# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 192
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3822 "2023-05-03T22:38:50Z")
Supervisor A sounds like an incipient micromanager. I don’t need my manager to be my friend. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3823 "2023-05-03T22:49:58Z")
A quick search here, has it showing in topics back as far as Y2K. I did not search to the end of the topics where cow-orker is mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3824 "2023-05-03T22:51:37Z")
Favorite Doper meme is Lord Og. I didn’t even recognize some of those. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3825 "2023-05-03T23:17:10Z")
The Pie meme isn’t original to the dope. It’s from a very old YouTube video: [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Gdezyt8eY&ab_channel=WeeblAndBob) I’m pretty sure “Profit!” didn’t originate here. [Penis ensued](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-a-kind-warning-to-olestra-phobes/282805) on the other hand is the most delicious dope-grown accidental meme ever. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3826 "2023-05-03T23:27:48Z")
I would definitely mention the race of my new supervisor (principal). I live in an extremely non-black town. AFAIK there is only 1 black admin in the district, and he’s a guy I would love to have back as my principal. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3827 "2023-05-03T23:49:24Z")
Yeah, I worked in a fairly conservative culture, and it was unusual enough that when I went to work for a black woman, I did mention it to my wife. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3828 "2023-05-04T00:03:38Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Favorite Doper meme is Lord Og. I was a little taken aback when I saw that names had been bestowed upon the last three entries in the periodic table and the last one, number 118, was given the symbol Og. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3829 "2023-05-04T00:50:15Z")
The game I play every day is called “Essdee-embie”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3830 "2023-05-04T01:05:42Z")
Disappointed on behalf of @Beckdawrek that her catchphrase wasn’t listed [“BadbadbadbadSomething”]. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3831 "2023-05-04T01:11:18Z")
I couldn’t pick just one meme. Evil Nazi Groundhogs. Cow-orkers. Og smash! Lord Og. Teasing **Hal Briston** about the sheep thread. 1920s-style death rays. “Rio”, by Duran Duran. Once, in 1960, for 20 minutes. 18-inch double-headed ice-blue jelly dong. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3832 "2023-05-04T01:31:01Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > > I don’t think that’s Dope-specific. > > I think it is, actually. It migrated elsewhere. I’ve been following for a long, long time. I’d seen it on alt.humor.oracle.d since 1997. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3833 "2023-05-04T02:55:14Z")
I’ve seen cow-orker since forever, certainly since kind before i found this message board. I imagine it’s been invented many times. But i was surprised to see it listed as a thing specific to here. Do i tell my husband my new boss is Black? Sure. I also tell him my new boss is Indian, or an Orthodox Jew, or any other interesting demographic info. I tell him my boss’s gender, and maybe that the boss is expecting a baby and talks about baby clothes at the huddle. Or that my boss volunteers for habitat for humanity. I spend a ton of time at work, and work is one of the things i talk about with my husband. Is that what i tell him day one? Maybe not. But it’s bound to come up eventually. (And yes, there are few enough Black people in my company that that’s interesting demographic information.) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3834 "2023-05-04T03:15:14Z")
Get rid of the word ‘the’? I voted, as have all done so far, the ‘no, I’ll screw it up.’ Although for 100 million… I’d be tempted to go old school twilight zone and cripple my voice / tongue. Tempted, but still no. Now if it was a billion, and considering all I could do with the money… I’d probably say yes and get some surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3835 "2023-05-04T04:16:30Z")
I’d probably still find a way to screw it up (does ASL have “the” as a word?) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3836 "2023-05-04T04:34:11Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > does ASL have “the” as a word?) **No**. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3837 "2023-05-04T04:49:52Z")
One could move to a country with few English speakers and learn the local language. According to Wikipedia, these are the five countries with the lowest percentages of English speakers: 1. China (0.9%) 2. The Gambia (2.34%) 3. Nepal (3.00%) 4. Malawi (3.88%) 5. Russia (3.501%) > **[List of countries by English-speaking population](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population)** > > The following is a list of English-speaking population by country, including information on both native speakers and second-language speakers. > Some numbers have been calculated by Wikipedia editors by mixing data from different sources; > figures not attributed to sources and given with a date should be treated with caution. > Proportion of native speakers: Census 1995, as quoted by Andrew Gonzalez in 1625/http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/019/0487/jmmd0190487.pdf "The Language Planning ... ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3838 "2023-05-04T05:07:48Z")
Russian and Chinese do not have definite or indefinite articles, so, if you could learn and stick to the native language, you would be safe (I would think a language like French or Spanish which uses the definite article even more than English would end up being a disqualifier). Chinese, though, has the classifier (counting) words, which I think sometimes serve the same function as “the”, so that might also be out. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3839 "2023-05-04T11:16:56Z")
Yeah, for $100 million I’d be willing to cut my tongue out (surgically,) and it may be the only way. But if typing out the word “the” in textual communication also counts, then I’m screwed, it’s bound to happen sooner or later. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3840 "2023-05-04T11:28:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > In setting up the favorite Doper meme poll, I was surprised to see Blawnox as a meme. A friend owns a bar in Blawnox. It’s a cute little town. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/3841 "2023-05-04T12:14:08Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Yeah, for $100 million I’d be willing to cut my tongue out (surgically,) For real? What would you do with the $100M? If rather be healthy and have my tongue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=193)