# 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:** 368
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7344 "2023-10-10T09:11:30Z")
Man, that is a dark poll question, I ain’t answering that. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7345 "2023-10-10T11:11:29Z")
I am shocked that 23% of responders consider an airport layover as having been to a city. mmm ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7346 "2023-10-10T11:43:11Z")
A lot of people speak Klingon. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7347 "2023-10-10T12:11:50Z")
I’m also shocked that jalapenos and bacon were not listed separately. And am I the only one who likes raw mushrooms? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7348 "2023-10-10T13:00:43Z")
> [@susan](#): > > A lot of people speak Klingon. That’s why I wavered between it and Old English. > [@Bayaker](#): > > I’m also shocked that jalapenos and bacon were not listed separately. And am I the only one who likes raw mushrooms? Bacon was a total brain fart on my part. I’ll cop to that. My personal list of hamburger toppings stops at the Big Three (Pickles, onions, and tomatoes) plus sautéed onions. I had to pull up a Five Guys’ menu to round out the list. Thinking about it, I should have added chili and slaw (I _love_ a “Carolina Style” every once in a while). I may redo that part of the pole, if I could get more suggestions. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7349 "2023-10-10T13:03:16Z")
2% milk for cereal and cookies and chocolate cake (drinking). Unsweetened almond milk for smoothies. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7350 "2023-10-10T13:36:31Z")
I don’t drink cow milk, but we usually have either soy, almond, or similar in the refrigerator. My gf drinks skim milk which is really disgusting looking liquid. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7351 "2023-10-10T15:18:16Z")
For languages, I picked Somali. My reasoning is that there are many displaced Somalis in my local community, enough that the government puts their instructions for forms and suchlike in Somali as well as a couple of other languages. I would be able to comprehend that stuff. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7352 "2023-10-10T15:39:30Z")
I’m picking Sumerian. I’d be the only living speaker of an important language that’s not currently well understood, and therefore of lots of scientific interest. I’m sure I could get translation services in exchange for cooperating. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7353 "2023-10-10T16:10:26Z")
I would _prefer_ whole cow’s milk, but I have stomach issues every time I drink it, so I choose oat milk. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7354 "2023-10-10T16:38:00Z")
As I said, I distinguish “having been” to a city from “having visited” a city. For an airport layover, I’ve been to that city but I haven’t visited it. It really makes no difference, absolutely nothing in my life would change no matter how I counted it. It’s just for my personal amusement. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7355 "2023-10-10T16:41:50Z")
Airport layovers I don’t count. If I did then I can count Iceland and Romania as places I’ve visited. I don’t. Beef eating gatekeepers will yell at you if you eat anything well done. A nice steak I have no problem with being cooked but on the rare side. A burger I don’t want leaking fluid all over me. I like them medium well. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7356 "2023-10-10T18:30:50Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > For languages, I picked Somali. My reasoning is that there are many displaced Somalis in my local community, enough that the government puts their instructions for forms and suchlike in Somali as well as a couple of other languages. I would be able to comprehend that stuff. This is similar to why I picked Nepali. There are enough people from Nepal in southern NH who also speak English that I could likely find one to hire as a translator. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7357 "2023-10-10T19:38:52Z")
On depictions of Christian mythology as real in TV and movies, I selected “I’m fine if it’s thought-provoking and supports an entertaining story, as long as it’s not preachy, but I prefer if it’s critical of the faith.” While my feels predate the specific media, The Preacher (comics) was a good representative take of what I liked. If things exist the way they do, with so much suffering, and so much concealment, why? Spoilers follow: The Christian God of the series is a needy individual, wanting to be loved, but not wanting to make it easy, so that the love is even more special and devoted. And when even _that_ wasn’t enough, they manipulated events to create a new being that could be an equal in search of ever more _special_ sources of love for God. I would have also accepted the vote without the “prefer it’s critical,” if the point of the show is that it’s important to do your best to help your fellow man, even if they don’t share your faiths, but I know what my actual preference is. 🖤 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7358 "2023-10-10T19:45:05Z")
What about those who _want_ to picket studios? hehe! ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7359 "2023-10-10T20:09:57Z")
I like the occasional show where the Christian is actually a good guy. If you’ve ever watched British mysteries, almost inevitably, if there’s a priest/pastor, he’s a really, really bad man. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7360 "2023-10-10T20:19:42Z")
Father Brown? I wanted a Navajo option for a language. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7361 "2023-10-10T20:24:13Z")
Good point, I was thinking more where they weren’t the main character. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7362 "2023-10-10T22:52:50Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I like the occasional show where the Christian is actually a good guy. If you’ve ever watched British mysteries, almost inevitably, if there’s a priest/pastor, he’s a really, really bad man. Watched Midsomer Murders tonight, and five minutes in my wife said “watch the murderer be that old retired pastor,” and ding! She was right. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7363 "2023-10-10T23:18:40Z")
I wouldn’t mind Christian mythology as long as it’s shown accurately. So, for instance, if they’re going to show Noah’s Ark, then show it with **millions** of insects and spiders. Not just giraffes, tigers, etc. - you know, the socially acceptable animals. I want every frightening multi-legged creature that makes audiences shriek. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=367) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=369)