# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=998 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 999 --- ## [What's on YOUR fuckit list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-fuckit-list/703890)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-fuckit-list/703890 "2014-11-13T03:32:32Z")
Like a bucket list, except it’s stuff you wanted to do/be once upon a time but now it’s extremely unlikely. This is harder than putting together a bucket list and somehow humiliating, I think, because everything I want … --- ## [Tell me about sewing machines please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sewing-machines-please/704131)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sewing-machines-please/704131 "2014-11-13T03:23:24Z")
Am going to gift a friend of mine a sewing machine. Trouble is, I know less than jack schitt about sewing machines. I gather she wants to use it for more than her immediate family’s needs. Maybe using it for some kind… --- ## [How Might I List These Jobs on My Resume?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-i-list-these-jobs-on-my-resume/704395)
**Author:** [@SparkleLilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparkleLilly)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-i-list-these-jobs-on-my-resume/704395 "2014-11-13T03:19:57Z")
I have performed essentially the same job for three different companies in the past 5 years. For 18 mos I even did the same job at the same desk, but who signed the paycheck depended on which shift I worked. So how woul… --- ## [Alleged death-defying escape, plausible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-death-defying-escape-plausible/704445)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-death-defying-escape-plausible/704445 "2014-11-13T01:53:07Z")
Put this in IMHO because there probably isn’t really a definite yes/no answer. According to this article during WW1 a pilot claims he fell out of his airplane, only to fall back in again as it pulled out at the bottom o… --- ## [sad state of marine corp boot camp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-state-of-marine-corp-boot-camp/656458)
**Author:** [@stavechoker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stavechoker)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-state-of-marine-corp-boot-camp/656458 "2014-11-13T01:36:31Z")
I was banned for life on leatherneck.com for telling them what I think of marine corp boot camp comparing when I went in june 1964 with now. Marinesgraduating are saying it was easy and the pt was nothing bard etc. A far… --- ## [Cities that are worth multiple visits. ANd which ones are non](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-that-are-worth-multiple-visits-and-which-ones-are-non/704078)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-that-are-worth-multiple-visits-and-which-ones-are-non/704078 "2014-11-13T00:38:35Z")
Which cities are IYE, worth visiting again and again and why.The obvious, London, NY, Paris are on one side in the multi-visits category. Others (where I have gone) include Istanbul, Philadelphia, Dubai, Lahore, Milan. … --- ## [Another physics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-physics-question/704176)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-physics-question/704176 "2014-11-13T00:26:04Z")
Do we know enough about matter to rule out the possibility of a micro universe? If the possibility existed for a micro universe would contacting this universe be equally as challenging as contacting something light year… --- ## [Disinfecting a toothbrush heads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disinfecting-a-toothbrush-heads/704344)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disinfecting-a-toothbrush-heads/704344 "2014-11-13T00:13:58Z")
So I accidentally dropped my (electric) toothbrush into my very dirty sink (I haven’t cleaned in a very long time, but that’s another issue). Since it’s electric, the heads are expensive. What’s the best way to de-germi… --- ## [Cleaning the air with cold plasma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-the-air-with-cold-plasma/704401)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-the-air-with-cold-plasma/704401 "2014-11-13T00:07:25Z")
Hereand here. “NTP (non-thermal plasma ) technology in Squair products has been proven to be extremely effective in fighting germs, viruses, bacteria, fungi and mold,” say the inventors. “Thorough testing has given us a… --- ## [Would you date the man who is a Peeping Tom / Sexual Predator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-the-man-who-is-a-peeping-tom-sexual-predator/704435)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-the-man-who-is-a-peeping-tom-sexual-predator/704435 "2014-11-12T23:53:28Z")
He’s thin enough for you and has other personality flaws, but dude blows his load by peeping into other people’s windows. Sometimes in person, sometimes through webcams on sites on Darknet, but always of men, women, and… --- ## [Can someone school me on Beats headphones please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-school-me-on-beats-headphones-please/704277)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-school-me-on-beats-headphones-please/704277 "2014-11-12T23:47:08Z")
My son informed me that he would like a pair of Beats headphones by Dr. Dre for Xmnas. I realize that these are over priced headphones, and you’re basically just paying for the name brand. That’s fine, if that’s what my … --- ## [Could you participate in a sexual relationship with a morbidly obese person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-participate-in-a-sexual-relationship-with-a-morbidly-obese-person/704190)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-participate-in-a-sexual-relationship-with-a-morbidly-obese-person/704190 "2014-11-12T22:54:44Z")
Simple enough question. If you were single could you participate in a sexual relationship with a morbidly obese person? The link I cited uses a 100 lbs, but for this poll lets say someone 70 lbs above their ideal weigh… --- ## [Would you date a slim person who happened to be a judgmental piece of crap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-slim-person-who-happened-to-be-a-judgmental-piece-of-crap/704299)
**Author:** [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-slim-person-who-happened-to-be-a-judgmental-piece-of-crap/704299 "2014-11-12T22:50:46Z")
Just curious. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Changing your own rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-your-own-rules/704235)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-your-own-rules/704235 "2014-11-12T22:39:58Z")
For some reason I would never think twice about going out with a couple and dropping a couple hundred dollars on dinner and drinks but when it came to buying myself a tool for my home shop I would usually buy in the lowe… --- ## [Paying Utility Bill with Credit Card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-utility-bill-with-credit-card/703630)
**Author:** [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-utility-bill-with-credit-card/703630 "2014-11-12T20:36:25Z")
I ask for your opinion on paying utility bills with a credit card. I am very frugal. I never charge more on my CC than I can pay off that month. I like obtaining points on my purchases and always use them toward my bill. … --- ## [Help me find smallish bath towels for my 7 year old!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-smallish-bath-towels-for-my-7-year-old/704465)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-smallish-bath-towels-for-my-7-year-old/704465 "2014-11-12T19:53:19Z")
Your standard bath towel is about 50" long. That’s too much towel for the Firebug, age 7, to handle at bath time. But he’s getting too big to use a hand towel in lieu of a bath towel, which has been our solution up to … --- ## [Dubious Pride?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubious-pride/704260)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubious-pride/704260 "2014-11-12T19:19:59Z")
Is it me or do certain people love to revel in the fact that they have not accepted the latest technological gadget? I’m sure there were people back when lamenting that the telephone would ‘kill’ letter writing…televisio… --- ## [I've just invited you over for a sit-down dinner. Do you bring anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-invited-you-over-for-a-sit-down-dinner-do-you-bring-anything/703533)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-invited-you-over-for-a-sit-down-dinner-do-you-bring-anything/703533 "2014-11-12T16:05:07Z")
Assume, for the sake of this discussion, that it the dinner in question is NOT a potluck; that the only attendees are me and my immediate family and you and your date; that I have neither asked nor forbidden you to bring… --- ## [Another etiquette thread: what's your take on handwritten thank-you notes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-etiquette-thread-whats-your-take-on-handwritten-thank-you-notes/703897)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-etiquette-thread-whats-your-take-on-handwritten-thank-you-notes/703897 "2014-11-12T14:14:39Z")
A spiritual follow-up to this thread. Let’s say that your twelve-year-old daughter has a just has a birthday party, held at your home. You didn’t want to pay for food and notions for her entire class, so you required he… --- ## [Why are people in New York City so unhappy (according to a reputable study)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-in-new-york-city-so-unhappy-according-to-a-reputable-study/703947)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-in-new-york-city-so-unhappy-according-to-a-reputable-study/703947 "2014-11-12T11:58:05Z")
This isn’t a thread for me or others to bash the Big Apple. I hardly know the place and have only passed through there briefly. I know I wouldn’t like to live there because I am not a big city person but plenty of people… --- ## [Men, how do you shave hair around your genitals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-shave-hair-around-your-genitals/703044 "2014-11-12T07:43:17Z")
I shave once a week. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Any good one-day, one-deal sites (for someone who finds woot.com too complicated nowadays)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-one-day-one-deal-sites-for-someone-who-finds-woot-com-too-complicated-nowadays/704334)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-one-day-one-deal-sites-for-someone-who-finds-woot-com-too-complicated-nowadays/704334 "2014-11-12T06:52:08Z")
I used to love the one-day, one-deal site woot.com. But it’s long since gotten well beyond ‘one deal’ each day, and somewhere along the line I stopped checking it out each morning. These days it has daily deals in ten … --- ## [Alternative to NSAIDS for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-nsaids-for/704288)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-nsaids-for/704288 "2014-11-12T06:28:12Z")
I wonder if any one knows of a good NSAID alternative for TMJ. Tylenol doesn’t do squat. The doctor gave me tramadol, but that doesn’t help either. I’m not bothered by it all the time, but when it happens it reoccurs sev… --- ## [Catalyst for change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catalyst-for-change/704347)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catalyst-for-change/704347 "2014-11-12T03:29:15Z")
To some who know me on here this thread will sound like a broken record. But here I am looking for some advice. I’ve met a very nice girlfriend who unfortunately lives very far away from me in Vancouver. We are in a lon… --- ## [How many magic tricks do you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-magic-tricks-do-you-know/704123)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-magic-tricks-do-you-know/704123 "2014-11-12T02:36:26Z")
I do a little magic on the side and I’ve always thought everyone should be able to do a few tricks because, hey, you never know when you can use it as say an icebreaker or to show a little talent. I can do some things wi… --- ## [Intellectual property, part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intellectual-property-part-ii/704037)
**Author:** [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intellectual-property-part-ii/704037 "2014-11-12T00:23:06Z")
I had a previous thread here but something has happened and I have another question. It’s a legal question, you’re not my lawyer etc, but it’s Friday evening and I thought I’d try the dope for opinions before I have to l… --- ## [When and why did we stop celebrating mass murder and conquest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-we-stop-celebrating-mass-murder-and-conquest/704114)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-we-stop-celebrating-mass-murder-and-conquest/704114 "2014-11-11T23:33:40Z")
Alexander, Genghis, Xerxes, Napoleon, Richard – hailed as “the greats” for consolidating power and staging countless invasions. Then you have Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Bush, Mingh, etc. who are considered sociopathic murderer… --- ## [When did we go from 12 midnight and 12 noon to 12 am and 12 pm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-go-from-12-midnight-and-12-noon-to-12-am-and-12-pm/704329)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-go-from-12-midnight-and-12-noon-to-12-am-and-12-pm/704329 "2014-11-11T23:18:56Z")
This may be more of a GQ, but what the hey. The mods can always move it. It used to be commonly accepted that the instant of midnight was neither in one day nor the next, and similarly noon was neither morning nor afte… --- ## [Have people changed teir views on wages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-people-changed-teir-views-on-wages/704098)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-people-changed-teir-views-on-wages/704098 "2014-11-11T21:22:36Z")
I remember around 2000, $10 an hour was not consisered good hourly pay, even for entry level jobs. Right now I make a little over $15 ab hour with good benefits, and very good health benefits. Even so, I think I am pai… --- ## [What's the evidence that kids can achieve Common Core standards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-evidence-that-kids-can-achieve-common-core-standards/704233)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-evidence-that-kids-can-achieve-common-core-standards/704233 "2014-11-11T17:12:40Z")
I wasn’t sure where to put this thread, it may be GQ, it may end up GD, I figured IMHO is kind of a compromise between the two. I have generally positive feelings towards the Common Core standards, but I don’t actually … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=997) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=999)