# 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:** 379
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7564 "2023-10-18T03:36:31Z")
I use flossing picks, instead of dental floss, because some of my teeth are too tight to get floss between. (But there’s room for a pick at the base of the tooth, where it’s really needed.) > **[Amazon.com: GUM - 6504R6 Soft-Picks Advanced Dental Picks, 60 Count (Pack of 6)...](https://www.amazon.com/Sunstar-6504R-Soft-Picks-Advanced-Pack/dp/B07B91ZNT5)** > > Buy GUM - 6504R6 Soft-Picks Advanced Dental Picks, 60 Count (Pack of 6): Floss Picks - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases I counted that as “flossing”. Then i brush. Sometimes i finish up with a waterpik, as well. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7565 "2023-10-18T03:51:48Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I use flossing picks, instead of dental floss, I like flossing picks also. I use the Oral-B ones. Note fellow SDMBers- do not brush right after meals. Chew sugar free gun or use an alcohol free mouthwash instead. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7566 "2023-10-18T10:51:18Z")
Team, an acerbic, bitter, old white guy who’s most famous bit was about how he couldn’t be a raging asshole on TV without being censored by ‘the man’ is a _prime_ candidate for MAGAfication. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7567 "2023-10-18T13:04:31Z")
His daughter disagrees, and so do I. > **[George Carlin’s Daughter Says He'd ‘Roll Eyes’ at Far Right](https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-carlins-daughter-says-hed-roll-eyes-at-far-right)** > > Kelly Carlin and Judd Apatow join The New Abnormal pod to talk about the upcoming documentary about George Carlin, and what the late comedian’s political stance would be today. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7568 "2023-10-18T13:06:07Z")
I voted only for peppers that I _would_ eat raw. If they are chopped up and cooked, the heat is diffused. If I chop a ghost pepper into my breakfast taco mix it might have the same heat effect as chomping on a raw serrano, or almost no heat at all (the 1,000 gallons of soup possibility). The heat is definitely spread around, and too unpredictable IMO, for the poll. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7569 "2023-10-18T13:10:18Z")
I’ve had an orange habanero _once_. We were at a Thai restaurant (in the eighties, when they were quite rare), and my father dared me to eat that “little orange pepper” on the side of my plate. I don’t think he expected me to take him up on that. He was surprised, and I was in agony. There was not enough milk in the world. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7570 "2023-10-18T13:10:30Z")
If we were really talking raw, I would just go up through the pepperoncini. If we’re talking about something like, say, salsa, I’ve happily gone all the way up through habanero, though I couldn’t tell you which kind. ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7571 "2023-10-18T14:51:17Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > His daughter disagrees, and so do I. > > [George Carlin’s Daughter Says He'd ‘Roll Eyes’ at Far Right](https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-carlins-daughter-says-hed-roll-eyes-at-far-right) She sounds right on the money. Not that he wouldn’t have things to say about democrats too. ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7572 "2023-10-18T14:52:38Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > If we were really talking raw, I would just go up through the pepperoncini. If we’re talking about something like, say, salsa, I’ve happily gone all the way up through habanero, though I couldn’t tell you which kind. I left out pepperoncini but went a few higher. It’s not the heat, I don’t like the flavor. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7573 "2023-10-18T16:29:21Z")
I hate pepper flavor, especially cooked. But I’m also not a fan of “hot”. I can tolerate small amounts of hot pepper so long as they don’t impart that nasty pepper flavor. So I voted I’m not having any of them. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7574 "2023-10-18T17:12:24Z")
I like hot stuff. The takeout restaurant can’t make it too hot for me. That said, I’m fine up to whatever’s just hotter than a habanero, I’m good up to maybe a million Scovilles. I’m certain I could tolerate more than that, but I fail to see the point in doing so. ---
**Author:** ![NinthAcolyte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ninthacolyte/32/13676_2.png) [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7575 "2023-10-18T19:15:47Z")
Re: MMM’s “exclude 10 states” relocation poll - there’s not enough states I could safely live in to take that gamble, I’d have to quit the job. Lotta fun having to avoid ~33% of your own country, let me tell ya. ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7576 "2023-10-18T19:56:59Z")
Yeah, I’d quit the job. Of course, now that I’m retired, I’d quit any theoretical job at the drop of a hat. I’m a little surprised at the way the wedding ceremony poll is going, but there are probably more people writing their own vows nowadays than when all my friends and family were getting married. The phrase, “Should anyone here present know of any reason that this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace” or some variation was always in the traditional vows; I suppose if a guest knew one of them was already married or that they were actually siblings, they could speak up, but I’ve never seen it. Probably the rise of smartasses who would interrupt a wedding for the lolz has speeded the omission of the phrase. ---
**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 18, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7577 "2023-10-18T20:07:56Z")
> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4048): > > MMM’s poll didn’t have a “screw you, I quit” option. > [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > I’d have to quit the job > [@InternetLegend](#): > > I’d quit the job Just want to point out that polls are limited to 50 options. Now, if I had posted the poll back in '58… mmm ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7578 "2023-10-18T20:30:27Z")
I am surprised by the wedding/objection poll. In the UK, it’s part of the standard wedding service. (That is, for all the weddings i’ve attended, ie of the CofE (Church of England) type) ---
**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 18, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7579 "2023-10-18T20:34:59Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > I am surprised by the wedding/objection poll. > In the UK, it’s part of the standard wedding service. > (That is, for all the weddings i’ve attended, ie of the CofE (Church of England) type) We had a revolution to be able to take that out of the wedding vows. I’ve never heard it in person just like I’ve never heard “obey.” ---
**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 18, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7580 "2023-10-18T20:36:31Z")
I honestly do not remember whether any weddings I’ve been to had the objection clause. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7581 "2023-10-18T20:42:40Z")
> **[What Happens If Someone Objects at a Wedding?](https://www.wikihow.com/What-Happens-if-Someone-Objects-at-a-Wedding)** > > We've all seen the rom coms: the officiant says "Speak now or forever hold your peace," and a jilted lover stands up to object to the wedding. But do objections at weddings actually happen? And if so, how would you handle it? In this... ---
**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 18, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7582 "2023-10-18T20:46:38Z")
You mean like this?.. [![](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia4.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2Fl2YWqU7ev0l5nfYTC%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=a449f9d0a33114337022497fe225b1d7422b5463760abee744b990b356bcb08e&ipo=images) ](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia4.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2Fl2YWqU7ev0l5nfYTC%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=a449f9d0a33114337022497fe225b1d7422b5463760abee744b990b356bcb08e&ipo=images) ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7583 "2023-10-18T21:44:50Z")
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