# 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:** 275
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5484 "2023-07-10T22:58:54Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I am currently about 100 pages into “Stranger in a Strange Land” and I am extremely disappointed at the quality of the writing and, as I read, I have one eye on the trash bin. I have only stopped reading one book and it’s by Heinlein. I just can’t remember if it was _Friday_ or _The Cat Who Walked Through Walls_. I’d read tons of Heinlein but this one was just too ridiculous for me. This was back in the 80s. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > For those of you always-finishers: don’t you even allow yourselves to put a book aside for awhile (or indefinitely)? I put this book on a table in the hall. It stayed there for a long time, maybe a couple years, and I just couldn’t pick it back up. I can still picture it laying there (but I can’t see the title). Then it was lost in a fire. I haven’t finished _The City of Mirrors_ by Justin Cronin, which I started last year, but I do plan to get back to it eventually. It’s pretty rare for me to stop in the middle but it’s not as page-turning as the first two in the trilogy and I got distracted. I do want to see how it ends. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5485 "2023-07-10T23:15:13Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > _The Cat Who Walked Through Walls_. That’s the one I stopped. _Job_ was a close thing, though. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5486 "2023-07-11T02:46:11Z")
Mine whatever vote was this as well. Some tattoos are lovely. My skin scars far too easily, plus psoriasis and other immunity issues keep me away, but that’s just my choice for me. You all do you. Re: books, there are a few that I have stopped part-way into and a couple I have simply tossed out because awful or just plain stupid but I usually get through most books easily and some avidly. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5487 "2023-07-11T04:40:58Z")
The problem with reading e-books is that you can’t throw the book across the room if it’s really bad\* I used to always finish books, even when I hated them. However, since I started reading ebooks, I am much more likely to quit in the middle. I get most of my e-books free via a daily email. I’m not fond of most piercings, but the only one I really hate is the one on the chin. It never looks like anything but a zit. Tattoos I generally like, often because the tattoo is cherished by the owner. \*not my joke ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5488 "2023-07-11T12:34:02Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > For those of you always-finishers: don’t you even allow yourselves to put a book aside for awhile (or indefinitely)? Heh, I won’t set it aside because then I really can’t enjoy whatever I read next. I’d rather slog through the book and finish it so I can breathe a sigh of relief. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5489 "2023-07-11T13:32:31Z")
Yep, me too. Looking forward to my next book is what’s propelling me through my current read. mmm ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5490 "2023-07-11T13:36:08Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I have “whole life ADHD” Count yourself lucky: I have a close friend who has ADHD and also OCD. She struggles. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5491 "2023-07-11T13:46:17Z")
Well… I have a laundry list of mental health diagnoses on top of ADHD. I do pretty well all things considered, but I didn’t exactly win the neurochemical life lottery. Mental health problems tend to cluster together, so someone with ADHD is likely to have concurrent diagnoses. OCD for example is very common with both ADHD and ASD. **Spouse Weasel** specializes in OCD and it’s a regular part of his practice to screen for ADHD when OCD is present. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5492 "2023-07-11T18:06:58Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I don’t like being asked about it by strangers. If I saw a small, easily hidden tattoo like that on a stranger, or even casual friend, I can’t imagine asking them even so much as what it meant. It is obviously personal and they might or might not want to share it. I’ve known a woman for about ten years now with [Bunny Suicide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Bunny_Suicides) tats on her calves – and maybe higher for all I know – but I do not know if she merely thought them funny or if there is a deeper meaning. > [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Then it was lost in a fire. That seems a bit extreme. Couldn’t you have – you know – given it away? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5493 "2023-07-11T19:10:29Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > I’m not fond of most piercings, but the only one I really hate is the one on the chin. It never looks like anything but a zit. Just like small nose rings always look like boogers. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5494 "2023-07-11T19:26:40Z")
Yeah, I’ve never understood the appeal of “shiny booger” nose rings. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5495 "2023-07-11T19:56:56Z")
Call the store. They’ll let me know how they want me to manage the extra batteries (keep, pay by phone if I want to keep them, return them to the store at my convenience). No reason to drive back there. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5496 "2023-07-11T20:12:11Z")
> [@susan](#): > > No reason to drive back there. If @Cardigan meant the two choices to be exhaustive, the “drive back to the store” option would have to include both those who would make a special trip to return the batteries and those who would return them whenever it was convenient. I might not do the former, but I would at least do the latter. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5497 "2023-07-11T20:16:13Z")
Yes, though still no option for the “Eh, keep 'em” phone call. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5498 "2023-07-11T20:32:14Z")
This is me complaining about the lack of an Other option again. I would just wait until the next time I was in the store doing my regular shopping to bring up the dollars/merchandise. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5499 "2023-07-11T20:33:58Z")
^ That. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5500 "2023-07-11T20:35:39Z")
Assume it’s a store you don’t shop at regularly. You’re not likely to be back before the return period has expired. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5501 "2023-07-11T20:57:38Z")
Again, I’d phone them. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5502 "2023-07-11T21:42:33Z")
Just have cancer once and you’ll exceed whatever premium you’ve paid. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/5503 "2023-07-11T21:51:44Z")
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