# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=996 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 997 --- ## [Social Mobility is terrible in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-mobility-is-terrible-in-the-uk/704377)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-mobility-is-terrible-in-the-uk/704377 "2014-11-17T06:17:39Z")
I might be pointing out the obvious (and it’s probably true) but I’m a low class worker, and I’ve observed a familiar pattern which re-occurs. \[ul\] \[li\]Most of the creative industries come from Middle and Upper class p… --- ## [Why is Cannabidiol extract so expensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cannabidiol-extract-so-expensive/697660)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cannabidiol-extract-so-expensive/697660 "2014-09-06T15:20:42Z")
From looking online, a gram of Cannabidiol (CBD) runs about $500 in various formulations (gels, pills, oils, etc) and various concentrations. That makes no sense. Isn’t an ounce of high CBD strains like Charlotte’s web … --- ## [\[UPDATE--KIDNEY FOUND\](step) Dad's in stage 5 renal failure. Am I nuts to consider giving a kidney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-kidney-found-step-dads-in-stage-5-renal-failure-am-i-nuts-to-consider-giving-a-kidney/685033)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-kidney-found-step-dads-in-stage-5-renal-failure-am-i-nuts-to-consider-giving-a-kidney/685033 "2014-11-17T04:30:33Z")
He’s my step-dad, since 1979. He’s 67 years old and hadn’t taken care of himself very well (non-insulin diabetic, three cardiac stents, angina, high blood pressure, needs knee replacement, on at least 5 medications). His… --- ## [So my doctor referred me to a psychiatrist . What's in store for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-doctor-referred-me-to-a-psychiatrist-whats-in-store-for-me/704693)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-doctor-referred-me-to-a-psychiatrist-whats-in-store-for-me/704693 "2014-11-17T02:25:15Z")
I have a relatively new doctor. I told her I wanted to get back on the SSRIs (for anxiety) She gave me a script for some Wellbutrin but told me the psychiatrist would have to fill out any further scripts. I guess this i… --- ## [Protecting plants from freezing weather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protecting-plants-from-freezing-weather/704770)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protecting-plants-from-freezing-weather/704770 "2014-11-17T01:12:17Z")
I planted some rosemary in the front yard a year and a half ago. I know it will grow up here, as I was inspired by a very large bush in Friday Harbor. When I planted the rosemary, they were maybe a foot tall. Last Win… --- ## [What would be the best year for World War III?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-year-for-world-war-iii/704777)
**Author:** [@Weeping\_Wyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeping_Wyvern)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-year-for-world-war-iii/704777 "2014-11-17T00:40:16Z")
Suppose that at some point between 1945 and 1989 a full-scale conflict broke out in Europe (and other places as well, perhaps) between the East and the West. What year would have been most advantageous for each side? --- ## [Would you consider this to be single or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-this-to-be-single-or-not/704625)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-this-to-be-single-or-not/704625 "2014-11-16T22:45:54Z")
ok so this is about my sister who lives with me. She’s 23 going to collage and has a part time job. For the most of her life she couldn’t go 2 weeks without being in some kind of relationship. She’s gullible, naive, and … --- ## [Is this dog just playing, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-dog-just-playing-or-what/704682)
**Author:** [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-dog-just-playing-or-what/704682 "2014-11-16T22:37:32Z")
I went to pick up my daughter from her friend’s place the other day. It was the first time she had been there, and I didn’t know anything about the place. It turned out to be right on the outskirts of town. There was a l… --- ## [Greedy Dentists or State of the Art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-dentists-or-state-of-the-art/704647)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greedy-dentists-or-state-of-the-art/704647 "2014-11-16T21:51:06Z")
My sister needs dental crowns. She’s been to three dentists now who say they no longer use the porcelain-on-metal variety, but insist on the composite (?) variety. The trouble is that her insurance will pay for half th… --- ## [How many stoplights on your typical commute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stoplights-on-your-typical-commute/704623)
**Author:** [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stoplights-on-your-typical-commute/704623 "2014-11-16T20:47:22Z")
Just something I was thinking about as I drove to work this morning. The usual way I drive into work, I only have seven traffic lights, and one of them is a right turn with a yield turn lane, so I almost never have to s… --- ## [Thought experiment: How would Hitler use knowledge of the outcome of WWII and the Holocaust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-how-would-hitler-use-knowledge-of-the-outcome-of-wwii-and-the-holocaust/704045)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-how-would-hitler-use-knowledge-of-the-outcome-of-wwii-and-the-holocaust/704045 "2014-11-16T16:35:04Z")
Here is the thought experiment. It is 1933, and Hitler has just come to power. He taken out of the normal time stream for one week (it will seem like an instant to others), and he is shown into a library with 2014 techno… --- ## [What is the most accurate statement made by one person in the 20th century?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-accurate-statement-made-by-one-person-in-the-20th-century/704319)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-accurate-statement-made-by-one-person-in-the-20th-century/704319 "2014-11-16T14:51:59Z")
I vote for Newton Minow, who, as FCC Chair stated on May 9, 1961, “When television is good, nothing — not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers — nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I… --- ## [What's this facial expression called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-facial-expression-called/704710)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-facial-expression-called/704710 "2014-11-16T05:54:45Z")
Often seen in TV commercials. The mother pauses in the hall and peers into the children’s bedroom. The kids are doing something especially cute. The mom squints and does a sort of a frown. It’s not a smile and not really… --- ## [Ideas for preserving a cracked thumbnail.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-preserving-a-cracked-thumbnail/704720)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-preserving-a-cracked-thumbnail/704720 "2014-11-16T05:48:33Z")
My wife recently sustained a crack on the edge of her left thumbnail, right about at the point where, if it were to be clipped off now, it could create a very painful hangnail. I think the best way to handle this is to … --- ## [Whose death has most greatly benefitted society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-death-has-most-greatly-benefitted-society/703721)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-death-has-most-greatly-benefitted-society/703721 "2014-11-16T04:16:53Z")
Which individual has contributed the most to humanity through their death? Whether intentional or not. Mods: weighing up with this should be in IMHO or not, but I think there are some good debates to be had here. --- ## [so Alexandre Grothendieck has passed away...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-alexandre-grothendieck-has-passed-away/704592)
**Author:** [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-alexandre-grothendieck-has-passed-away/704592 "2014-11-16T04:14:00Z")
where does he rate now, legacy wise, among mathematicians --- ## [Stolen Valor question: Regimental Neckties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-valor-question-regimental-neckties/704745)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-valor-question-regimental-neckties/704745 "2014-11-16T04:04:45Z")
There’s a Pit thread about some idjit who wore medals and a uniform he wasn’t entitled to. What about neckties? There are places online where you can buy a necktie, say, of the British Royal Engineers, or the Canadian … --- ## [Etiquette Question (Late-Early)...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-question-late-early/704305)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-question-late-early/704305 "2014-11-16T02:54:32Z")
My Uncle A (who died in 2006 of bleeding on the brain) had an interesting idiosyncrasy. He would pick us up with his wife Sundays to go to a restaurant to eat. And each Sunday, he came progressively earlier and earlier. … --- ## [One specific Hive, from drinking. Frequently.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563)
**Author:** [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563 "2014-11-16T00:06:33Z")
For the past 2 years, after spending any night of excessive drinking, I will wake up to find this same exact hive, approximately the same exact shape and size, sort of like a burn blister, on my inner bicep. What is goi… --- ## [What are the disadvantages of an online MBA program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-disadvantages-of-an-online-mba-program/588694)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-disadvantages-of-an-online-mba-program/588694 "2014-11-15T18:40:05Z")
As I said in this thread, I’m going to start applying to business schools after I take the GMAT in October. While I could possibly make it work by going part-time to Arizona State’s campus, taking the classes online is a… --- ## [MBA from same school as undergrad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mba-from-same-school-as-undergrad/470601)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mba-from-same-school-as-undergrad/470601 "2014-11-15T18:37:22Z")
OK, I’ve been out of college for about 6 years, and at my current job for just over 2. I do like my current job a lot (money being the only negative), and as far as I can tell they love me, consider me to be one of thei… --- ## [Legal advice: damage car due to construction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-advice-damage-car-due-to-construction/704650)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-advice-damage-car-due-to-construction/704650 "2014-11-15T15:14:17Z")
My brother lives on a dead-end street. At the cross street there is massive construction going on. The company doing the construction has apparently done little to keep the roadway clear of gravel, debris, dirt, etc… On… --- ## [Another cell phone question: hands free setup for car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cell-phone-question-hands-free-setup-for-car/704659)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cell-phone-question-hands-free-setup-for-car/704659 "2014-11-15T13:30:13Z")
An ordinance is going into effect in our city in January making hands free use of phone in car mandatory. I know lots of other cities/states already have this. Any recommendations, tips, suggestions, pitfalls for equipm… --- ## [I'm looking for some friendly type names to call people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-some-friendly-type-names-to-call-people/704518)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-some-friendly-type-names-to-call-people/704518 "2014-11-15T13:06:11Z")
I’d like to find a source of some of the various names that one stranger might call another when greeting them. For example: Buddy, Chief, Pal, “Shorty”, “Big Guy”, etc. Very often, I will walk into a store and one of … --- ## [Teaching little girls to say F\*\*k?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-little-girls-to-say-f-k/704474)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teaching-little-girls-to-say-f-k/704474 "2014-11-15T12:54:37Z")
Check out this link. I is a company called FCKH8 which I guess sells t shirts, who have this commercial where these 6 year old girls drop several f-bombs in order to make a point about issues involving sexism. Here is w… --- ## [Kids and sleep apnea.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-and-sleep-apnea/704503)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-and-sleep-apnea/704503 "2014-11-15T11:13:57Z")
Need some advice and testimonials here folks. My 2yr old grandson is a chronic snorer, and he’s LOUD. And listening to him while he naps indicates he has apnea attacks as well. We’ve got him organised for an ENT paedi… --- ## [What branches of the military have the least likelihood of seeing combat or developing PTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-branches-of-the-military-have-the-least-likelihood-of-seeing-combat-or-developing-ptsd/704598)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-branches-of-the-military-have-the-least-likelihood-of-seeing-combat-or-developing-ptsd/704598 "2014-11-15T08:17:43Z")
Assume someone wanted to join the military for various reasons, but wanted to avoid combat and the physical and psychological effects of it. What branch would be best? I assume marines have the highest % who see combat … --- ## [Insomniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac/704508)
**Author:** [@Npatient1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Npatient1)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomniac/704508 "2014-11-15T06:42:33Z")
Does anyone know of any good sleep aids (other than illegal drugs or a sledgehammer to my head) that will not leave me feeling hung over the next morning? Thanks folks!:smack: --- ## [Anyone have a Fiio music player?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-fiio-music-player/704583)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-fiio-music-player/704583 "2014-11-15T06:17:33Z")
I’m looking to replace my iPod and its 80 gig memory. I’m thinking a Fiio x1 or x5 (the x3 just doesn’t have enough capacity). The x1 supposedly sounds significantly better than the X1, and promises support for minisd … --- ## [Anyone ever use Angie's list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-use-angies-list/704521)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-use-angies-list/704521 "2014-11-15T04:35:28Z")
Was thinking of a year subscription for about 7$. Is it even worth this trivial amount? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=995) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=997)