# Anyone fill in the XKCD survey? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712 "2015-09-02T15:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/1 "2015-09-02T15:47:19Z")
Anyone fill in the [XKCD survey](http://xkcd.com/1572/) today? It’s actually the second weirdest survey I participated in today\*. Not sure to answer the question about “How many of your siblings are twins?”. If you’re a twin, then the answer is 1, right? But otherwise, if there’s a set of twins in the family, the answer is 2. And weirdly, if you have triplets in the family, the answer is 0, because I don’t think “twin” is a subset of “triplet”. Also, “What color are the walls around you?”. Well, I could go downstairs and look at the lid of the paint can and nail it exactly. I’m not sure that’s the answer he wants, but this is XKCD, so sarcasm and snark are probably warranted. The list of vocabulary words – some of them seem to be completely fabricated and others only appear in Urban Dictionary. Some of the fabricated words are fairly convincing. I think there might have been one or two real words that I didn’t know. - Weirdest survey was some political poll that I made the mistake of participating in. It went “Hi, we’d like to ask you some questions about issues that have been in the news recently.” “Do you have a favorable view of Congressman X?” Me: “Has he been in the news recently?”. Them: “We don’t know”. Them: “How do you feel about the security of Medicare?” Me: “It’s not something I pay much attention to”. Them: “Do you feel Congressman X will increase or decrease the security of Medicare?” Me: “I honestly have no clue.” Them: “Thank you very much for participating in our survey.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/2 "2015-09-02T15:50:09Z")
I did it. But I didn’t see a question about siblings who were twins, just whether I had a twin sibling. Which I guess could be parsed as “sibling who is a twin”, but I interpret that phrase as meaning a twin of myself. ---
**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 2, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/3 "2015-09-02T15:50:59Z")
I did! I thought it was a fun little thing. Imma try and have Ms. Cups do it during lunch because she never goes to XKCD and it did encourage me to find new people ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/4 "2015-09-02T15:58:50Z")
It kept giving me a form submission error, so I said, “Fuck it.” ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/5 "2015-09-02T16:04:21Z")
Took it, thought it was fun. Looking forward to being able to search the results and see how xkcd readers answer some of the open ended questions, especially the one that askes: what do you imagine when you think about where the internet is physically located? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/6 "2015-09-02T16:05:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I did it. But I didn’t see a question about siblings who were twins, just whether I had a twin sibling. Which I guess could be parsed as “sibling who is a twin”, but I interpret that phrase as meaning a twin of myself. It’s phrased as “How many twin/etc siblings do you have?” Which I guess is even more ambiguous than I thought, because it could potentially mean, as you say, “how many of your siblings were born at approximately the same time you were?” Or it could mean, how many of your siblings are twins, triplets, etc… So the numbers are just going to be all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/7 "2015-09-02T16:07:14Z")
> [@txtumbleweed](#): > > Took it, thought it was fun. Looking forward to being able to search the results and see how xkcd readers answer some of the open ended questions, especially the one that askes: what do you imagine when you think about where the internet is physically located? I’m guessing there will be a lot of “little black box with a red light sitting atop of Big Ben” type answers for that question. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/8 "2015-09-02T16:10:32Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’m guessing there will be a lot of “little black box with a red light sitting atop of Big Ben” type answers for that question. I can’t believe that didn’t even occur to me when I was filling out the survey! Nor did I think of a vast series of tubes…I must need more coffee ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/9 "2015-09-02T16:21:04Z")
What I want to know is, for the question “Type “cat” in the box”, how many people included the quotation marks, and how may just typed cat without them. With, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/10 "2015-09-02T16:36:42Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > What I want to know is, for the question “Type “cat” in the box”, how many people included the quotation marks, and how may just typed cat without them. > > With, btw. I originally typed cat here but since he used quotes I whined a little to myself and corrected it to cat. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/11 "2015-09-02T16:38:40Z")
I typed “cat”. Did not answer which was my favorite number. Couldn’t figure out how. I picture a place like an ancient Roman port market. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/12 "2015-09-02T16:40:12Z")
I left the quotation marks off. I visualized the internet being located in Kansas because of the SD column about call centers being located there (well, maybe now the internet is in India?) so it made mental sense to me. I played it straight on the vocab and didn’t look anything up although I suspect(ed) that some of the words were fake. I tried really hard to legitimately name the first things I could think of when asked and not try to think of cooler things. I’ve thrown away all my socks and underwear and replaced them (well, not in that order) but never evangelized about it. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/13 "2015-09-02T16:46:59Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I’ve thrown away all my socks and underwear and replaced them (well, not in that order) but never evangelized about it. I tried to do this with my socks, but it turns out, some pairs (even from the same manufacturer) are more stretchy than others. So now I have to do a side-by-side stretch test every time I put on socks. Would not recommend! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/14 "2015-09-02T16:48:32Z")
Yup, I did it. FOr some reason the first movie star I thought if was Tom Cruise. I hate Tom Cruise. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/15 "2015-09-02T16:53:18Z")
I used quote marks for “cat” When I was mashing keys to type gibberish, I accidentally submitted the survey, so I hit the Back button on my browser, completed it, and submitted again. I wish my name were literally “Catherine Person.” ETA: > [@IvoryTowerCitizen](#): > > FOr some reason the first movie star I thought if was Tom Cruise. I hate Tom Cruise. Same here! ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/16 "2015-09-02T17:05:01Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > It’s phrased as “How many twin/etc siblings do you have?” Which I guess is even more ambiguous than I thought, because it could potentially mean, as you say, “how many of your siblings were born at approximately the same time you were?” Or it could mean, how many of your siblings are twins, triplets, etc… So the numbers are just going to be all over the place. It was immediately after the “How many older siblings do you have” and “How many younger siblings do you have” questions, so I assumed it was an alternate way of asking “How many siblings do you have that are the same age as you?” just to finish out the category. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/17 "2015-09-02T17:06:48Z")
I aced it! WooHoo!! Man, that felt good. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/18 "2015-09-02T17:10:43Z")
I typed “cat” here: with the colon included. While calzones, tacos, and quesadillas could be classified as sandwiches by some, I do not. Also, if you consider chocolate frosting a condiment, I have an answer to two of the questions (do you eat condiments and what was the last thing you ate). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/19 "2015-09-02T17:17:26Z")
I totally filled it out. If there’s anyone on the internet who’s earned a bunch of random data from me, it’s Randall Munroe. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/20 "2015-09-02T17:17:58Z")
When I key-mashed, Chrome opened a help page. Probably thought I was having seizures, or just too damn dumb to use a keyboard… Also, first thing I’m doing when the data goes online is find those who put their ‘clever’ answers here, and then use the rest of the info against them. Somehow. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712.md?page=2)