipend (or, I guess, a salary) instead of paying them hourl… --- ## [How's Your Net Worth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-net-worth/724674)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-net-worth/724674 "2015-07-21T22:29:01Z")
How’s your net worth ranked by age and percentile? The 30th percentile means that if you have exactly this net worth, it is greater than 30% of households your age. The same is true for the 50th and 70th percentiles. Net… --- ## [Latest SpaceX launch ends in failure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-spacex-launch-ends-in-failure/723701)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-spacex-launch-ends-in-failure/723701 "2015-07-21T20:33:11Z")
A supply mission to the International Space Station has broken up shortly after launch: --- ## [How Do Prison Gangs Operate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-prison-gangs-operate/725644)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-prison-gangs-operate/725644 "2015-07-21T20:10:16Z")
The recent escape of two lifers from Clinton Prison (New York State), prompts my question: prisons are supposed to be places where the inmates are controlled by the guards/prison staff. Yet, prisoners frequently are able… --- ## [Have you forgiven someone for a major transgression against you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-forgiven-someone-for-a-major-transgression-against-you/724787)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-forgiven-someone-for-a-major-transgression-against-you/724787 "2015-07-21T20:03:37Z")
The Wikipedia page for forgiveness makes important distinctions between forgivness and other actions that are often taken in the aftermath of a transgression. I am amazed sometimes at what people can forgive. In this t… --- ## [So... objectively... is Senator John McCain a "war hero"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-objectively-is-senator-john-mccain-a-war-hero/725578)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-objectively-is-senator-john-mccain-a-war-hero/725578 "2015-07-21T19:24:46Z")
Per Donald Trump’s pontificatinghe has expressed his doubts over whether John McCain was really a “war hero”. Trump himself applied for and received multiple deferments. Here is McCain’s combat record below. He was st… --- ## [When to replace residential central A/C unit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-replace-residential-central-a-c-unit/725765)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-replace-residential-central-a-c-unit/725765 "2015-07-21T15:45:37Z")
Wife and I live in a single-family house, built 1994, so the air-conditioning unit is now 21 years old. In 2007 we had to have the refrigerant recharged, and the tech also administered some leak-stop; at the time, he to… --- ## [Have You Successfully Removed a Phone Screen Scratch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-successfully-removed-a-phone-screen-scratch/725659)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-successfully-removed-a-phone-screen-scratch/725659 "2015-07-21T15:10:17Z")
Found a smallish scratch on my screen today and after rubbing it , wiping it and ticking my thumbnail across it, I have to admit that it’s a real scratch. Should have had a protector on it but I owned my last phone for … --- ## [Does marriage counseling work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-marriage-counseling-work/725646)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-marriage-counseling-work/725646 "2015-07-21T03:47:38Z")
What do you all think? Have you seen a marriage that was one step away from divorce saved by counseling? Frankly I havent. The only times I’ve seen successful counseling was when a marriage only needed some tweeks (lik… --- ## [Workplace gossip: Always bad or sometimes useful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-gossip-always-bad-or-sometimes-useful/725737)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-gossip-always-bad-or-sometimes-useful/725737 "2015-07-21T03:02:27Z")
My boss shared some information with me today about a coworker that didn’t present him in a good light. None of the info was a shocker, but it was enough to make me go “dayum!” I’m trying to figure out if it was unprof… --- ## [Chicago Dopers, what should I see in your city?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopers-what-should-i-see-in-your-city/725637)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-dopers-what-should-i-see-in-your-city/725637 "2015-07-21T02:44:57Z")
My wife has a conference in Chicago in early August, and I am tagging along. We’ll be there for 5 days, staying right across from Grant Park. So, what are the things I can’t miss? What museums are the best? Restaurant… --- ## [Backup queries, including how to backup to USB thumb drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-queries-including-how-to-backup-to-usb-thumb-drive/725675)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-queries-including-how-to-backup-to-usb-thumb-drive/725675 "2015-07-21T00:11:59Z")
I have two places I put backups for my Macbook so far: an external HD and a USB thumb drive (this one I put only important personal files, not OS or anything like that). So far, I’ve been updating the latter with drag-a… --- ## [How do you look entitled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-entitled/725662)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-entitled/725662 "2015-07-20T23:55:44Z")
I’ve seen this phrase used in ways I don’t understand, as in just walk up to the hottest chick there and look entitled. Or just read out your request and seem entitled. Does this mean dress like you’re rich? A facial ex… --- ## [Tractor help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tractor-help/725652)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tractor-help/725652 "2015-07-20T22:41:30Z")
My old 1970’s Yanmar is sick. Are there any mechanics around who would venture a diagnosis? My observation: I started her up and started bushhogging. She ran fine for about 30 minutes, then petered to a stop. She does t… --- ## [Best way to scrub my iPhones.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-scrub-my-iphones/725655)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-scrub-my-iphones/725655 "2015-07-20T19:45:56Z")
We recently got new iPhones and need to scrub our old Apple iPhone 4S and 5C. I’m talking a deep scrub/erasure of all data on the iPhones. Recommendations? --- ## ["There a good bit of waving"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-a-good-bit-of-waving/725715)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-a-good-bit-of-waving/725715 "2015-07-20T19:44:03Z")
A friend was talking about the movie Ant-man and said “It was pretty good. . . there’s a good bit of waving, but it wasn’t too bad.” My response was “What? Waving?” You guys ever heard that phrase? I think it means ove… --- ## [Do roof-top solar panels make environmental sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-roof-top-solar-panels-make-environmental-sense/724840)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-roof-top-solar-panels-make-environmental-sense/724840 "2015-07-20T18:52:44Z")
My sister is considering installing solar panels on her roof; with all the current tax incentives (one of which expires next month) she can supposedly pay off the expense in 5 years. She’s mostly doing it, however, for … --- ## [a couple quick technology questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-quick-technology-questions/725343)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-quick-technology-questions/725343 "2015-07-20T16:47:13Z")
I have a couple technology questions that I’ve been wanting to ask and have been prompted to do so by other Straight Dope threads. how do I watch Netflix on a TV set? how do I connect my iPod Shuffle to a car stere… --- ## [The Gawker controversy: what's your attitude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gawker-controversy-whats-your-attitude/725485)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gawker-controversy-whats-your-attitude/725485 "2015-07-20T16:43:39Z")
There’s been a lot of controversy over the decision of Gawker Media to remove a controversal post. (Quick summary: Gawker posts an item about an executive and a gay escort, the internet gets upset, Gawker scrubs the pos… --- ## [Forget "Insane Mode". No there's "Ludicrous Mode".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-insane-mode-no-theres-ludicrous-mode/725583)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-insane-mode-no-theres-ludicrous-mode/725583 "2015-07-20T16:11:34Z")
In January, Tesla announced Insane Mode for the Model S, which takes the car from 0 to 60 in 3.2 seconds. Tesla just announced Ludicrous Mode, which takes the car from 0 to 60 in 2.8 seconds. Tesla is also bringing back … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=876) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=878)