# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=952 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 953 --- ## [Can't drum up $1000 in donations? Then you're required to pay $1000 yourself.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-drum-up-1000-in-donations-then-youre-required-to-pay-1000-yourself/712679)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-drum-up-1000-in-donations-then-youre-required-to-pay-1000-yourself/712679 "2015-02-16T02:02:05Z")
A friend of mine just posted on facebook: Is this normal? I would not have expected these “awareness walks” to work like this. (What “coach” is being referred to here, I don’t know, and I don’t know what walk is being … --- ## [There is something about this guy that you really have to admire.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-something-about-this-guy-that-you-really-have-to-admire/712715)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-something-about-this-guy-that-you-really-have-to-admire/712715 "2015-02-16T01:33:44Z")
I am truly amazed and stymied by this fellow. Talk about big balls? This guy has boulders. Talk about, “I am my brother’s keeper!”. How’s about, “I am my brother”? That sure is some excuse for getting out of trouble. Th… --- ## [nightshifters....how do you keep your bedroom dark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightshifters-how-do-you-keep-your-bedroom-dark/327242)
**Author:** [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightshifters-how-do-you-keep-your-bedroom-dark/327242 "2005-10-22T13:09:41Z")
Do you have some kind of blackout blinds or shades? Do they work well? Do you slather duct tape over your windows?? --- ## [How long should you wait to have sex with someone whose had a traumatic exp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-you-wait-to-have-sex-with-someone-whose-had-a-traumatic-exp/697567)
**Author:** [@itsame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/itsame)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-you-wait-to-have-sex-with-someone-whose-had-a-traumatic-exp/697567 "2015-02-16T01:26:17Z")
Lets say you were dating a girl for 6 months, you two are official. She has told you she was molested when she was younger by another boy her age. So you decide to take that into consideration and slow down a bit. She … --- ## [Why did you get married?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-get-married/712267)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-get-married/712267 "2015-02-16T00:44:59Z")
I’m going for simple thread questions this week. The only specification I’ll add is that the question is aimed only at people who have actually undergone the legal rite. If you’re cohabiting with your partner and have ne… --- ## [When things are going well, I get anxious and even panicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-things-are-going-well-i-get-anxious-and-even-panicky/712751)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-things-are-going-well-i-get-anxious-and-even-panicky/712751 "2015-02-15T22:37:47Z")
Is this how it is for a lot of people? I’m starting to wonder if it’s pathological. --- ## [What would you do if you inherited the company where you work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-inherited-the-company-where-you-work/712216)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-inherited-the-company-where-you-work/712216 "2015-02-15T22:31:24Z")
Through an unlikely and irrelevant series of events, you have just inherited (after taxes etc) 51%+ of the company in which you work. Nobody else within the company knows this. What do you do? --- ## [Liberals, Neo-consevatives, Epistomologists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-consevatives-epistomologists/712718)
**Author:** [@William\_Hanley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/William_Hanley)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-neo-consevatives-epistomologists/712718 "2015-02-15T22:09:16Z")
Liberals objectify what they perceive as good in the world and marginalize those who don’t share their epiphanies. Neoconservatives objectify what they perceive as evil in the world and want to kill those who would chal… --- ## [tell me about Jack London Square, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-jack-london-square-please/712700)
**Author:** [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-jack-london-square-please/712700 "2015-02-15T21:22:56Z")
I am being sent to a conference in Oakland next week, staying at the Waterfront Hotel in Jack London Square. I will miss my family terribly, of course, but we’re having yet another blizzard in Massachusetts and the thi… --- ## [Final Project Blues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-project-blues/712747)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-project-blues/712747 "2015-02-15T21:00:17Z")
Currently, I’m taking a GIS/Remote Sensing class at my university and I fell in love with the ArcGIS software and what it is capable of. I’m assigned a final project instead of a standard written final and what I’m looki… --- ## [Can someone recommend a good exercise for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-recommend-a-good-exercise-for-me/712079)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-recommend-a-good-exercise-for-me/712079 "2015-02-15T19:00:59Z")
Hey everyone, so here’s the thing, I am a 20 year old guy, spend most of my time in my house doing nothing and I am really,really skinny, not extremely, but more than the average, so anyway I got sick of it and I decided… --- ## [Should I Dye My Beard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dye-my-beard/585346)
**Author:** [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dye-my-beard/585346 "2015-02-15T15:41:36Z")
At age 61 I need to be on the job market again. I would like to look a little younger. While my hair is salt & pepper, my beard is all white. I will either dye my beard (and possibly my hair as well) or shave it off (the… --- ## [Backing up a large music collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backing-up-a-large-music-collection/712665)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backing-up-a-large-music-collection/712665 "2015-02-15T15:24:41Z")
I own about 1500 CDs. I ripped my entire collection to my computer years ago, and my CDs have sat in 8 large, heavy boxes in my garage ever since. We’re going to be moving in a month, so I think I’ve finally decided it… --- ## [Is it okay for my wife to vape in the house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-okay-for-my-wife-to-vape-in-the-house/712698)
**Author:** [@Dinna\_Fash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinna_Fash)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-okay-for-my-wife-to-vape-in-the-house/712698 "2015-02-15T13:13:07Z")
So the consensus seems to be that e-cigarettes are less harmful than regular ones, but I’m on the fence about my wife vaping in our house. I have never been a smoker and there has never been a question about not smoking … --- ## [I'm curious about travelling at the speed of light. What's the reference point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-about-travelling-at-the-speed-of-light-whats-the-reference-point/712697)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-curious-about-travelling-at-the-speed-of-light-whats-the-reference-point/712697 "2015-02-15T12:55:41Z")
In another threadI said that \[nothing is really moving in space\](I’m curious about travelling at the speed of light. What’s the reference point?), unless it’s compared to a reference point. This is obviously true. So,… --- ## [The L Word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-l-word/712711)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-l-word/712711 "2015-02-15T11:10:44Z")
If you were to get married, would you want it to say you want to be together “as long as you both shall live” (til death do us part) OR “as long as you both shall love” ? Maybe the change of the L word has caused the… --- ## [Why arent Europeans having more children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-europeans-having-more-children/710279)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-europeans-having-more-children/710279 "2015-02-15T07:46:41Z")
I’ve been reading how many European countries like France, Italy, and Denmark have declining populations and they blame the fact that the young couples are either going childless or at the most having just one child. Thi… --- ## [Have you ever had a relationship resume after a seperation / breakup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-relationship-resume-after-a-seperation-breakup/712650)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-relationship-resume-after-a-seperation-breakup/712650 "2015-02-15T06:01:15Z")
I am curious. Why did it end? How long did you end up apart? How did it resolve that you came back together? And then how did it work out in comparision to before? It has not happened to me, but with one particular pers… --- ## [When two gay men (or ladies) go on a date who pays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-two-gay-men-or-ladies-go-on-a-date-who-pays/167424)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-two-gay-men-or-ladies-go-on-a-date-who-pays/167424 "2015-02-15T04:36:57Z")
Just curious. Even if a lady idly suggests, sweetly hints or otherwise makes me listen to her growling stomach while swooning from hunger in order to get me to take her out to dinner, I usually pay because that what I’m … --- ## [Electronic Hanging scales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-hanging-scales/712646)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-hanging-scales/712646 "2015-02-15T03:54:25Z")
Question about hanging scales. I am building some weight stations for an archery group. We use electronic hanging scales to weight the bows. Once in a while a wood bow will break and the scale goes flying. Would a 1" thi… --- ## [Do you expect a gift for Valentine's Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-a-gift-for-valentines-day/712657)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-expect-a-gift-for-valentines-day/712657 "2015-02-15T02:15:18Z")
I was reading through a thread on diamonds for Valentine’s Day (sorry, not enough coffee, please forgive the failure to link), and it occurred to me a poll might be nice. Who expects presents for V-Day? What type? My … --- ## [Ear infection: Ever cured with first round of antibiotics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-infection-ever-cured-with-first-round-of-antibiotics/712472)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-infection-ever-cured-with-first-round-of-antibiotics/712472 "2015-02-15T02:05:32Z")
How likely is it that the first round of antibiotics will clear up and ear infection? I have never seen this happen. If it is unlikely, why don’t they change the protocol? --- ## [Anyone here have blepharitis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-blepharitis/675267)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-blepharitis/675267 "2015-02-14T23:26:46Z")
Does anyone have this? Earlier this year my eyes started hurting a lot where when i woke up in the morning, it had crusts etc and i basically could not open my eyes… lot of pain. So each time i woke up, i had to go to … --- ## [So I caught my Step-brother comparing his penis with another boy...should I tell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-caught-my-step-brother-comparing-his-penis-with-another-boy-should-i-tell/306029)
**Author:** [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-caught-my-step-brother-comparing-his-penis-with-another-boy-should-i-tell/306029 "2015-02-14T22:51:55Z")
I’m asking this because I usually get good advice from the SDMB. This OP could be considered graphic but that’s not the purpose of it so instead I’m going to try making this short. I have watched my Step-Bro before and… --- ## [Your child, switched at birth. Switch back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-child-switched-at-birth-switch-back/712309)
**Author:** [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-child-switched-at-birth-switch-back/712309 "2015-02-14T22:15:01Z")
Two families in France have won a big settlement from the hospital that switched their newborn baby girls… twenty years ago. The girls grew up with each other’s biological parents. Presumably, everyone involved had set… --- ## [Job market in veterinary medicine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-market-in-veterinary-medicine/712451)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-market-in-veterinary-medicine/712451 "2015-02-14T22:01:36Z")
One of my sons is wanting a career in veterinary medicine. Assume, for the sake of discussion, that he gets the grades and the experience required to gain acceptance in a vet school, and that he and we can handle the cos… --- ## [Lots of commercials for diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-commercials-for-diamonds/712632)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-commercials-for-diamonds/712632 "2015-02-14T21:25:26Z")
Valentine’s Day is upon us, and the jewelry stores are really pushing their shit. The commercials are all the same: clueless guy is guided through the rock buying process by a patient, relatively attractive saleswoman. I… --- ## [An electrical code question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-electrical-code-question/712666)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-electrical-code-question/712666 "2015-02-14T21:00:28Z")
Is there an approved way to install a GFCI in a two wire circuit? Our house was built in the 1950s, and we have aquariums. There are pumps, heaters, lights and various other devices running on 110v coonected to power st… --- ## [Need some real career advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-real-career-advice/710984)
**Author:** [@blackbolt\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blackbolt_1987)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-real-career-advice/710984 "2015-02-14T20:07:06Z")
Hi everyone I was wondering if I could get some advice here and how to go forward. About a year and a half ago I graduated college with my degree in accounting. I majored in accounting for one reason and one reason only … --- ## [Take her at her word, or have I been friendzoned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-her-at-her-word-or-have-i-been-friendzoned/711897)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-her-at-her-word-or-have-i-been-friendzoned/711897 "2015-02-14T19:20:44Z")
I know, I know, my post history is filled with these sorts of topics, but this one is such a zinger that I think it’s the most confusing one that I’ve had in the past few years. Basically, I started talking to one of th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=951) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=953)