# 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:** 4
**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, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/61 "2015-09-02T19:43:01Z")
I’m thinking that “random” loses its meaning as soon as the meta-qualifier “How can I f\*\*\* with this survey?” gets added as a filter. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/62 "2015-09-02T19:47:14Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Yup, I did it. FOr some reason the first movie star I thought if was Tom Cruise. I hate Tom Cruise. Me too. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/63 "2015-09-02T20:15:09Z")
No quotation marks. Katharine Hepburn. I’m intrigued to see what gets done with the data. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/64 "2015-09-02T20:22:36Z")
I filled it in ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/65 "2015-09-02T20:25:35Z")
JLaw, no quotes on cat. I really tried to type five random words, but I think my subconscious got the best of me: the first was “jump” and the second was “street”. I don’t remember #3 and #4, but #5 was “crag”. 40 was my first random number; “forty” was the word I always misspell. When I typed random stuff, my work keyboard wasn’t as responsive as I desired. So, I just held down a bunch of keys. To my surprise, the keyboard started repeating all the letters I held down sequentially, instead of just the one it thought I typed last. For example, here’s what comes out while pounding the home keys now: sflasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasadfdfs;as;as;as;as;as;as;as;as;as;alsfjklaas;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;s;slsdfkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkjlkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkksdflasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfakldfjklasdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsasasasasasasasasasadfsdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkasdfkal I’ve never seen this before. I’m using a Dell SK-8115, if anyone cares. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/66 "2015-09-02T20:37:29Z")
I typed random words that popped into my head - I think one of them was “pillar” and one of them was “fart”. ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/67 "2015-09-02T21:07:25Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > did anyone else type five random words correct horse battery staple naturally Also, James Franco and “cat” with the quotes. It was kind of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/68 "2015-09-02T21:11:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Clint Eastwood was the correct answer. Sean Connery ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/69 "2015-09-02T21:42:48Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > The word “random” and four of its synonyms. > > Yes, I’m criticized for being too literal. Why do you ask? I actually did think of doing that. Apparently I do have some self control after all. > [@Finagle](#): > > I’m thinking that “random” loses its meaning as soon as the meta-qualifier “How can I f\*\*\* with this survey?” gets added as a filter. I suspect that is really what’s being tested. If 42 doesn’t end up one of the most popular “random” numbers, I’ll eat my hat. ---
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/70 "2015-09-02T22:31:19Z")
My random numbers were pi and e. Or rather, because the interface wouldn’t accept letters, 3.14159265358979323846 and 2.718281828 (those being how far I’ve memorized on both). ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/71 "2015-09-02T22:37:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > My random numbers were pi and e. Or rather, because the interface wouldn’t accept letters, 3.14159265358979323846 and 2.718281828 (those being how far I’ve memorized on both). Geebus. I did exactly the same. Now I’m worried. Somehow, I correlate with Chronos. :eek: ETA: Grats, you have pi to three digits further than me. I concede the geek card on that subject. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/72 "2015-09-02T23:03:26Z")
I put “cat”. One of my random words was “lackadaisical”. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/73 "2015-09-02T23:24:30Z")
The five animals was strange. The first animal to pop into my head was otter, and I have no freakin’ idea why. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/74 "2015-09-02T23:33:17Z")
Typed “cat”, because that _is_ a correct way to use quotes. Otherwise, nothing very clever. Except that for the movie star, I listed the Veil Nebula from **Dark Star**. Okay, it’s not really a star, but I was trying to think of an actual star that was important to a movie. While randomly pressing keys, I spelled out “fap”. Ironic, that. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/75 "2015-09-02T23:40:25Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > No it isn’t. Lilian Gish is the correct answer. You’re closer than most, but it was her _Whales of August_ co-star, Bette Davis. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/76 "2015-09-02T23:47:04Z")
> [@Miss\_Woodhouse](#): > > I typed cat without the quotation marks. I tend to not thing of the smart alec answer until it’s too late. > > I also always have a random celebrity pre-chosen for all those times people ask me to randomly name a celebrity (this way I avoid answers like “Tom Cruise”) My default celebrity is Cary Grant. You can’t go wrong with a man who looks fantastic in black and white. That’s two of us then because I also put Cary Grant. And “cat”. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/77 "2015-09-02T23:52:18Z")
I typed cat and then considered adding the quotes, but I didn’t because I thought it’d look like I was too literal. I thought Tom Cruise too, but for some reason I typed Tom Hanks (I left it that way) I’m going to reword it slightly (five to four) but “type four random words” is going to be a question on the next test I write Of course the Internet is in Arizona; I thought of AZ My two numbers were 37 and then 73 - is that weird? Necessary. I think I typed that right this time. I can’t wait to see the results. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/78 "2015-09-02T23:54:54Z")
I’m surprised so many chose Jennifer Lawrence. That was my choice as well. I thought about changing my answer to George Clooney, but hell, I like Jennifer. I discovered her before she was famous and feel a bit protective of her. cat Location of the internet: Hell ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/79 "2015-09-03T00:03:42Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > The five animals was strange. The first animal to pop into my head was otter, and I have no freakin’ idea why. Aardvarks were on my list, probably because of their position in the dictionary. They weren’t first, though–that went to cats, so my internal alphabetization must be incomplete. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712/80 "2015-09-03T00:07:35Z")
> [@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. The only right answer being, of course, “cat or poisoned cat, we can’t know”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-fill-in-the-xkcd-survey/729712.md?page=5)