Welcome to Ask Wirecutter, where deputy editor Annemarie Conte helps you figure out how to make the most of your stuff in real life. If you have a shopping conundrum for our advice columnist, submit it using this form.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.