# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/501 "2022-11-25T02:34:58Z")
The first Google hit was this thread: > [@Sunday! Sunday! Amphetamine Speedway!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199/12): > > Well, like the fight against Ignorance, it’s taking longer than I thought … but I have my answer! ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/502 "2022-11-25T17:45:52Z")
I remember radio ads with that phrase for monster truck and car-racing events in the Pittsburgh area in the mid-Seventies, IIRC. ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/503 "2022-11-25T20:36:04Z")
Ugh, I screwed up my sandwich poll and only let you choose 2 of each multichoice option. Too late to edit! Mods? ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/504 "2022-11-25T20:49:00Z")
I couldn’t answer @ParallelLines’s poll, because I’m planning to wear a mask when I’m out in public all this flu season regardless of anyone I know who is positive. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/505 "2022-11-25T20:51:27Z")
BHA I see. 🙂 Or at least that’s what I intended to be the ‘other’ category. And I respect your answer fully! ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/506 "2022-11-25T20:54:46Z")
No biggie. I just want to participate in all the polls! ---
**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:** [November 25, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/507 "2022-11-25T21:56:50Z")
> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2406): > > You can take a pill that has an 90% likelihood of giving you an enormous mental benefit - much improved intelligence, wisdom, happiness, clarity, love, release from stress - but there’s a 10% chance that it will instead give you schizophrenia/bipolar/mania/psychosis for life. Yay or nay? So I never voted for this one, because I needed clarity. First, do I get to choose which of the positive effects prior to taking the pill? Because some of them have a much higher value to me than others, and if it’s a random ‘positive’ mental effect, the overall value drops. Especially because depending on which one, it could be considered a detriment. For example, greatly improved happiness could lead to a very lotus-eater like experience, which might be great for me, but not so much for those who depend on me. Secondly, if you get the secondary effect, do you get the benefit AND the detrimental side effect, or just the negative side effect. Lastly, if you get the negative result (in either of the two scenarios above) is it treatable, if no more so than the same IRL psychoses are? Because I’d vote yes for if it’s the positive result of your choice with some hesitation, but the answers to the second and third question would vastly change the degree of hesitation. And if it isn’t the power of choice, I’d probably vote no, although again, the answer to the other two could make a difference. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/508 "2022-11-25T21:58:06Z")
Oops, wrong thread. ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/509 "2022-11-25T22:10:06Z")
Yes, polls can only be edited for 5 minutes. (And your can do it yourself then.) You can also delete one and start over. You lose the votes, of course. The bread i have is a baguette. I picked “French roll” as closest. You didn’t leave options for “none of the above”. If i made a sandwich right now, it would have turkey, lettuce, and cranberry sauce. Nothing mayo-like, no cheese. ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/510 "2022-11-25T22:11:51Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I couldn’t answer @ParallelLines’s poll, because I’m planning to wear a mask when I’m out in public all this flu season regardless of anyone I know who is positive. Yeah, I’m planning on wearing a mask most of the winter. But i picked one of the two “I’ll wear one for the next two weeks” options. I forget which, as both reasons are valid. ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/511 "2022-11-25T22:13:09Z")
Well, I won’t answer a poll unless the answer is exactly right. Harrumph! 🤪 ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/512 "2022-11-25T23:29:05Z")
What, no challah? No “no meat, thanks”? ---
**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:** [November 26, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/513 "2022-11-26T00:00:11Z")
I was thinking, no naan? ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/514 "2022-11-26T00:02:03Z")
> [@susan](#): > > What, no challah? Back when I was in high school, I went to the L.A. Farmer’s Market (the old one on Fairfax and (Third ?)) with a friend, and her mom asked her to pick up a challah at the bakery. When she asked for it, the clerk looked at her like she had three heads. The other clerk said “That’s what _they_ call it” as she pointed out the bread. I remember it clearly as yesterday. And this is in what was one of the most densely Jewish areas in the city! ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/515 "2022-11-26T00:24:33Z")
Wow. What did the bakery call it? “Egg bread”? “Yellow bread”? “Jewish bread”? ---
**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 26, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/516 "2022-11-26T01:51:18Z")
I can’t remember. I don’t think I even knew at the time. I was in mild shock and just wanted to get away. My friend was really embarrassed. I’m not Jewish, and I call it challah. ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/517 "2022-11-26T02:21:51Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I screwed up my sandwich poll and only let you choose 2 of each multichoice option Ah. That explains why I was allowed to pick up to a dozen meat options on one sandwich (way too many) but only two vegetable toppings (not enough!) > [@carrps](#): > > I couldn’t answer @ParallelLines’s poll, because I’m planning to wear a mask when I’m out in public all this flu season regardless of anyone I know who is positive Ditto. At least, indoors in public places. – did pick BHA. > [@carnut](#): > > I was thinking, no naan? I was thinking, no whole wheat? and I picked multigrain, but it isn’t the sort of multigrain you’re probably thinking of. It’s my homemade, which is mostly whole wheat, some unbleached white wheat, and some of either cornmeal or rye thrown in to improve the flavor. Grocery store multigrains almost always have flax in them. Flax is a laxative. Let me just say that my particular digestive system does not require a laxative. 1 ---
**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:** [November 26, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/518 "2022-11-26T02:40:42Z")
Mea culpa, I did try to put in many options (including BHA), and the option did specify two weeks or MORE, but I didn’t include one for continuing existing protection. I feel bad. Shame, shame is heaped upon me! ---
**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 26, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/519 "2022-11-26T03:06:18Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I can’t remember. I don’t think I even knew at the time. I was in mild shock and just wanted to get away. My friend was really embarrassed. I’m not Jewish, and I call it challah. Maybe you didn’t make the proper, guttural, back-of-the-throat CH-sound for the first syllable. 😉 ---
**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:** [November 26, 2022, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/520 "2022-11-26T09:21:38Z")
For clarification, what I meant in that poll was that you get **all** the positive benefits. Better intelligence, wisdom, happiness, clarity, love, stress-release - **all** of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=27)