# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=878 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 879 --- ## [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 … --- ## [Packing advice for a 2 week road trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packing-advice-for-a-2-week-road-trip/725631)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packing-advice-for-a-2-week-road-trip/725631 "2015-07-20T16:07:51Z")
So i’ve been invited to partake in an approx. 2 week long road trip camping along the way and sharing drive duties. I’m on the fence. Going from east coast out west. Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, all that sort of thing.… --- ## [True or False : Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars -- Ain't gonna help us at all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-two-tv-sets-and-two-cadillac-cars-aint-gonna-help-us-at-all/725695)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-two-tv-sets-and-two-cadillac-cars-aint-gonna-help-us-at-all/725695 "2015-07-20T15:12:19Z")
Jenny said when she was just five years old You know there’s nothing happening at all Every time she puts on the radio There was nothing goin’ down at all (skip Forward) Two TV sets and Two Cadillac cars – Ain’t go… --- ## [Need a place for 14 to hang out on Cape Cod, need answer fast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-place-for-14-to-hang-out-on-cape-cod-need-answer-fast/725326)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-place-for-14-to-hang-out-on-cape-cod-need-answer-fast/725326 "2015-07-20T15:12:04Z")
On Saturday, a group of 14 family members will be at a party in Brewster on Cape Cod that will break up at about 4. We’ll then have a few hours to kill until our dinner reservation in Orleans at 7. We’ll just want to si… --- ## [New Member with Short Wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-with-short-wife/725597)
**Author:** [@duffhessian1776](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffhessian1776)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-with-short-wife/725597 "2015-07-20T14:28:25Z")
Hello all, I will be coming home from Afcrapistan in a few weeks. Making the jump from Japan to Milwaukee. Been on GoldWings for decades, now going for the Electra Glide Ultra Classic. My sweetheart is giving me a ton … --- ## [Tesla's Model S electric car "insane mode" button. Is this a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teslas-model-s-electric-car-insane-mode-button-is-this-a-good-idea/711212)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teslas-model-s-electric-car-insane-mode-button-is-this-a-good-idea/711212 "2015-07-20T14:03:57Z")
The car can accelerate from zero to 60 in just three seconds after pressing the “insane-mode” button. I was taken for a spin in a protoype of the original Tesla Roadster. The thing could really move. No noise. You just … --- ## [Microagressions, political correctness, innate bias, and hypersensitivity.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microagressions-political-correctness-innate-bias-and-hypersensitivity/722261)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 395\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microagressions-political-correctness-innate-bias-and-hypersensitivity/722261 "2015-07-20T13:39:49Z")
A lot of overlap here. On the one hand I see a whole bunch of clueless people who do not realize the magnitude and impact of their biases and whose behaviors (and they would never see themselves as having any prejudice … --- ## [I want to see a wild moose!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393 "2015-07-20T13:15:01Z")
Hello, moose fans. Where would be the best place in North America for me to see and photograph a wild moose? If possible, I’d like to shoehorn this moose viewing into a potential summer trip next year, we’ll be in Minn… --- ## [Best way to sell 2 concert tickets internationally and questions about Stubhub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-sell-2-concert-tickets-internationally-and-questions-about-stubhub/725686)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-sell-2-concert-tickets-internationally-and-questions-about-stubhub/725686 "2015-07-20T12:55:28Z")
Wanting to help sell 2 U2 concert tickets in Barcelona Spain (for a friend). Been looking at Stubhub, but she was hesitant because they require a copy of a utility bill and Passport or Driver License to do that (and Pay… --- ## [A hybrid VTOL without blade pitch control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hybrid-vtol-without-blade-pitch-control/725529)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hybrid-vtol-without-blade-pitch-control/725529 "2015-07-20T12:31:40Z")
A few months back, I saw the pictures of this prototype aircraft. As I understand it, it’s difficult to make an aircraft like this maintain level flight because you control your orientation by changing the speed of the … --- ## [I raised this tree from a pup-- help me not kill it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-raised-this-tree-from-a-pup-help-me-not-kill-it/725532)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-raised-this-tree-from-a-pup-help-me-not-kill-it/725532 "2015-07-20T01:48:06Z")
A friend rooted a cutting from a fig tree in the neighborhood, I planted it in a pot, and miraculously, it grew. A couple of months ago, I planted it in the front yard. I am the world’s WORST when it comes to keeping pla… --- ## [Getting Even](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-even/725530)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-even/725530 "2015-07-20T01:29:28Z")
There is a pernicious idea in the human mind and heart, and I’m real tired of it. The basic idea is simple: “Someone hurt or angered me in some way, therefore I am going to seize any necessary rationale to go and do it t… --- ## [NCLB is being "left behind" in hindsight what lessons did we learn from that 14 year experiment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nclb-is-being-left-behind-in-hindsight-what-lessons-did-we-learn-from-that-14-year-experiment/725627)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nclb-is-being-left-behind-in-hindsight-what-lessons-did-we-learn-from-that-14-year-experiment/725627 "2015-07-20T01:13:10Z")
NCLB is in the news lately as the House and Senate work out a program to replace it. Now that we have some hindsight what did we learn from that huge nationwide social experiment? Logically the premise of the original N… --- ## [Drones interfering with fire fighters? How can this be legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drones-interfering-with-fire-fighters-how-can-this-be-legal/725546)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drones-interfering-with-fire-fighters-how-can-this-be-legal/725546 "2015-07-20T00:17:30Z")
You’ve probably read about the Cajon Pass fire already, which has burned up a bunch of cars on the freeway. (Hard to believe the people in those cars could escape a fast-moving fire by running) Anyway, all the news sou… --- ## [Collection agency hijinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-agency-hijinks/725489)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-agency-hijinks/725489 "2015-07-19T23:24:04Z")
Okay, so I am working on getting a handle on my credit (finally putting on big boy pants!), and just received an itemized list from the local collection agency handling all of my medical debts from a surgery last year. … --- ## [Safari Won't Open WikipediaFor the last week or so, Safari can't open wikipedia anymore. I don't ha](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-wont-open-wikipediafor-the-last-week-or-so-safari-cant-open-wikipedia-anymore-i-dont-ha/725534)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-wont-open-wikipediafor-the-last-week-or-so-safari-cant-open-wikipedia-anymore-i-dont-ha/725534 "2015-07-19T18:56:00Z")
For the last week or so, Safari can’t open wikipedia anymore. I don’t have trouble with any other websites. I can open it in Chrome, but I use Safari more. All I get is a screen that says “can’t open website” or somet… --- ## [Threats. Funny, over-the-top, hyperbolic threats (probably NSFW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threats-funny-over-the-top-hyperbolic-threats-probably-nsfw/725467)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threats-funny-over-the-top-hyperbolic-threats-probably-nsfw/725467 "2015-07-19T17:50:07Z")
“I am going to wrap my dick around your neck and start you like a goddamn lawn mower.” “I am going to yank the teeth out of your shattered skull and make a necklace out of them to give to the sons I father on your widow… --- ## [Most surprising travel destination or tourist attraction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-surprising-travel-destination-or-tourist-attraction/574951)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-surprising-travel-destination-or-tourist-attraction/574951 "2015-07-19T17:10:53Z")
Sort of the opposite of this thread. Simply put: What country/site/place/monument/tourist attraction did you find met or exceeded all/any expectations you had before you saw it? Was any place just as amazing as you pic… --- ## ["Elevation Training Mask" - can it increase lung capacity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elevation-training-mask-can-it-increase-lung-capacity/725572)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elevation-training-mask-can-it-increase-lung-capacity/725572 "2015-07-19T16:39:19Z")
I am seeing my doctor next week and will ask his opinion, but I would also like the opinions of real-world users. This device is a mask that fits over your mouth and nose, and through the use of different filters constr… --- ## [conservatives and sociopaths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-and-sociopaths/725239)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-and-sociopaths/725239 "2015-07-19T15:00:59Z")
I really want a factual answer, but I think its probably better to put this here. Are there any quality, scientific peer reviewed studies showing a stronger correlation of conservativism to sociopathy, then liberalism a… --- ## [How may official warnings do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-may-official-warnings-do-you-have/725153)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-may-official-warnings-do-you-have/725153 "2015-07-19T13:39:03Z")
If you are unsure, go to the User CP tab. It will list all of your warnings. Fly your flag…be proud…not ashamed. I have one, from 2010. Anybody know the poster with the most and still an active unbanned poster here? --- ## [You have the chance to see the most beautiful creation in creation. Do you take it even knowing ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-the-chance-to-see-the-most-beautiful-creation-in-creation-do-you-take-it-even-knowing/725444)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-the-chance-to-see-the-most-beautiful-creation-in-creation-do-you-take-it-even-knowing/725444 "2015-07-19T12:04:10Z")
that you’re as likely to be forever haunted by the memory of their beauty as forever heartened by it? Like these old threads, today’s absurd hypothetical\* is set in Pangaea, the alternate Earth ruled (with a very light … --- ## [Enlisting with a kiddy record](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enlisting-with-a-kiddy-record/725488)
**Author:** [@Profdriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profdriver)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enlisting-with-a-kiddy-record/725488 "2015-07-19T10:34:32Z")
Hello everyone, i was wondering if any other vets could chime in on this. I am interested in joining the USMC or Navy as a long range shooter. I have been speaking to various recruiters but also veteran friends. My vete… --- ## [Machu Picchu and fear of heights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machu-picchu-and-fear-of-heights/725542)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machu-picchu-and-fear-of-heights/725542 "2015-07-19T04:59:02Z")
If you have been there, I would appreciate hearing from you, whether you have fear of heights or not. I want to know what to expect. We’re planning to go there next year, kind of a bucket list item for me, my spouse, an… --- ## [Dr. Caroline Leaf - information and opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-caroline-leaf-information-and-opinions/725571)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-caroline-leaf-information-and-opinions/725571 "2015-07-19T04:30:59Z")
Someone is touting this person’s work as a sure-fire way for me to overcome my fairly severe fear of heights. The claims are that new discoveries in neuro-science can be used to talk yourself out of negative thoughts. I … --- ## [I smell a rat! (in my AC)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-smell-a-rat-in-my-ac/725579)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-smell-a-rat-in-my-ac/725579 "2015-07-19T04:27:20Z")
Three days ago I was idling at an intersection when I heard a scrabbling from my hood. I couldn’t figure out what it could be until I turned off my air conditioner, and it stopped. When I started it back up, there was a … --- ## [MFA or no MFA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mfa-or-no-mfa/725559)
**Author:** [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mfa-or-no-mfa/725559 "2015-07-19T02:10:38Z")
I got fired last week, which was a drag, but I hated my job and I have a little money banked so in the end it was probably lucky. Or maybe I’m going to starve and die, who knows, but in the meantime I’d like to do all th… --- ## [How Exactly does one make money online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548)
**Author:** [@Oodles\_of\_O\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oodles_of_O_s)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-make-money-online/627548 "2014-09-11T22:57:37Z")
Hello this is my first post I have heard a lot about making money online but I have never really gotten how it works :confused: I am not even interested in the amount that can be made I just want to know some ways peopl… --- ## [Pedicure for the mobility-impaired in/near Mountain View, CA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedicure-for-the-mobility-impaired-in-near-mountain-view-ca/725476)
**Author:** [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedicure-for-the-mobility-impaired-in-near-mountain-view-ca/725476 "2015-07-19T00:44:25Z")
My aunt is in a nursing home in Mountain View. She receives sufficient foot care to stave off gangrene, but that’s about it. Her feet are rough and look terrible and I asked her if she’d like to go out for a pedicure a… --- ## [How old do I look?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-i-look/724754 "2015-07-18T22:18:09Z")
First and foremost, this is not an ego or a vanity thread. I make no secret of my age and I expect some who read this already know how old I am. Never in my life have I lied about my age (OK, not since I could no longe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=877) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=879)