# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=984 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 985 --- ## [Ethical dilemma - co-worker's legal troubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-dilemma-co-workers-legal-troubles/706845)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-dilemma-co-workers-legal-troubles/706845 "2014-12-12T22:28:53Z")
Recently I have become aware that a co-worker of mine has a history of brushes with the law, and is presently facing a case for which he may actually serve jail time. My dilemma is whether I should disclose this to my e… --- ## [Why do we punish criminals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-punish-criminals/706928)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-punish-criminals/706928 "2014-12-12T20:31:46Z")
Shouldn’t we be treating rather than punishing (when possible) murderers, rapists, and other thugs or at worst, just quarantining them so they can’t hurt anyone else, rather than insist on sadistically punishing them? Pe… --- ## [Bilinguals: Does this sound like an odd conversation? (Spanish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bilinguals-does-this-sound-like-an-odd-conversation-spanish/706964)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bilinguals-does-this-sound-like-an-odd-conversation-spanish/706964 "2014-12-12T20:14:45Z")
Having lunch the other day, at the table behind me is a couple with their 8(ish) year old daughter. The parents were speaking half Spanish - half English. Basically, the parents seemed to be taking their daughter to tas… --- ## [How do you use NoScript?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-noscript/706838)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-noscript/706838 "2014-12-12T19:33:42Z")
This isn’t a GQ-style “what button do I push,” but an IMHO “what’s your style” kind of question. I wonder what other people do and why. For starters, I’m pretty privacy concious. Not that I have anything to hide or thin… --- ## [Hypothetical alien assistance, leading to probable human extinction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-alien-assistance-leading-to-probable-human-extinction/706557)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-alien-assistance-leading-to-probable-human-extinction/706557 "2014-12-12T18:45:52Z")
Here’s the hypothetical (don’t fight it): Aliens arrive in orbit around Earth and after a brief spell of panic, it turns out they’re genuinely peaceful and benevolent - and they manage to convince most people that this … --- ## [A genie grants you one wish.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genie-grants-you-one-wish/706893)
**Author:** [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genie-grants-you-one-wish/706893 "2014-12-12T18:42:07Z")
You wish for the world to be formed as Pangea again. thats either a) what pieces exist today are formed together, as retarded pangea. or b) full on time set staging, of prior pangea. What MAJOR changes in the world … --- ## [Shooting a fawn. Any "good" reason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-a-fawn-any-good-reason/706762)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-a-fawn-any-good-reason/706762 "2014-12-12T18:35:17Z")
So, it’s deer hunting season. One of our weekend activities now is hiking in the woods with shovels, burying any gut piles we happen across. The goal is to stop our dogs from consuming parts of the gut piles, then coming… --- ## [Does depression qualify for any sort of disability/unemployment support?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-depression-qualify-for-any-sort-of-disability-unemployment-support/706746)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-depression-qualify-for-any-sort-of-disability-unemployment-support/706746 "2014-12-12T18:32:49Z")
Hmm… Well, I hate to ask this because it feels like a copout, but I may need a bit of help in the months to come. I don’t want to cheat the system or live off welfare, but I was wondering if there’s any sort of governme… --- ## [The Timeviewer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeviewer/706937)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-timeviewer/706937 "2014-12-12T15:41:22Z")
Right, so I’ve attached a flux capacitor to an old Virtual Boy (if you’re gonna make a time viewer, why not do it with style?) just for shits and giggles. The result is that, if you pop in a past (doesn’t work for the fu… --- ## [How old were your kids when they figured out the truth about Santa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-kids-when-they-figured-out-the-truth-about-santa/706697)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-kids-when-they-figured-out-the-truth-about-santa/706697 "2014-12-12T13:39:32Z")
My kids are 10 & 12. I learned, this year, that my daughter (12) no longer believes in Santa. My son? Yeah, probably. We haven’t discussed it. I tried to talk about this with my daughter, but she refuses to participate … --- ## [Is it possible to commit a crime and not get caught...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-commit-a-crime-and-not-get-caught/706986)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-commit-a-crime-and-not-get-caught/706986 "2014-12-12T13:35:57Z")
So as not to hijack this thread: the thread gives the hypothetical of a device someone just invented of a “time viewing device” that would allow anyone to view (but not affect) any time and place in the past. So what wo… --- ## [Looking for funny stories or jokes involving siblings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-funny-stories-or-jokes-involving-siblings/706849)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-funny-stories-or-jokes-involving-siblings/706849 "2014-12-12T12:45:09Z")
I’m looking for humorous jokes or anecdotes about siblings. To start. As Suzie & Sally headed out to play in the snow, their mom admonished to to share the sled. A short while later Sally came in crying that she wasn’… --- ## [Moral dilemma - reading the works of monsters (spree killers etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma-reading-the-works-of-monsters-spree-killers-etc/706938)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma-reading-the-works-of-monsters-spree-killers-etc/706938 "2014-12-12T09:52:30Z")
I’ve just had a conversation with an online friend where she stated that she is currently reading though the manifesto of Elliot Rodgers, in an attempt to understand his mindset. Personally I’m never entirely sure how t… --- ## [Reasonably priced, high quality 35mm slide scanner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonably-priced-high-quality-35mm-slide-scanner/706641)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonably-priced-high-quality-35mm-slide-scanner/706641 "2014-12-12T07:51:31Z")
Reasonably priced, high quality 35mm slide scanner? Friend’s wide has a few thousand 35mm slides she wants to scan Any suggestions appreciated. --- ## [Have you experienced any pail relief from using Blue Emu Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-any-pail-relief-from-using-blue-emu-cream/706980)
**Author:** [@1jow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1jow)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-any-pail-relief-from-using-blue-emu-cream/706980 "2014-12-12T06:17:33Z")
Have you experienced any pail relief from using Blue Emu Cream w/o any side affects? I have a stiff neck and shoulder pain like I slept wrong since I c/n relate it to work. I do Firewood work and Auto maintenance almos… --- ## [One night in Chicago. What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-night-in-chicago-what-to-do/706859)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-night-in-chicago-what-to-do/706859 "2014-12-12T04:09:58Z")
I have to go to Chicago next week, I’m arriving in the early afternoon, and have business south of the city the next morning. I’m staying on Michigan Ave, which I understand is right in the middle of the city. What’s th… --- ## [Anyone ride Megabus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ride-megabus/543108)
**Author:** [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ride-megabus/543108 "2014-12-12T04:05:40Z")
Megabus just started a bunch of service out of Philly. When I go to NY or DC, I generally just drive since its a pain (and adds some expense) to take the train to 30th Street Station in order to hope on a bus for a two … --- ## [Why would I want to be an ambassador?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-i-want-to-be-an-ambassador/706689)
**Author:** [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-i-want-to-be-an-ambassador/706689 "2014-12-12T03:19:54Z")
Both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report have done segments on the appointment of a soap opera producer as the new ambassador to Hungary (story here). The general gist of the segments is that she’s unqualified and thi… --- ## [Is privatization really more efficient?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-privatization-really-more-efficient/706910)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-privatization-really-more-efficient/706910 "2014-12-12T02:39:33Z")
Do you think private healthcare, post offices, etc deliver a better product than the public or nationally owned versions or is this just a myth fed to us to get us to accept more corporate control of our lives? I’ve nev… --- ## [Convertible Top Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convertible-top-repair/656645)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convertible-top-repair/656645 "2014-12-12T01:17:53Z")
I mentioned before that my beloved mid-life crisis mobile was the victim of a hail storm recently. I got the estimate today… $3,295 in damage. Every single panel on my car had damage (and this is a car I babied for years… --- ## [Is there a better way of uploading old photos on Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-of-uploading-old-photos-on-facebook/706783)
**Author:** [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-better-way-of-uploading-old-photos-on-facebook/706783 "2014-12-11T19:40:24Z")
This is probably a really dumb question but is there a better way to upload old physical photographs to Facebook than just taking a picture of them with my smartphone? It’s a pain to not get any glare or shadows on them… --- ## [Can Saudi Arabia be westernized via economic or military force?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-saudi-arabia-be-westernized-via-economic-or-military-force/706571)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-saudi-arabia-be-westernized-via-economic-or-military-force/706571 "2014-12-11T16:34:41Z")
If you think I’m asking this question because of Saudi Arabia’s vast oil wealth, you’re right. The other component is their extreme fundamentalist version of Islam which I would like to see moderated or degraded. Okay, … --- ## [How well do you pay attention? (video test inside)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-do-you-pay-attention-video-test-inside/706692)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-do-you-pay-attention-video-test-inside/706692 "2014-12-11T15:47:09Z")
Okay, so this video has been posted on here before. There’s been one or two topics about it in the past, although not for awhile, I think. Watch the video and reply to this topic before you read any other reply and befo… --- ## [Freezer... Upright or chest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezer-upright-or-chest/706634)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezer-upright-or-chest/706634 "2014-12-11T15:38:19Z")
I’ll be getting a pile of meat soon (300 lbs?) and need to buy a dedicated freezer for it. What are the pros and cons of a chest freezer vs. an upright? Tell me which you prefer and why. --- ## [Software Escrow (primarily from the customer view) - is it ever worthwhile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-escrow-primarily-from-the-customer-view-is-it-ever-worthwhile/658390)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-escrow-primarily-from-the-customer-view-is-it-ever-worthwhile/658390 "2014-12-11T12:55:09Z")
Someone contacted me the other day trying to sell me an escrow contract for a piece of third party business software my IT team provides/supports for our users/customers (local government). Fortunately, I’m not even a d… --- ## [Shared hazardous experience makes women sexually receptive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shared-hazardous-experience-makes-women-sexually-receptive/706831)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shared-hazardous-experience-makes-women-sexually-receptive/706831 "2014-12-11T12:28:17Z")
It’s kind of a story trope that when people who aren’t necessarily in any kind of a (current) relationship with each other share a hazardous or emotionally wrenching experience the woman will spontaneously want to have … --- ## [Do you think people can actually 'cling to life'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-can-actually-cling-to-life/706736)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-can-actually-cling-to-life/706736 "2014-12-11T06:36:47Z")
If one were conscious, I could get behind the idea…but if unconscious, I don’t see how that would be possible. --- ## [How much does the internet make things seem more widespread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-internet-make-things-seem-more-widespread/706864)
**Author:** [@Tuxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuxie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-internet-make-things-seem-more-widespread/706864 "2014-12-11T06:12:16Z")
Spending time on the internet, especially places like Tumblr and Facebook, can make some subcultures, personal convictions, and events seem bigger compared to real life. How much of it is overblown? A few examples of my… --- ## [Costs necessary to compare home ownership costs with rental costs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costs-necessary-to-compare-home-ownership-costs-with-rental-costs/706681)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costs-necessary-to-compare-home-ownership-costs-with-rental-costs/706681 "2014-12-11T06:09:47Z")
Currently, we rent an apartment for $940 a month. That cost includes: The right to live here… Gas Water Garbage pickup General maintenance (for example when our dishwasher or heater break down, someone comes and fixes … --- ## [Teachers: Creating multiple choice tests (formatting, programs, templates…?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-creating-multiple-choice-tests-formatting-programs-templates/706808)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-creating-multiple-choice-tests-formatting-programs-templates/706808 "2014-12-11T06:06:48Z")
I’m looking for advice on creating multiple choice tests. The big picture plan would involve a question bank that would have a few hundred questions and answers divided into categories. Depending on how things were cove… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=983) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=985)