# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=916 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 917 --- ## [Can you solve this riddle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-solve-this-riddle/719181)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-solve-this-riddle/719181 "2015-05-04T20:02:35Z")
Can you solve the riddle from the information given? No outside help or googling allowed. Please no hints or spoilers until the poll closes. Comments that do not give away the solution are quite welcome. Only three famil… --- ## [Is it time to update OSX?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-update-osx/719084)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-update-osx/719084 "2015-05-04T18:54:41Z")
I have a six year old Macbook Pro that still has OSX 10.6.8 on it. It ain’t broke for me, so I haven’t been wanting to fix it — especially since I have a PowerPC version of Microsoft Office that wouldn’t work anymore if… --- ## [Will Florida ban Spring Break?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-florida-ban-spring-break/718507)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-florida-ban-spring-break/718507 "2015-05-04T18:39:20Z")
Florida, and some other areas, are having alot of problems with rowdy spring breakers. Its to the point where there is discussion about them banning it. It used to be years ago Florida liked Spring break because of all t… --- ## [Shortest distance between places you've lived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718395)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718395 "2015-05-04T18:23:55Z")
We’ve talked about the farthest distance between places you’ve lived. What’s the shortest distance between any two different places you’ve considered “home”? Rules: Moving back to the same address, e.g. your parents’ h… --- ## [So, can you sew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-can-you-sew/718888)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-can-you-sew/718888 "2015-05-04T18:04:06Z")
While I was hemming some tea towels, I realized that none of my 3 sisters ever learned to sew. I tried to teach my daughter, but she wasn’t interested. Nor is my niece, or my nephews, for that matter. I’ve had friends… --- ## [So Bruce Jener is LGBT - Who gives a F\*CK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-bruce-jener-is-lgbt-who-gives-a-f-ck/718542)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-bruce-jener-is-lgbt-who-gives-a-f-ck/718542 "2015-05-04T17:46:31Z")
Seems this is more of a media event. For me, meh. How’z about you? --- ## [Alcohol tolerance (or what's it take to get you drunk).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-tolerance-or-whats-it-take-to-get-you-drunk/718850)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-tolerance-or-whats-it-take-to-get-you-drunk/718850 "2015-05-04T16:38:20Z")
As I may have mentioned on the boards before, I do not drink a lot. At 45, I suspect I’ve had less than 2 gallons total of intoxicating beverages in my life, and consequently I have rarely gotten drunk. The first time wa… --- ## [Farthest distance between places you've lived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farthest-distance-between-places-youve-lived/718215 "2015-05-04T13:45:34Z")
Think of every place you’ve ever considered “home.” Take the two that are the farthest distance apart. How far is it? Mine is about 130 miles, but only because of one semester at an ill-fitting college. Otherwise it’… --- ## [Hurray, the new MCAT is here!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-the-new-mcat-is-here/717842)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-the-new-mcat-is-here/717842 "2015-05-04T12:09:43Z")
The first major revision of the Medical College Admission Test in 25 years has been announced, and it promises to be a wonderful new experience and aid in selecting the Doctors of the Future. The number of questions is … --- ## [Various Questions about Verb Tenses in English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/various-questions-about-verb-tenses-in-english/719226)
**Author:** [@Melia\_Antiqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melia_Antiqua)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/various-questions-about-verb-tenses-in-english/719226 "2015-05-04T11:22:01Z")
Via my “Reply” in this thread, I plan to regularly post new questions related to verb tenses – as I come up with them. Thanks. Q1) I’m curious to know how the three different tenses below affect the meaning of the senten… --- ## [Why is everyone so relaxed about obesity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-so-relaxed-about-obesity/717935)
**Author:** [@Neem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neem)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-so-relaxed-about-obesity/717935 "2015-05-04T06:11:10Z")
And bad health in general? Some of the girls at my work wanted to do something fun over the weekend. Some ideas were thrown around and I suggested a hike in one of the beautiful parks near our work. Sure, most of them a… --- ## [How would YOU solve the obesity crisis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-solve-the-obesity-crisis/718746)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-solve-the-obesity-crisis/718746 "2015-05-04T04:59:06Z")
Okay, I had a much longer version of this post but the bastard server crashed and flushed it down the memory hole so here’s the cliff notes: I saw a documentary called Fed Up about the childhood obesity crisis. It was … --- ## [Legal question about new marriage and debt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-new-marriage-and-debt/719029)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-new-marriage-and-debt/719029 "2015-05-04T04:02:40Z")
Purely hypothetial. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Man and woman are considering marriage. Man has decent credit, woman has bad credit, bad debts and already has an account frozen by IRS for tax debt and failure to files. When man… --- ## [Kickstarter recommendations (also other crowdfunding sites)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kickstarter-recommendations-also-other-crowdfunding-sites/623654)
**Author:** [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kickstarter-recommendations-also-other-crowdfunding-sites/623654 "2015-05-03T23:52:50Z")
Crowdfunding is continuing to grow in popularity with several different projects making over a million dollars (Order of the Stick, Double Fine Adventure). This thread is not for them. They’re popular enough to get their… --- ## [What do you think happened to my laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-my-laptop/719172)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-my-laptop/719172 "2015-05-03T23:36:20Z")
Windows 8.1. Acer Aspire V. My kid came to me about half an hour ago and reported that after typing his password to log into his account on my laptop, he got an error message that said something like “a device attached … --- ## [Default state of being for a person, in your mind: Dead or alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-state-of-being-for-a-person-in-your-mind-dead-or-alive/719118)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-state-of-being-for-a-person-in-your-mind-dead-or-alive/719118 "2015-05-03T23:12:00Z")
Weird question, I know, but I didn’t want to threadshit in the dead celeb thread. So I figured, what the heck, might be worth a thread of its own. (Or, maybe it isn’t. Could go either way, I suppose. Maybe we’ll see.) M… --- ## [What words do you often see in print but never hear in spoken communication?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-often-see-in-print-but-never-hear-in-spoken-communication/718455)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-often-see-in-print-but-never-hear-in-spoken-communication/718455 "2015-05-03T22:24:54Z")
For me the word “eponymous”. Pretty mundane but interesting to me. I just heard it on a BBC science podcast referencing Moore’s Law. I’ve seen it in print a bunch of time but never heard it spoken out loud before. I’m … --- ## [Character designer job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-designer-job/719160)
**Author:** [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-designer-job/719160 "2015-05-03T18:23:41Z")
How difficult is it to get a job as a character designer say with Disney or another company? --- ## [Drug Interactions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-interactions/719121)
**Author:** [@Skip\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip_Ellis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-interactions/719121 "2015-05-03T18:19:03Z")
I’m a partially disabled Viet Nam vet who gets most of my care from the VA - usually very good in my area. My psychiatrist recently switched me from Xanax to Valium cause it’s easier to get off of. I’m also taking Wellbu… --- ## [Does income inequality reduce economic output, and is there evidence on way or the other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-income-inequality-reduce-economic-output-and-is-there-evidence-on-way-or-the-other/714068)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-income-inequality-reduce-economic-output-and-is-there-evidence-on-way-or-the-other/714068 "2015-05-03T06:03:40Z")
Ok, so there’s a pretty basic principle that anecdotally goes back to the days of Henry Ford. Say a company makes $100. If it spends $20 of that paying workers, those workers have $20 with which to spend on goods and s… --- ## [A three hour interview for an internal job posting. Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-three-hour-interview-for-an-internal-job-posting-really/713744)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-three-hour-interview-for-an-internal-job-posting-really/713744 "2015-05-03T04:59:09Z")
I’m kinda not feeling the love in my present position. I applied for an internal job posting and just got notified of a three hour interview. This is for an internal position! Now mind you, my company employs some 3,0… --- ## [Tell me about living in Asheville NC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-asheville-nc/719047)
**Author:** [@dflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dflower)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-asheville-nc/719047 "2015-05-03T02:52:52Z")
I might move to Asheville. Tell me pros and cons please. I know the city from when I was in college in 1973-75. A friend who does live there tells me it has changed for the worse. Too many tourists and high prices. Wha… --- ## [Violence works (Baltimore version)!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-works-baltimore-version/719016)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-works-baltimore-version/719016 "2015-05-02T21:57:02Z")
Does anyone seriously think that six Baltimore policemen would have been charged with murder without the riots? I believe that violence breeds violence but that the violence began with the police. This lead to the riot… --- ## [So I was prescribed Temazepam for anxiety and panic attacks. How is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-prescribed-temazepam-for-anxiety-and-panic-attacks-how-is-it/718787)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-was-prescribed-temazepam-for-anxiety-and-panic-attacks-how-is-it/718787 "2015-05-02T21:07:40Z")
In the last week, I’ve gone from having my first panic attack (they only happen either when I’m sleeping or trying to get to sleep) to having some fairly regularly. At least I think they’re panic attacks. I’m not really … --- ## [Which one of these board memes annoys you the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-of-these-board-memes-annoys-you-the-most/718802)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-of-these-board-memes-annoys-you-the-most/718802 "2015-05-02T20:56:02Z")
Title says it all. --- ## [Tell me about Uber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-uber/696829)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-uber/696829 "2015-05-02T15:20:23Z")
Thinking of using Uber for a ride to the airport in NJ and also as a replacement for cabs in for cabs on a separate trip to NYC but I am not quite sure how it works. Is it subscription? Do you pay the driver or the app?… --- ## [How much of your emotional display is genuine, and how much is fake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-your-emotional-display-is-genuine-and-how-much-is-fake/718931)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-your-emotional-display-is-genuine-and-how-much-is-fake/718931 "2015-05-02T13:55:05Z")
Which emotions do you fake the most frequently? I’ve got two coworkers. One is really really sick, and the other is really really pregnant (she’s delivering tomorrow). Today it seemed like all everyone could talk abou… --- ## [Old Property records - how long to keep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-property-records-how-long-to-keep/718971)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-property-records-how-long-to-keep/718971 "2015-05-02T04:51:28Z")
While cleaning out a closet found a box of records from my old condo and decided to toss them. I’ve already tossed a few things that don’t appear important (condo CC&Rs and annual reports from the condo board of direct… --- ## [Does this situation(dentist committing assault) make sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-situation-dentist-committing-assault-make-sense/718809)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-situation-dentist-committing-assault-make-sense/718809 "2015-05-02T03:01:43Z")
To summarize, a dental practice is being accused of assaulting a child physically. Okay, that much I get. But the police response baffles me, which makes me wonder if the police actually acted that way, or whether the … --- ## [What would Repubs do if Israel decided to fight climate change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-repubs-do-if-israel-decided-to-fight-climate-change/718858)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-repubs-do-if-israel-decided-to-fight-climate-change/718858 "2015-05-01T23:41:03Z")
(Wasn’t sure if this belonged in Politics, but since it’s pure flight of fancy, I put it here.) Suppose tomorrow, Israel’s government put out a statement something along the lines of, “As a coastal nation, we have come … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=915) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=917)