# 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:** 4
**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 13, 2022, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/61 "2022-10-13T11:27:57Z")
I’d choose “That Mitchell & Webb Look”, ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/62 "2022-10-13T14:39:31Z")
What if you know all the artists, but don’t have a good sense of how they are rated. 😉 ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/63 "2022-10-13T14:45:12Z")
Fleetwood Mac poll-“underrated” because they had quite a few gems before Buckingham & Nicks joined that nobody listens to now. ---
**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 13, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/64 "2022-10-13T22:19:46Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Regarding the sketch comedy show poll, I would choose SCTV. I’m a bit torn. SCTV and In Living Color, were fabulous sketch shows too. And I loved Saturday Night Live and Monty Python, but the sketches that frequently made me laugh so hard I cried were the ones on the Carol Burnett Show. ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/65 "2022-10-14T20:06:40Z")
I’d say that was _Key & Peele_ for me. In the poll about In-n-Out vs. Five Guys, what was your main criteria for voting as you did? The burgers only? Everything? Or some combination of items? I’ve only eaten at Five Guys once, and the burger was nothing to write home about. But I love animal style fries and the shakes at In-n-Out. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/66 "2022-10-14T20:12:44Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > In the poll about In-n-Out vs. Five Guys, what was your main criteria for voting as you did? The burgers only? Everything? Or some combination of items I’ve never been to an In-n-out, and only to Five Guys once. I thought it was okay, so I voted for Five Guys. I have never heard of animal style fries. I googled, but still skeptical. I’ll try them if I ever get a chance. ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/67 "2022-10-14T20:43:04Z")
If they don’t sound good to you, don’t bother. They’re not for everybody. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/68 "2022-10-14T20:46:02Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > If they don’t sound good to you, don’t bother. Can’t hurt to try them once. ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/69 "2022-10-14T20:58:01Z")
Absolutely not! ---
**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 14, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/70 "2022-10-14T22:44:31Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > In the poll about In-n-Out vs. Five Guys, what was your main criteria for voting as you did? The burgers only? Everything? Or some combination of items? I skipped voting in that one because we only have Five Guys in our area. I’ve only been to an In & Out twice, and both times I was so tired that I didn’t care what I ate. So I counted myself out as a judge. ---
**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 14, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/71 "2022-10-14T23:10:26Z")
I voted for five guys, because i like it. But I’ve only been to in-and-out once or twice, so maybe i shouldn’t have voted. But yeah, i was voting based on the burgers. Five guys is one of the few fast food burgers that tastes like a real burger to me. (Their fries are also excellent. But i have zero recollection of the fries at in-and-out, so i didn’t consider that.) ---
**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 14, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/72 "2022-10-14T23:53:08Z")
I’ve never eaten at either. ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/73 "2022-10-15T02:20:45Z")
I’ve never even seen an in-and-out location. I do enjoy an occasional five guys burger ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/74 "2022-10-15T11:35:49Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’ve never even seen an in-and-out location. Same here. I had a 5guys burger at an airport once. ---
**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 15, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/75 "2022-10-15T13:25:58Z")
I live very near to a Five Guys. I do like their burgers, but I go there maybe twice a year. And durn, they are expensive for what you get. I don’t think I’ve ever been to an In-n-Out. mmm ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/76 "2022-10-15T17:05:21Z")
As a peanut allergiac, I can’t do Five Guys. Burgers. ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/77 "2022-10-15T19:05:58Z")
Does anyone else get a bit mind-jaded/blurred (for lack of a better term) by polls that have 20 or more options to choose from and feel not as prone to participate? (when polls have fewer options, it’s like each one commands more weight) ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/78 "2022-10-15T19:07:32Z")
Why not create a poll ? ---
**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 15, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/79 "2022-10-15T21:34:23Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Does anyone else get a bit mind-jaded/blurred (for lack of a better term) by polls that have 20 or more options to choose from and feel not as prone to participate? I don’t mind those anywhere near as much as the ones that have only two or three options, none of which I agree with, and there’s no “other” choice. It seems to me not so much that the few options each have more weight as that the answers are likely to be so misleading as to be wrong. ---
**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 15, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/80 "2022-10-15T22:06:18Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I don’t mind those anywhere near as much as the ones that have only two or three options, none of which I agree with, and there’s no “other” choice. I tend to skip those polls. They read to me like: if you’re not for me, then you are against me. I hate that crap, especially when the answer isn’t black or white. So I don’t answer, unless I think it is funny ha-ha. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=5)