# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=926 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 927 --- ## [Why Don't People Give a Shit, Anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-give-a-shit-anymore/410526)
**Author:** [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-people-give-a-shit-anymore/410526 "2015-04-13T14:32:37Z")
Today is the 4th of July and politicians make speeches, kids enjoy firetrucks and fireworks, and folks enjoy picnics and beer. That being said, I’m troubled. My company put one truck in the parade, and we’d once been a… --- ## [Process flow SW Program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/process-flow-sw-program/717356)
**Author:** [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/process-flow-sw-program/717356 "2015-04-13T14:28:56Z")
Where else could I even ask this question? I’m looking for a very basic process flow program. Something that would let me play with inputs and outputs and production per hour. I’m trying to model: x units/minute of A +… --- ## [SC Police shooting/murder, second officer question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-police-shooting-murder-second-officer-question/717501)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sc-police-shooting-murder-second-officer-question/717501 "2015-04-13T12:11:31Z")
A lot of people are watching and following what is being done as response to this murderous abuse of power by a police officer. It appears to me that the planting of the tazer near the victim seems so ‘normal’ to be som… --- ## [Fractured a rib last year and at times it still hurts; advice wanted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fractured-a-rib-last-year-and-at-times-it-still-hurts-advice-wanted/717384)
**Author:** [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fractured-a-rib-last-year-and-at-times-it-still-hurts-advice-wanted/717384 "2015-04-13T09:43:11Z")
You’re not my doc, hell you might not be associated with the medical field, I don’t care. If you know about broken ribs I would like to hear from you. So last year in November, 2013, I slipped on some ice and landed on… --- ## [Is a violent overthrow of the U.S. Government possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-violent-overthrow-of-the-u-s-government-possible/717529)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-violent-overthrow-of-the-u-s-government-possible/717529 "2015-04-13T05:20:35Z")
Realistically? --- ## [Best and/or least offensive methods of execution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-or-least-offensive-methods-of-execution/714966)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-or-least-offensive-methods-of-execution/714966 "2015-04-13T03:16:42Z")
This is a hypothetical based partly on recent events. Your government has decided to that from now on, all people convicted of first-degree and second-degree murder will be executed. You have been required to help sele… --- ## [Have youth organizations given up direct sales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-youth-organizations-given-up-direct-sales/717480)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-youth-organizations-given-up-direct-sales/717480 "2015-04-13T02:03:55Z")
It seems to me back in my day we sold candy bars to pay for baseball. Other kids did the same for other sports or activities. But I dont see that as often now. Other than girl scouts selling their cookies the practice s… --- ## [I think I want to buy a camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-want-to-buy-a-camera/717466)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-want-to-buy-a-camera/717466 "2015-04-12T23:04:21Z")
I’m looking to spend a part of my tax refund on a new camera, but I don’t know what to get. I have a Samsung pocket-sized point-and-shoot that I like, but the picture quality is somewhat lacking. Here’s what I think I … --- ## [What is it like to be an atheist in the Democratic Party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267 "2015-04-12T20:34:18Z")
Is it like being a Christian in the Republican Party? And what is it like to be a Muslim in the Democratic Party? --- ## [Any Mid-sized cars with manual transmissions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mid-sized-cars-with-manual-transmissions/717057)
**Author:** [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mid-sized-cars-with-manual-transmissions/717057 "2015-04-12T20:25:58Z")
My family is getting larger, and the wife’s 10 year old Mazda6 is starting to show its age. We would really like a new, mid-sized (or larger) car with a manual transmission. The new Mazda6’s appear to be our only optio… --- ## [Study Shows Social Safety Net Increases Entrepreneurship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-shows-social-safety-net-increases-entrepreneurship/716135)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/study-shows-social-safety-net-increases-entrepreneurship/716135 "2015-04-12T06:52:32Z")
On several occasions on this board I have argued that a strong safety net would improve our economy because it would encourage entrepreneurship. Basically, when people know that starting a new business won’t leave them a… --- ## [Speculate: where to, America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculate-where-to-america/717387)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculate-where-to-america/717387 "2015-04-12T06:26:48Z")
Imagine this near-future scenario: in mid-2019, some vague rather-bad-thing happens. It is unpleasant but manageable; then, in October, another thing happens which makes the first bad thing much worse; by spring 2020, se… --- ## [Christians: When Jesus was a carpenter, do you think he refused business from gays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-when-jesus-was-a-carpenter-do-you-think-he-refused-business-from-gays/716526)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-when-jesus-was-a-carpenter-do-you-think-he-refused-business-from-gays/716526 "2015-04-12T04:23:08Z")
If someone came up to Jesus and asked Him to build, say, a chair, and the customer seemed a little “light in the sandals”, would Jesus have accepted his business? Before you say there were no gays back then because they… --- ## [is "he went for my gun" a standard police response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-went-for-my-gun-a-standard-police-response/717216)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-went-for-my-gun-a-standard-police-response/717216 "2015-04-12T03:33:03Z")
I don’t mean to pile, but I guess I am. I notice a ‘trend’ in these police shootings that a common police statement is “he went for my gun” so I had to shoot him. You may recall a few weeks ago someone was killed by an… --- ## [Tell me about the Poconos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-poconos/716469)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-poconos/716469 "2015-04-12T00:29:57Z")
We’re thinking of combining a trip there with a few days in Philadelphia this July or August. I have two daughters – a twelve year old and an almost four year old. My husband likes the mountains and I love lakes of all k… --- ## [Why is infidelity the Ultimate Evil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-infidelity-the-ultimate-evil/717316)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-infidelity-the-ultimate-evil/717316 "2015-04-12T00:19:15Z")
I’m not saying cheating is good - I don’t condone adultery. But I don’t condone a lot of behaviours that seem just as bad (or worse) to me, but that don’t get brought up as frequently or passionately, the way infidelity… --- ## [In a democracy, you tend to get the kind of law enforcement you deserve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-democracy-you-tend-to-get-the-kind-of-law-enforcement-you-deserve/717205)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-democracy-you-tend-to-get-the-kind-of-law-enforcement-you-deserve/717205 "2015-04-11T23:25:56Z")
Police officers are getting mixed signals from American society. Middle and upper class Americans have the choice of trying to ameliorate the income/wealth gap, or battle its consequences. High incarceration rate and de… --- ## [Safe, easy travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-easy-travel/717178)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-easy-travel/717178 "2015-04-11T22:29:34Z")
My wife and I are looking to do some travelling in the future. About a year from now we’ll be in a financial situation where world travel is a possibility. She has done a lot of travelling in her life but I have not. … --- ## [I'm in New Orleans tonight and tomorrow, where should I go? Eat? Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-new-orleans-tonight-and-tomorrow-where-should-i-go-eat-need-answer-fast/717375)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-new-orleans-tonight-and-tomorrow-where-should-i-go-eat-need-answer-fast/717375 "2015-04-11T20:33:32Z")
Title says it all. Want to eat somewhere with good local Cajun food that’s solidly reliable for quality, and don’t want to miss any true places of the “Whaddya mean you went to Nawlins and didn’t go to X?!?” type. No par… --- ## [How to stage an intervention for my friend (Not about drugs/alcohol)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stage-an-intervention-for-my-friend-not-about-drugs-alcohol/717183)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stage-an-intervention-for-my-friend-not-about-drugs-alcohol/717183 "2015-04-11T18:49:40Z")
I have a friend who spends every penny he makes on video games and Yu-GI-OH cards. He also tends to borrow money from people, either to pay for his bills, or sometimes just get even more games and cards. He also doesn… --- ## [How much does it cost to live where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-live-where-you-live/716736)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-live-where-you-live/716736 "2015-04-11T15:19:01Z")
Straight forward, how much household income per year would you say it costs a family of 4 to live comfortable where you live? In that I mean afford the average housing (house or apartment) afford transportation (car or p… --- ## [If modern sensibilities were always present, how would things be different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-modern-sensibilities-were-always-present-how-would-things-be-different/717427)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-modern-sensibilities-were-always-present-how-would-things-be-different/717427 "2015-04-11T14:54:05Z")
If modern western social awareness and attitudes were present in all humans from the beginning of our history, what things would be different and how? We are more enlightened toward a great many things today than we wer… --- ## [Oblivious to what others are thinking, blessing or curse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivious-to-what-others-are-thinking-blessing-or-curse/717403)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivious-to-what-others-are-thinking-blessing-or-curse/717403 "2015-04-11T14:46:21Z")
I’m leaning toward blessing, seeing how much mental anguish it causes others who aren’t oblivious. Or my brain is a lot more empty or quieter than others. I get the obvious things, but the kind of in depth theorizing th… --- ## [What's the latest in genealogy tools and products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-in-genealogy-tools-and-products/717061)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-in-genealogy-tools-and-products/717061 "2015-04-11T14:23:07Z")
I’m a novice genealogist; but every so often I get the bug to try to dig a little more on the history of my family, and my extended family. For the longest time I used geni.com but I finally made the decision to focus a… --- ## [What is an Alias Notice? (court related) NAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-alias-notice-court-related-naf/717176)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-alias-notice-court-related-naf/717176 "2015-04-11T12:18:10Z")
NAF = Need Answers Fast Suing my ex-landlord who does business as an LLC. Because he was haphazard in whether we dealt with him as an individual (the rent checks were made out to him but the lease is under and the prop… --- ## [Swearing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing/717382)
**Author:** [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing/717382 "2015-04-11T05:32:54Z")
Is it the emotional connection or the vulgarity that causes offense to swearing in general conversation in public? I mean in some countries I’d say swearing from what I’ve seen is fairly common place (Eg. Australia). Is … --- ## [Pro choicers: What (if anything) is wrong with using abortion as a form of birth control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-choicers-what-if-anything-is-wrong-with-using-abortion-as-a-form-of-birth-control/631601)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-choicers-what-if-anything-is-wrong-with-using-abortion-as-a-form-of-birth-control/631601 "2012-08-21T16:26:29Z")
FTR, I am pro choice. I only posit this question as I have problems with it myself. So the obvious answer to the question is: Health or STDs dummy. I get that, but in this impossible hypothetical, I’d like to leave tho… --- ## [My dog pooped in the dog groomer's shower--on two occasions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-pooped-in-the-dog-groomers-shower-on-two-occasions/715742)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-pooped-in-the-dog-groomers-shower-on-two-occasions/715742 "2015-04-11T02:39:35Z")
I’m hoping for advice from dog groomers and/or dog owners. Background: My dog Buddy has gone to many dog groomers over the years. I’ve had him since about 2004 when he showed up at my house in the country. When I moved … --- ## [Feeling embarrassed when you did nothing wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-embarrassed-when-you-did-nothing-wrong/717160)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-embarrassed-when-you-did-nothing-wrong/717160 "2015-04-11T02:34:36Z")
Today, early this morning, a coworker walked passed my office door way and saw me lifting a small hand weight. He stepped into my office and reached over to squeeze my forearm and rapidly something in me broke through a… --- ## [So that happened. (another tale of female in the men's locker room)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-happened-another-tale-of-female-in-the-mens-locker-room/717250)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-happened-another-tale-of-female-in-the-mens-locker-room/717250 "2015-04-11T01:52:09Z")
Just got back from the spa. My back has been giving me trouble lately so I thought I’d get a deep tissue massage. So anyway, I go to the spa, order my session, then the lady points me to the men’s locker room. So I go i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=925) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=927)