# 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:** 302
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6024 "2023-08-03T22:49:24Z")
I also noticed brown was missing from the car color thread. I don’t actually own a brown car, but it’s a running joke that the [Jalponik](https://jalopnik.com/) readership’s ideal cars is a brown, diesel, manual transmission station wagon. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6025 "2023-08-03T23:48:42Z")
D’oh! ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6026 "2023-08-04T14:19:21Z")
I don’t know how much money I’ve wasted in – well, not 72 years; I didn’t have any money to waste for the first few. And in some cases I don’t know whether it was wasted. I bought a piece of farm equipment once that I hardly used for a few years, and thought I might have wasted my money on it – but I use it a lot now. I fairly recently bought another couple of pieces of farm equipment one of which is temporarily unusable and the other of which I don’t use much – but they may wind up being like that first one, and I really can’t tell now. Also, if I bought something I didn’t need and that arguably wasn’t good for me, but I really enjoyed it, is that supposed to count as wasted? – I’ve never watched (?) Golden Girls and so have no opinion. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6027 "2023-08-04T14:41:09Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Also, if I bought something I didn’t need and that arguably wasn’t good for me, but I really enjoyed it, is that supposed to count as wasted? I spent most of my money on hookers and blow, but wasted the rest. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6028 "2023-08-04T15:13:09Z")
Well, I was thinking more of fried chicken. But that is rather the catchphrase for it, isn’t it? ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6029 "2023-08-04T17:15:16Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I’ve never watched (?) Golden Girls and so have no opinion. Same. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6030 "2023-08-04T17:25:05Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > – I’ve never watched (?) Golden Girls and so have no opinion. Boy are you missing out. I wasted a lot of money in my 20s. I probably would have wasted more if I had more to waste. But I also spent money on prudent things, like education. I didn’t really get a grip on my spending until I started using YNAB in my late 20s. But I still waste money on delivery. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6031 "2023-08-04T17:53:31Z")
We weren’t _allowed_ to leave campus, which is different from whether we _did_ leave campus. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6032 "2023-08-05T03:02:59Z")
If we hadn’t been allowed to leave campus, there would have been at least 3 fewer fast food places and a Baskin-Robbins in the world ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6033 "2023-08-05T19:39:41Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I didn’t really get a grip on my spending until I started using YNAB in my late 20s. You started using your what now? I have had a lot of disposable income, and I have a tendency towards impulse spending. I’ve bought a _ton_ of things over the years that local charities have been more than happy to receive. I can remember bringing huge heavy bags of clothes to work when they were supporting the charity for women getting back into the workforce and needing a professional wardrobe. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6034 "2023-08-06T02:29:58Z")
You Need a Budget. > **[YNAB. Personal Budgeting Software for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android](https://www.ynab.com)** > > You Need a Budget combines easy software with Four Simple Rules to help you quickly gain control of your money, get out of debt, and save more money faster! I’ve been using it for something like… I don’t know, fifteen years. I’m an evangelist. Completely turned my financial life around. At least now when I spend too much money on something, I know about it right away, and can usually course-correct. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6035 "2023-08-06T02:37:24Z")
Regarding voguing, I read the question and thought “Well, I know a meaning of voguing. But that’s thirty years old. I’m sure it must mean something different now.” But I checked and was surprised to find it still had the same meaning. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6036 "2023-08-06T13:39:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Regarding voguing, I read the question and thought “Well, I know a meaning of voguing. But that’s thirty years old. I’m sure it must mean something different now.” But I checked and was surprised to find it still had the same meaning. Same here ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6037 "2023-08-06T14:06:10Z")
I’ve heard of the magazine, but other than that I was clueless. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6038 "2023-08-06T14:20:37Z")
I learned what it was when Madonna came out with her video in 1990 (which was just yesterday). ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6039 "2023-08-06T21:41:12Z")
Yes, the Madonna song, plus the documentary _Paris Is Burning._ Interesting that there’s such a sharp divide in the poll on driving! ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6040 "2023-08-06T22:15:49Z")
I have social anxiety which also manifests when I’m driving. I worry overmuch about other drivers disapproving of my driving. But if I know where I’m going and have done the route a hundred times, I do okay. I get nervous at stoplights and making left turns since those are times other drivers have to wait on me and might judge me negatively. I’m also a hyper-vigilant driver perhaps because of an accident when I was young. So… It’s emotionally exhausting to drive, especially in unknown territory. But I enjoy cruising down the highway. I like listening to music or podcasts. I can get pretty blissed out when I know where I’m going. And I _love_ riding shotgun in the car. All of the fun with none of the responsibility. My husband calls me a golden retriever. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6041 "2023-08-07T00:38:46Z")
The “vogueing” poll should have had “Verbing weirds language” as one of the options. No, had no idea what it meant, and not sure that I do. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6042 "2023-08-07T00:56:12Z")
I have a deep and abiding dislike bordering on hatred for EVs. Not _ipso facto_ EVs, as the basic concept is good enough, but I need buttons and levers and needles, not this damn touch screen lemme drive for you high tech bullshit without which you basically cannot buy an EV. Oh, and we just need fewer cars on the road overall. Massively fewer. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/6043 "2023-08-07T01:50:33Z")
Of all the EVs, the Mini looks like it’ll be the most fun to drive. If only it came in a convertible. And now I want a leg of lamb. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=301) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=303)