# 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:** 373
**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 13, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7444 "2023-10-13T11:17:59Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Does anyone else remember Hot l Baltimore? I remember the show. It was on my original list and it fell to the axe when I had to pare it down to 199 (including an “other” option) to fit into four polls. The only one I’ve seen listed that I somehow overlooked and wish I hadn’t is “Freaks & Geeks”. mmm ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7445 "2023-10-13T11:46:14Z")
The full moon poll left out “Like a big-a pizza-pie.” ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7446 "2023-10-13T12:12:48Z")
When you swim in the sea And an eel bites your knee That’s a moray. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7447 "2023-10-13T13:33:19Z")
Recording votes for The Thin Blue Line, Vicar of Dibley and a few others. The one I went on record with is The Red Green Show. “If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.” ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7448 "2023-10-13T14:19:16Z")
I have questions about the moon poll, since the apparent size varies depending on where it is in its orbit. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7449 "2023-10-13T14:44:22Z")
True, but not very much. At its largest, it’s only about 15% bigger than at its smallest, not enough to push it from one of the categories to another. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7450 "2023-10-13T14:48:08Z")
But my perception of the moon at its perigee close to the horizon is dramatically different than my perception of it at apogee and at the highest point in the sky. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7451 "2023-10-13T14:57:25Z")
Yeah, that’s the [Moon Illusion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion). It’s a perceptual illusion. The actual size of the Moon doesn’t change when it’s close to the horizon. If, for example, you hold up the appropriate object in front of the Moon, it will cover it exactly the same way whether the Moon is near the horizon or overhead. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7452 "2023-10-13T15:03:17Z")
I am aware of the difference between reality and perception, thanks! The poll question is about how it _appears_ to each of us. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7453 "2023-10-13T15:57:37Z")
Not everyone’s arms are the same length. ---
**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 13, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7454 "2023-10-13T16:37:17Z")
Currently debt-free. That being said, I don’t have much in savings either. I was mired in credit-card debt from 2012-2019; felt like forever even though by debt standards it may not be particularly long. ---
**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 13, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7455 "2023-10-13T18:26:59Z")
Between my husband and I our only debt is student loans. It’s a lot, I worry about it, but it’s not an emergency either. Every time we’ve had the opportunity to pay it off, my husband has talked me into retirement savings instead. We live in a PIF manufactured home currently, but eventually we plan to take on a mortgage. I despise debt of any kind and it really bothers me. It doesn’t bother my husband. I came from a more economically disadvantaged background and he’s from a more privileged background. He tells me a lot of rich people hold lots of debt and lots of assets at the same time, it’s just a matter of how the debt is working for you, the interest rate etc. So our student loan debt is a lower priority for him than it is for me. We don’t argue about it but it’s definitely one of the few areas we consistently don’t see eye to eye. But I find it difficult to argue with his logic. My feeling is just a feeling. ---
**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 13, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7456 "2023-10-13T19:30:16Z")
Being a Pepper will result in being hunted by a werewolf. Just a heads up. ---
**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 13, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7457 "2023-10-13T19:49:37Z")
Ninja’d ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7458 "2023-10-13T22:04:12Z")
I was literally drinking a Diet Dr. Pepper when I answered the Dr. Pepper poll. I think that means I’m already a Pepper. ---
**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 13, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7459 "2023-10-13T22:09:45Z")
I’ve told this story before but when I was in high school back in the Dark Ages, my older sister had a parttime job with an interviewing service (they mostly did consumer research). Once she was asked to get a group of high school kids together for a focus group. She got me and my friends. The subject was soda. We talked in general about what we liked and what we didn’t like, but we all ragged on Dr. Pepper. When they gave us a sample of the survey sponsor’s product, of course, it was Dr. Pepper. A year or two later they came out with the David McNaughton “Be a Pepper” ads. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7460 "2023-10-13T22:14:24Z")
Fun trivia: When it ended its run, the “Be a Pepper” campaign was the longest-running ad campaign in television history. David Naughton’s TV show _Makin’ It_ was cancelled after 9 episodes, but the theme song, which he sang, spent 16 weeks in the top 40, and 5 weeks in the top 10. Then he starred in _An American Werewolf in London._ Making him a One-Hit Wonder in 3 different media. ---
**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 13, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7461 "2023-10-13T22:20:10Z")
I like Dr. Pepper. It has a lot of caffeine though, and I try to avoid 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:** [October 13, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7462 "2023-10-13T22:21:36Z")
I drink it specifically for the caffeine. Hi, I’m WildaBeast and I’m an addict. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7463 "2023-10-13T22:33:06Z")
I feel like Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew are neck and neck for the title of Satan’s Own Soft Drink, so I’ve never been a Pepper. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=372) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=374)