# 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:** 465
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9284 "2024-01-14T07:17:14Z")
The current big push in Kremlin propaganda is that "_both sides are just as bad, so why bother to care or vote?"_ Please try to stomp that out whenever you see it. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9285 "2024-01-14T22:16:35Z")
I interpreted @eschereal’s “Vote!” poll as “Vote in the polls in this thread” rather than “Vote in US elections.” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9286 "2024-01-14T22:42:47Z")
Yeah, I read the asterisked comment after I voted **Vote!** But I felt that if you’re reading a poll thread, why would you not vote? So, I didn’t change my, er, vote. Occasionally, I do skip a poll … usually Velocity’s for some reason. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9287 "2024-01-14T22:59:42Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I read the asterisked comment after I voted **Vote!** But I felt that if you’re reading a poll thread, why would you not vote? So, I didn’t change my, er, vote. Occasionally, I do skip a poll Ditto, to all of that. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9288 "2024-01-15T00:55:09Z")
Lately I’ve felt the Polls Only thread was getting less exciting and participation a slog. So I scrolled back to the beginning and revisited the first forty polls. I was wrong, they’ve always been like that. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9289 "2024-01-15T01:20:04Z")
I enjoy the polls thread, and the effort people put into it. I wasn’t in it from the beginning, though, back when it was the same as it is now. (required joke emoji) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9290 "2024-01-15T01:31:46Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I interpreted @eschereal’s “Vote!” poll as “Vote in the polls in this thread” rather than “Vote in US elections.” Hah, well then color me fooled. oops. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9291 "2024-01-15T06:14:15Z")
Other: growing up in San Diego, I didn’t have a coat. Just a sweater for the cold days. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9292 "2024-01-15T06:17:12Z")
Discussions about baldness remind me of something my father said, concerning being shiny on top. _All men are given an equal number of hormones. If you choose to use yours growing hair, that’s your business._ ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9293 "2024-01-15T08:46:05Z")
I don’t recall ever wanting to keep my coat on after coming in. Or any one child wanting to. I remember fights about children not wanting to bundle up (“you’ll catch your death”) or wanting to play with water when it wasn’t hot enough out per adult standards (must be over 80). But not the reverse. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9294 "2024-01-15T14:44:10Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I don’t recall ever wanting to keep my coat on after coming in. Or any one child wanting to. Yeah, pretty much this. I think I must have been told at some point “not to wear your coat/jacket while indoors because it would make you feel colder when you went outside,” but it didn’t occur to me to push back on this, and it’s not as though I wasn’t _allowed_ to wear a coat inside. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9295 "2024-01-15T15:23:27Z")
I’m the neighbor who grumbles because I think your music is too loud. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9296 "2024-01-15T16:00:08Z")
I have to repeatedly tell my sons to either remove their polar fleece hoodies indoors or, at least, unzip the damned things. They just keep them on and stew in their sweat. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9297 "2024-01-15T17:10:11Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I don’t recall ever wanting to keep my coat on after coming in. Yeah. If I was ever told not to wear my coat inside I don’t remember either the incident or the reason given; but I was generally hotter than the adults and I don’t think I would have wanted to keep it on. Didn’t vote. I like music, but I don’t like it played extremely loud. And I live in the middle of 80 acres, so moderately loud music is unlikely to be noticed by the neighbors; but it certainly would be possible to crank it up loudly enough to bug them, because occasionally (not often enough to tackle them about it) a neighbor has cranked theirs up loud enough to annoy me. Didn’t vote. And I voted that I won’t answer that “simple” poll because while I wouldn’t cut the person off entirely if they were the only one who would talk to me, I wouldn’t see/talk with them very often. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9298 "2024-01-15T17:19:56Z")
I pronounce the “e” in “coyote,” but the way I pronounce the word is more like “kye-OAT-ee.” I blame Warner Bros. cartoons. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9299 "2024-01-15T17:20:00Z")
“Caribbean”: depends. If it’s an adjective, e.g. Caribbean gulf, Caribbean cruise, Caribbean beach, it’s “ka-RIB-ee-an.” If it’s a noun, e.g. “I’m visiting the Caribbean,” it’s “care-ah-BEE-an.” Not really sure why. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9300 "2024-01-15T17:24:13Z")
Normally, KYE-oat. If I am feeling pretentious, I might use the Spanish pronunciation, co-YO-te When referring to the cartoon character, kye-OAT-ee ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9301 "2024-01-15T17:54:42Z")
Like so many others, I never wanted to wear my coat indoors. The only things I remember my mom telling me about coats were to put it on before going out and to hang it up after I’d dropped it wherever when I came in. “Caribbean” has the emphasis on the second syllable (just as “caramel” is a two-syllable word with the emphasis on the first). I refuse to let Disney tell me how to pronounce the word. The pronunciation of “coyote” has an interesting sociological component. [Dan Flores, author of “Coyote America,” says:](http://fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2020/01/coyote-america-by-dan-flores.html) > The conservative-liberal urban-rural divide is even reflected in how you pronounce the word. > Urban liberals tend to use coyot-ee, with the emphasis on the middle syllable. > Rural conservatives tend to use coyote, with the emphasis on the first syllable. There’s a third pronunciation: “coy-oh-TE,” which is generally used by English-speakers in reference to a person who is smuggling people over the southern border. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9302 "2024-01-15T18:43:26Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I’m the neighbor who grumbles because I think your music is too loud. Our neighborhood has vehicles that drive by apparently attempting to win a dB-drag competition. I am ok with a snippet your music wafting in my window, but if I feel it in my chest, that makes me stabby. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9303 "2024-01-15T18:53:52Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > [Dan Flores, author of “Coyote America,” says:](http://fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2020/01/coyote-america-by-dan-flores.html) > > > The conservative-liberal urban-rural divide is even reflected in how you pronounce the word. > > Urban liberals tend to use coyot-ee, with the emphasis on the middle syllable. > > Rural conservatives tend to use coyote, with the emphasis on the first syllable. Did he say what rural liberals use? I usually say “KYE-ote” but will occasionally say “kye-O-tee”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=464) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=466)