Welcome to Ask Wirecutter, where deputy editor Annemarie Conte helps you figure out how to make the most of your stuff. If you have a shopping conundrum for our advice columnist, submit it using this form or via Annemarie's Instagram, where she occasionally posts question prompts for you.Hello readers! You may have noticed that all this week, my colleagues have been sharing their strongly held opinions — like how instant coffee is actually good, or why you shouldn’t let your dog ride without a seatbelt. Meanwhile, I asked our readers to share their own strongly held opinions — specifically those that they think their loved ones are wrong about. I then consulted my Wirecutter colleagues so we could adjudicate these behaviors and settle these debates once and for all. See below for our hard-won wisdom.