# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/441 "2022-11-21T21:15:54Z")
Qatar Airlines is usually rated one of the best airlines in the world. It has a large connecting hub in Doha. So world travelers might have to say the word “Qatar” even if they have no intention of visiting that country. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/442 "2022-11-21T21:22:18Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > So world travelers might have to say the word “Qatar” even if they have no intention of visiting that country. Being the host nation of the World Cup, and all the controversy surrounding it, would also give many people a reason to say “Qatar”. I assumed that was what prompted the poll in the first place. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/443 "2022-11-21T22:07:55Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Marshmallows are for s’mores. That, IMO, is about all they’re good for. Plus one. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/444 "2022-11-21T23:03:43Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > > [@suranyi](#): > > > > So world travelers might have to say the word “Qatar” even if they have no intention of visiting that country. > > Being the host nation of the World Cup, and all the controversy surrounding it, would also give many people a reason to say “Qatar”. I assumed that was what prompted the poll in the first place. Yeah, more or less. I’ve pondered its pronunciation for a good while, then the World Cup popped up and I’ve heard it pronounced several different ways. mmm ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/445 "2022-11-21T23:22:27Z")
Ah, true. I should have realized that. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/446 "2022-11-22T02:46:06Z")
> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2393): > > How much money would have to be offered for you to be willing to do an activity that entails a 5% likelihood of death? It depends. Parasailing: No. Cancer treatment: Yeah. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/447 "2022-11-22T05:33:33Z")
“Do you personally know someone (friend, co-worker, family member, online acquaintances don’t count) who you know is transgendered or non-binary.” What a weird requirement. I’m dating a trans lady so I guess she’s my friend, but I also know her ex’s SO who is non-binary (I wouldn’t say we’re friends, met once). ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/448 "2022-11-22T10:31:22Z")
I think you are supposed to parse that as “do you know a non-binary or trans person in meat space, like a friend or relative or coworker. Don’t count people you only know online.” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/449 "2022-11-22T12:33:54Z")
I guess you’re right, but if that’s what was meant, it was poorly worded/punctuated. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/450 "2022-11-22T12:42:07Z")
@Buck_Godot ? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/451 "2022-11-22T13:49:03Z")
I would have liked an option for “There are many trans and non-binary people in my meatspace.” ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/452 "2022-11-22T13:58:47Z")
Well, there are many trans and non-binary people in my meatspace, but my poll was already cumbersome, and I’m on my phone. Sorry about that. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/453 "2022-11-22T13:59:04Z")
Hmm, i might be in the edit window… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/454 "2022-11-22T14:00:09Z")
Autocorrect is really not your friend today… ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/455 "2022-11-22T14:00:54Z")
Fixed. (I think) But the poll wasn’t in the edit window. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/456 "2022-11-22T14:04:20Z")
I was referring to the first poll. Hadn’t seen yours yet. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/457 "2022-11-22T15:05:52Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I would have liked an option for “There are many trans and non-binary people in my meatspace.” I would have liked an option for “I don’t know, maybe they just haven’t told me.” I don’t assume that because somebody hasn’t made an announcement otherwise to, say, the planning board or the other farmers’ market vendors or all of their neighbors, they must be cis male or female. So I made a poll out of that one. – come to think of it, I just remembered someone who has told me; except that I’ve never met them. But I don’t know them from online – they’re married to a person I haven’t seen in some years but am still in touch with, mostly by very intermittent snail mail. What category does that come into? I don’t know, and think I’ll leave my vote the same. But I didn’t vote in the other polls on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/458 "2022-11-22T15:22:36Z")
I read a few years ago in some authoritative source (_NYT_, maybe?) that “Cutter” was as close as most Americans could probably get to correctly pronouncing Qatar, so that’s how I’ve said it ever since (on the rare occasion when I have to say it at all). > [@WildaBeast](#): > > Ok, since we’ve had a request for the complete sweet potato recipe, this comes from Anthony Bourdain’s cookbook _Appetites_. It’s prefaced with the sentence “Put those goddamn marshmallows away.”… I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/459 "2022-11-22T16:30:46Z")
Yes that’s what I meant. My punctuation has always been atrocious sorry. What I was trying to avoid is , I was at a oarty once and I was introduced to a trans woman, and also since the Dope has a large number of vocal trans members (and we are all friends here 🙂), it would heavily skew the results to include online friends. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/460 "2022-11-22T16:41:47Z")
A semicolon would have done wonders. Just a suggestion. > [@](#): > > friend, co-worker, family member; online acquaintances don’t count [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=24)