# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=935 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 936 --- ## [Classifying Vertebrates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classifying-vertebrates/715725)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classifying-vertebrates/715725 "2015-03-23T11:06:49Z")
Presently we have birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. What changes would be required to add an additional group? Are there any exhisting vertebrates that seem to be close to needing and additional classification? Ve… --- ## [Should I avoid eye contact with a female Indian doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-avoid-eye-contact-with-a-female-indian-doctor/715648)
**Author:** [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-avoid-eye-contact-with-a-female-indian-doctor/715648 "2015-03-25T06:17:37Z")
I have a specialist doctor whom I have seen only a couple of times. The doctor is a female with the last name Patel. She is not afraid to sit next to me if she is drawing on a notepad explaining something to me. But whe… --- ## [How to deal with players of mind games,hidden motives, personal politics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-players-of-mind-games-hidden-motives-personal-politics/715915)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-players-of-mind-games-hidden-motives-personal-politics/715915 "2015-03-25T06:00:38Z")
First off I don’t want to drag psych terms into it unless it helps me deal with this issue, but I am 100% straight forward and up front. I will be honest about my motives, I don’t play mind games at all, and in a conflic… --- ## [Tell me about your Subaru Legacy, Mazda 6, or Toyota Camry hybrid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-subaru-legacy-mazda-6-or-toyota-camry-hybrid/715858)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-subaru-legacy-mazda-6-or-toyota-camry-hybrid/715858 "2015-03-25T05:58:38Z")
We’re expecting another baby in July, and we think it will be very difficult to fit two car seats and all the kid and baby paraphernalia in our 2004 Honda Civic, so we are looking for a new car. We went out yesterday an… --- ## [Scalped ticket prices after event started](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scalped-ticket-prices-after-event-started/715821)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scalped-ticket-prices-after-event-started/715821 "2015-03-25T03:11:03Z")
This past weekend waiting outside the Xcel to watch my Wild beat up on the Blues I was watching the scalpers work the corner. It’s legal in St.Paul so they all hang out by the main enterance. I was wondering how skilled… --- ## [Medical \[TENS units\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-tens-units/715626)
**Author:** [@lk122232](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lk122232)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-tens-units/715626 "2015-03-24T23:38:17Z")
Anyone know anything about the “TENS” units. They Are supposed to be good for pain. Do they actually work? --- ## [After the zombie apocalypse, would you accept refuge with a settlement of competent racists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-zombie-apocalypse-would-you-accept-refuge-with-a-settlement-of-competent-racists/715221)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-zombie-apocalypse-would-you-accept-refuge-with-a-settlement-of-competent-racists/715221 "2015-03-24T22:54:24Z")
So you’re living in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by zombies, and things are going bad for you. (Assume they’re Walking Dead type revenants, if you care about such things.) The city or town you live in fell early on,… --- ## [Rebuilding civilization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebuilding-civilization/715839)
**Author:** [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rebuilding-civilization/715839 "2015-03-24T22:20:10Z")
The end of the world as we know it is coming. Lots of people will die and civilization will collapse. What books will you buy to fend off the coming Dark Age? I suggest we start with Encyclopedia Britannica, the Harvard … --- ## [Please Debunk this UFO Footage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-debunk-this-ufo-footage/715554)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-debunk-this-ufo-footage/715554 "2015-03-24T21:21:41Z")
I was chatting to a new online acquaintance a few days ago when he stated that he is a firm believer in UFO’s, so I asked him to show me a convincing UFO video and he came up with the Turkish UFO incident of 2009 (a goog… --- ## ["I love my sister...but I don't like her"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-sister-but-i-dont-like-her/715286)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-sister-but-i-dont-like-her/715286 "2015-03-24T21:16:19Z")
I had an ex girlfriend who’s three sisters were just little helliants. Mean, rude, talked back to mom, no respect, got into trouble blah blah blah. My ex would constantly say how annoyed she is with them and they never… --- ## [Modifying my Electric Range](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modifying-my-electric-range/712497)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modifying-my-electric-range/712497 "2015-03-24T21:07:30Z")
This may be better for GQ, I dunno. I have a small electric range in my apartment. One of those old-style compact ones. The kitchen itself is tiny - so tiny that the range itself is flush with the fridge next to it, mea… --- ## [A Chip off the Old H&R Block???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chip-off-the-old-h-r-block/715674)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chip-off-the-old-h-r-block/715674 "2015-03-24T21:02:10Z")
You know those little H&R Block (or equal) kiosks at Wal-Mart, I think? (I barely notice myself) Or, the small strip-mall stores only open this time of year? Will they give you free advice? I have a simple enough que… --- ## [PS2 vs. PC games: Need Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-vs-pc-games-need-advice/70839)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ps2-vs-pc-games-need-advice/70839 "2015-03-24T20:38:43Z")
I’ve been an avid pc gamer for a while, and im 32 years old. I tend to like action games with more cerebral content - rogue spear and other stuff like thief, age of empires, and various adventures. I’d love to know, how … --- ## [How can one even hope to reason with this kind of Muslim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-even-hope-to-reason-with-this-kind-of-muslim/715608)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-one-even-hope-to-reason-with-this-kind-of-muslim/715608 "2015-03-24T20:26:19Z")
I would appreciate hearing other opinions on how to deal with this. The following is the text of an internet dialogue I have been having on YouTube with what appears to be a young Muslim living in Canada, concerning the … --- ## [Who speaks for planet Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-speaks-for-planet-earth/715705)
**Author:** [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-speaks-for-planet-earth/715705 "2015-03-24T19:21:35Z")
If extraterrestrials ever landed on Earth and a representative had to be picked to represent all the people of planet Earth and all the nations of planet Earth who should it be and why? --- ## [Problems with answering an automated call for someone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-answering-an-automated-call-for-someone-else/715518)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-answering-an-automated-call-for-someone-else/715518 "2015-03-24T18:49:16Z")
Over the past week or so, I’ve been getting automated calls for someone else. The call goes “Hi, this is an automated message for \. We have important information to discuss concerning pending matters in our office.… --- ## [Old Jewish Men Who Are Pro-facebook Posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jewish-men-who-are-pro-facebook-posters/715842)
**Author:** [@Clarence01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarence01)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jewish-men-who-are-pro-facebook-posters/715842 "2015-03-24T18:43:29Z")
An at least short list of “Old Jewish Men who are Also Pro-facebook Posters” Anyone have a list? --- ## [Is it creepy for brother and sister to cuddle on the couch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-creepy-for-brother-and-sister-to-cuddle-on-the-couch/715394)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-creepy-for-brother-and-sister-to-cuddle-on-the-couch/715394 "2015-03-24T17:47:57Z")
So this is a thing I witnessed as a teen: It’s Christmas time. Our family is getting together with another family for dinner and to exchange gifts. The other family has a daughter and son. At some point, daughter and so… --- ## [Three random questions about SOs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-random-questions-about-sos/715602)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-random-questions-about-sos/715602 "2015-03-24T17:29:12Z")
If you don’t have a SO just answer about previous SOs or desired future SOs. (Heh, since I’m single, I’m not gonna leave myself out of this thread.:)) 1.) Can you speak openly with your SO about the hotness of other peo… --- ## [Picking up subtle social cues is hard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-subtle-social-cues-is-hard/715414)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-subtle-social-cues-is-hard/715414 "2015-03-24T17:15:02Z")
In a Pit thread, the posters helped me realize I did something stupid. It was Yet Another occasion where I demonstrated incorrect behavior that I’d seen demonstrated in another social situation without understanding the… --- ## [If your automatic transmission has a manual mode, do you ever use it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-automatic-transmission-has-a-manual-mode-do-you-ever-use-it/715751)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-automatic-transmission-has-a-manual-mode-do-you-ever-use-it/715751 "2015-03-24T16:23:10Z")
A common trend in vehicles seems to be adding a manual mode to automatic transmissions that allows the driver to shift manually but without the need for a clutch. I have it but never use it. What do you do? If you use i… --- ## [Could there ever be another Woodstock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-ever-be-another-woodstock/715763)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-there-ever-be-another-woodstock/715763 "2015-03-24T16:00:35Z")
Could there ever be another “3 Days of Peace and Love”? Not the later 2 fake copies. The original where 50,000 people got along and they really created a community. I think the problems are; Everything is too corporat… --- ## [Expected gift from Iceland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expected-gift-from-iceland/714607)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expected-gift-from-iceland/714607 "2015-03-24T15:19:16Z")
So, my gf is an ideal travel partner, and her friends approach her with trip requests from time to time. Last year she went to Ireland and I posted a thread wondering what I might expect gift-wise. In a couple of weeks… --- ## [Trip to Liverpool, Manchester, and London. Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-liverpool-manchester-and-london-suggestions/715630)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-liverpool-manchester-and-london-suggestions/715630 "2015-03-24T12:22:43Z")
I’m heading to England for 10 days of a solo trip in May. Here’s some ideas I’ve come up during my research. Comments and/or suggestions are welcome. Suggestions of good pubs with good beer are especially welcome. Liver… --- ## [There's too much click bait on Yahoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-too-much-click-bait-on-yahoo/714914)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-too-much-click-bait-on-yahoo/714914 "2015-03-24T08:06:19Z")
I used to go to CNN for news, but they changed their website for more pictures and fewer stories. MSNBC lost me a long time ago when they went to their Short Attention Span Theatre format. So I look at Yahoo. Approxim… --- ## [How do gas prices change where you live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gas-prices-change-where-you-live/715497)
**Author:** [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gas-prices-change-where-you-live/715497 "2015-03-24T07:17:08Z")
For the past six months, I have been in a small town in SW Ohio, on a software contract. While I have been here, I have noticed a pattern to the pricing of gasoline in this town. On my way to work, I pass by five gas s… --- ## [Pain Pill Hangover??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-pill-hangover/715823)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-pill-hangover/715823 "2015-03-24T04:48:38Z")
I haven’t taken a pain pill in many many years. I usually just deal with it. Last night the pain in my back was so severe I took some medication. A total of 3 ultums and one tylenol with codiene. Today I am drug out and … --- ## [Question about chemically treating hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-chemically-treating-hair/715837)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-chemically-treating-hair/715837 "2015-03-24T04:46:36Z")
I am really inclined to get japanese thermal straightening done on my hair. However, I had some questions about the supposed damage done to your hair by chemical processing . . . Are these effects truly cumulative over … --- ## [Chartering a bus... why so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chartering-a-bus-why-so-expensive/715729)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chartering-a-bus-why-so-expensive/715729 "2015-03-24T00:18:28Z")
My kids’ robotics team won the regional and made it to the championships! Yeah! But… the championships are in St. Louis and we are in Tucson. So the cost of flying everyone out in pricey, so I had the brilliant (I thoug… --- ## [Recommend a dish drainer set plz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-dish-drainer-set-plz/715692)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-dish-drainer-set-plz/715692 "2015-03-23T20:04:39Z")
Mine is stainless steel and while it once looked good, it gets gloppy and smelly and it is really hard to clean. Do you like yours? Thanking you, Dopers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=934) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=936)