# 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:** 481
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9604 "2024-01-26T06:41:54Z")
In my youth I would have picked porn. It was a tough call between Historical reenactments and D&D. I picked D&D. ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9605 "2024-01-26T12:54:42Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > _Committing_ might be a too-strong word for me, but if I start a series, I want to feel like I’m fully prepared to go the distance unless the first two or three episodes just suck out loud. I’ve never felt that way. There are a bunch of series that I’ve enjoyed but never bothered to finish. I may still get around to finishing Schitt’s Creek, but there are a lot of shows there, i may not. ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9606 "2024-01-26T12:55:17Z")
I wasn’t sure what some of those options even were. Medical simulator? ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9607 "2024-01-26T13:07:21Z")
3 votes, and all for Pisces. Interesting. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9608 "2024-01-26T13:14:53Z")
Piceans rule, Capricorneans drool. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9609 "2024-01-26T14:09:57Z")
Spring babies rule. Definitely the Nobel, preferably in Literature. Pretty much all of the movies on the list (choosing 10 was **hard!** ) No choice on the holodeck. If I had one I’d destroy it immediately. Those things _always_ malfunction and Geordi isn’t around to bail my ass out before the final commercial break. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9610 "2024-01-26T15:10:13Z")
Only 1 pie in my lifetime ? I think not. ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9611 "2024-01-26T15:27:41Z")
As far as I know the Darwin Award is the only one that can technically only ever be received once, but I could be wrong. ---
**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 26, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9612 "2024-01-26T15:49:13Z")
That’s why I picked Nobel. Pies seem to mysteriously disappear around me. I’m not sure why. My pants also tend to shrink when pies are around, too. Mysteries abound. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9613 "2024-01-26T16:20:19Z")
I looked for the MegaMillions Jackpot but it wasn’t offered. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9614 "2024-01-26T16:30:19Z")
If I’m being honest, I’d rather work in show business than in a scientific or literary field. I almost chose Nobel simply because of the (roughly) million-dollar cash prize component. But winning an Oscar would likely keep me working steadily, and I could earn at least that much within a relatively short time. And let’s be honest again - porn is probably what I’d use a holodeck for the most anyway. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9615 "2024-01-26T16:49:09Z")
Despite spending far too much time googling it, I’m still not sure of the difference between NCAA FCS and NCAA FBS football. I’ve been to Big Ten and MAC Conference games, so I just picked ‘em both. Could be wrong. Been to one MLB playoff game, but it wasn’t the World Series, so there wasn’t a choice for 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:** [January 26, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9616 "2024-01-26T16:51:11Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Been to one MLB playoff game, but it wasn’t the World Series, so there wasn’t a choice for that. I’ve been to a Stanley Cup playoff game but no option for that (Finals only). mmm ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9617 "2024-01-26T16:51:27Z")
No love for the [MISL](https://www.maslsoccer.com/)? When Pittsburgh had an indoor soccer team I actually had a partial season ticket plan. The team treated us well. Multiple meet and greets before games, lots of souvenirs. ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9618 "2024-01-26T17:38:26Z")
What, all the high school football and middle school basketball games I’ve been to don’t even count? I was thinking it would be none of the above, but then I remembered all the Albuquerque Dukes games I attended in my childhood, courtesy of my uncle the sportswriter (my cousin was the first girl ever to be a batbo…er, batgirl for the Dukes). ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9619 "2024-01-26T17:39:40Z")
My favorite Jackson would be Andrew, but @psychonaut missed that one. ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9620 "2024-01-26T17:40:03Z")
I didn’t want the options list to be too long. I don’t like it when it goes off the page on my PC. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9621 "2024-01-26T17:45:26Z")
I had to google most of the names, but it appears that the only Jackson on the list who is _not_ in the “Jackson Five” family is Joe. There is an English musician named Joe Jackson, but I figured **psychonaut** meant the more famous/infamous ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson, so that’s who got my vote. ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9622 "2024-01-26T17:48:41Z")
I voted for Tito. He transitioned to the blues, and I dig it. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9623 "2024-01-26T17:50:35Z")
Regarding sports events I’ve attended, I think I’m one of the few people to be living in two different cities when they each hosted the summer Olympics. I don’t mean I visited them — I had been living in both cities for several years before the games. In 1976 I was living in Montreal, and in 1984 I was living in Los Angeles. I went to events at both games. Notably, it was far harder to get tickets for the LA games. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=480) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=482)