# 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:** 221
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4403 "2023-05-25T13:29:10Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Yet another reason that Kroger sucks and must pay for their myriad sins is that they do not carry Wise and Utz. Actually, that might be a good thing, otherwise I might weigh two hundred pounds. That’s odd, my local Kroger (SE Texas) carries Utz, and I’m a lot farther from Pennsylvania (where both Utz and Wise are from) than you are. When I first noticed them I thought perhaps Utz was pushing to become a national brand like Lays. I’m not the chip eater in the house so I always buy the cheapest brand on sale, and it’s never Utz. ---
**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 25, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4404 "2023-05-25T13:33:28Z")
Really? I know sloth is mine for sure and that’s what I voted for. Now, I have the excuse of a heart problem wearing me down for my sloth, but I’ve always been somewhat slothful, my own choice/fault. Probably next on my list is envy, but I don’t think that is always bad either. I’m envious of a friend who is already in France, gearing up for 24 heuers du Mans, while I can no longer do the event. Even though I envy her, I’m still glad that she can go, even if I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4405 "2023-05-25T13:53:41Z")
There’s no choice given for “Yes, but I need coffee.” Please consider my “yes” vote to come with that addendum. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4406 "2023-05-25T13:54:19Z")
I picked Sloth. I was too lazy to read the whole list, so I picked the first one I saw. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4407 "2023-05-25T15:14:09Z")
I also picked Sloth (from the comfy chair where I’ve been sitting all morning, contemplating the tasks I’m not getting done), but I noticed none of us chose Pride, and given that it’s, well, _us_, I also wondered if we’re seeing ourselves honestly. I’m not feeling motivated enough to reconsider, though. I buy Baked Lays, not necessarily because I like them best but because I don’t eat as many as I do of the good, greasy chips. The flavoring on chips is weird to me; I often really like the first bite or two, but then the flavor starts degrading in my mouth and tasting mainly like salt and sugar. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4408 "2023-05-25T15:28:14Z")
For those unfamiliar, “Q” is an extremely powerful, but petty and manipulative, extra-dimensional alien from _Star Trek_. > **[Q (Star Trek)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(Star_Trek))** > > Q is a fictional character, as well as the name of a race, in Star Trek appearing in the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Lower Decks, and Picard series and in related media. The most familiar Q is portrayed by John de Lancie. He is an extra-dimensional being of unknown origin who possesses immeasurable power over time, space, the laws of physics, and reality itself, being capable of altering it to his whim. Despite his vast knowledge and experience spanning untold eons, and (much to th... ---
**Author:** ![NinthAcolyte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ninthacolyte/32/13676_2.png) [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4409 "2023-05-25T15:31:04Z")
IMO there’s no winning move in that scenario, the best move is to accept death and die with clean hands. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4410 "2023-05-25T15:39:44Z")
Sloth is quickly pulling away from the pack and taking the lead. I wonder how much that has to do with the dominant culture being inculcated with the protestant work ethic for centuries. When you look at the various ‘sins’ some definitely have potential to affect other people beyond oneself. Some are victimless crimes, whereas others create suffering in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4411 "2023-05-25T15:41:32Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Sloth is quickly pulling away from the pack and taking the lead. I voted for “lust.” It wasn’t even close. Several others can be runner ups. ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4412 "2023-05-25T15:56:29Z")
Not enough people are voting for Wrathe, and that make me angry. ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4413 "2023-05-25T16:01:22Z")
sorry. 😟 ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4414 "2023-05-25T16:03:02Z")
Gluttony all the way, baby. ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4415 "2023-05-25T16:04:11Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I also picked Sloth (from the comfy chair where I’ve been sitting all morning, contemplating the tasks I’m not getting done), but I noticed none of us chose Pride, and given that it’s, well, _us_, I also wondered if we’re seeing ourselves honestly. I’m not feeling motivated enough to reconsider, though. I am guilty of pride, but I think I engage in sloth more often, and to more overall damage. > [@InternetLegend](#): > > I buy Baked Lays, not necessarily because I like them best but because I don’t eat as many as I do of the good, greasy chips. The flavoring on chips is weird to me; I often really like the first bite or two, but then the flavor starts degrading in my mouth and tasting mainly like salt and sugar. I only buy chips when I’m hosting a party (so, huh, not since before the pandemic) but when I do I get good greasy ones. But I like my chips plain. I really hate flavored chips. Some, like vinegar, are sad but edible. A lot of them I just throw away if I discover I accidentally put them on my plate. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4416 "2023-05-25T16:11:28Z")
I like Ruffles and the Lay’s lightly salted chips best. I usually buy Utz wavy chips, though, because they’re cheaper than Lay’s. 10% of eight billion is still too many people. 5% sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![NinthAcolyte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ninthacolyte/32/13676_2.png) [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4417 "2023-05-25T16:12:08Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > When you look at the various ‘sins’ some definitely have potential to affect other people beyond oneself. Some are victimless crimes, whereas others create suffering in the world. Per [Wikipedia citing Dorothy Sayers,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Historical_and_modern_definitions,_views,_and_associations) Dante categorized them all as different failures of the ultimate virtue, love. > [@](#): > > Most of the seven deadly sins are defined by [Dante Alighieri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri) (c. 1264–1321) as perverse or corrupt versions of love; lust, gluttony, and greed are all excessive or disordered love of good things; and wrath, envy, and pride are perverted love directed toward others’ harm. The sole exception is sloth, which is a deficiency of love. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4418 "2023-05-25T16:44:51Z")
Potato chips: The Canadian “all dressed” flavor was not included on the list, and I have tried it before and liked it, so that was my “other”. As I am reading this thread from work rather than, you know, working, arguably I am engaging in sloth right now. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4419 "2023-05-25T17:36:53Z")
I am envious that you were the first to make this observation and not me! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4420 "2023-05-25T18:28:40Z")
Having considered the matter I think I have to go with saving the best 10% and killing the rest; partly for the sake of the other creatures on the planet, partly because without the best 10% I don’t think most of the other 90% have much chance of lasting much longer anyway. Handing the decision off to somebody else only brings up the risk that the next person asked will think murderous totalitarians with no acceptance of reality are the ones to save. But I don’t think I’d want to be exempt. I don’t know that I could live with myself afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4421 "2023-05-25T18:29:26Z")
Nm nm nm ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/4422 "2023-05-25T21:20:09Z")
The problem with using your Thanos power for population control is that the solution is extremely temporary. The Earth’s population was 10% of its current population in around the late 1700s. So you if you kill 90% of the population, we could be back to 8 billion in 200 years, unless you make some other changes to human repoduction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=220) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=222)