# All the polls in Cafe Society **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 23, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757 "2010-09-23T12:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/21 "2010-09-26T18:20:23Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > > [@MTCicero](#): > > > > You know, I’ve got a really simple solution: You don’t like 'em, don’t _read_ 'em. That’s right. Don’t even bother opening up the thread. > > I don’t. Read them, that is. Unless I am interested. > > They’re still there clogging up my forum list, though. It seems to be getting better, with more collective polls (\*one \*for PJ, \*one \*for Midnight Oil). Understand, it wasn’t the existence of polls themselves I was complaining about, necessarily, it was more the annoying recent practice of starting a separate one for each fucking album. > > Hey, it’s great that you and your IRL friends like discussing the minutiae of Lars Ulrich’s drumming on _Of Wolf and Man_ vs _Sanitarium_ (or whatevs) - here, it wouldn’t kill you to keep it to one thread per band. Who went and made you boss of the SDMB? Thanks for the suggestion, though. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/22 "2010-09-26T19:56:14Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > … do we \*need \*a separate poll for. Every. Fucking. REM. Album? Why yes, yes we do. 🙂 After that, I hope we have a poll for what’s the best REM album. It’s been a lot of fun for fans, digging out the old albums and listening to long forgotten songs. Yeah, I can see how Cafe Society will be a mess if every album from every popular band is made into a poll. But it’s probably just a fad that will die out. If it doesn’t, what would be the harm of a sub-forum for polls? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/23 "2010-09-27T03:32:56Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > They’re still there clogging up my forum list, though. No, they aren’t “clogging” anything. They aren’t preventing any other threads from being posted. If the threads you’re interested in fall off the front page, whose fault is that? If anybody has something to post, the thread will pop back up to the top. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/24 "2010-09-27T10:35:22Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > > [@MrDibble](#): > > > > They’re still there clogging up my forum list, though. > > No, they aren’t “clogging” anything. Yes, they were. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/25 "2010-09-27T10:37:08Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > Who went and made you boss of the SDMB? Actually, it was decided by poll… ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/26 "2010-09-27T11:27:03Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > > [@MTCicero](#): > > > > Who went and made you boss of the SDMB? > > Actually, it was decided by poll… [Oh. I see.](http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=priceiswrong) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/27 "2010-09-27T14:35:23Z")
OK, Mr. Dibble, just for that, I’m starting one for each Jam album…that way, you MUST read and vote…MWAHAHAHA! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/28 "2010-09-27T16:36:16Z")
What I find annoying about them is the wording – “What’s the best song **off of** Revolver?” “Off of”? What the hell is that? It should be “What’s the best song **on** Revolver?” And let me just get these peeves out of the way while we’re at it– – “XYZ Corp. is based **out of** Los Angeles.” No, they’re based **in** Los Angeles. – “The story **centers around** a retired policeman.” No, it **centers on** or **revolves around** him. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/29 "2010-09-29T02:27:05Z")
Did I miss something here? Is this some massive project going on, or did someone just make one sometime and other people copied? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/30 "2010-09-29T02:33:28Z")
I don’t know, but it’s gotten beyond old. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/31 "2010-09-29T02:41:54Z")
Whenever you think “sheeple” is just a really stupid internet meme, you find out how sadly true it is. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/32 "2010-09-29T02:55:06Z")
That’s the question I ask myself every time I open this forum lately. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/33 "2010-09-29T02:56:40Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> ATMB, where it can join the thread already in progress. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/34 "2010-09-29T03:21:24Z")
I’m playing a sad little tune for each and every one of you on my very own World’s Smallest Violin™. And then I’m going to post a poll to Cafe Society to see which tune y’all think’s the best, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/35 "2010-09-29T03:47:27Z")
To me, it’s just like a conversation - at present, lots of people in the room are talking about their favourite albums, and their favourite songs from those albums. Maybe I’m just a boring, irritating kind of guy, but it’s the sort of thing that comes up all the time in my real life conversations. Is it just the polling feature that galls some of you? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/36 "2010-09-29T03:51:58Z")
Well, I think I’ve got enough options for my “Who are the biggest whiners on the SDMB” poll. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/37 "2010-09-29T04:05:15Z")
This topic made me want to post a “best song on [some album]” poll. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/38 "2010-09-29T04:40:18Z")
I stopped voting in them because I grew tired of them. The “what’s the best song on” polls are just repetitive. Eventually most people will tire of them. I only hope the thread starters will stop once they only get a handful of responses. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/39 "2010-09-29T05:41:43Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > To me, it’s just like a conversation - at present, lots of people in the room are talking about their favourite albums, and their favourite songs from those albums. Maybe I’m just a boring, irritating kind of guy, but it’s the sort of thing that comes up all the time in my real life conversations. > > Is it just the polling feature that galls some of you? I think it’s just the sheer number of them that’s bothering people. You know, “What’s your favorite song on album A”, “What’s your favorite song on album B”, and so on, sort of ad nauseum. And it’s not that, personally, it bothers me, or that I think anything needs to be done about it. I just feel really left out of Cafe Society right now, because I’ve never heard of any of these albums and so don’t have an opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757/40 "2010-09-29T12:13:05Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > And it’s not that, personally, it bothers me, or that I think anything needs to be done about it. I just feel really left out of Cafe Society right now, because I’ve never heard of any of these albums and so don’t have an opinion. At present, the first page of Cafe Society contains at least 33 threads, including the top four, about TV shows I’ve never seen and never intend to see. Should I complain about that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-polls-in-cafe-society/554757.md?page=3)