# 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:** 482
**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 26, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9624 "2024-01-26T18:35:55Z")
I’ve been to both MLB and NBA conference championships, as well as NFL playoffs, but never the finals of any of them. I’ve also been to FS1 racing and regional conference( CONCACAF) soccer tournaments. ---
**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, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9625 "2024-01-26T18:47:22Z")
And Cancer ties Pisces for the top spot. Where are all our Leos and Libras? mmm ---
**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, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9626 "2024-01-26T18:54:36Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > 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. Joe is the dad. I assumed from the context that the poll was referring to him rather than the “Stepping Out” singer or the Shoeless ballplayer. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9627 "2024-01-26T19:07:09Z")
For the Holodeck, I picked AD&D. One, nothing says you can’t, during your adventure, stop for [Ale and Whores](https://i0.wp.com/critical-hits.com//wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ale-and-whore.png?resize=269%2C250). Two, I have historically spent a LOT more time doing AD&D then Porn, even as a teen, for obvious physical reasons. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9628 "2024-01-26T19:27:59Z")
I actually make the trip from LA to San Francisco several times a year. I had to answer other because if it is a single day or I will be doing things over multiple days in San Francisco itself or other areas served well by BART and bus, I fly. If I’m doing things over multiple days in the Bay Area in general (Silicon Valley, Marin, the Valley), then I drive. As an example, last year I attended an event in Richmond that lasted from noon-4. I flew up in the morning, drove a rental to the event, and flew back in the early evening. Uber to/from LAX. I was back in my living room before 9 PM. No way that works with driving or the train. ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9629 "2024-01-26T19:29:13Z")
It seemed to me that “porn” could encompass all of those other things and more. ---
**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, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9630 "2024-01-26T20:15:06Z")
I had it between Joe and Samuel L., but I know Samuel L. doesn’t need my vote, so I went with Joe. ---
**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 26, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9631 "2024-01-26T20:25:34Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > It seemed to me that “porn” could encompass all of those other things and more. Okay, you’ve convinced me. I voted “porn” so I could have access to Luxury Vacations with sexytimes, historical reenactments with sexytimes, role-playing games with sexytimes, etc. ---
**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, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9632 "2024-01-26T20:33:29Z")
I almost went for Bo, because I loved the old “Bo Knows” ads. ---
**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 26, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9633 "2024-01-26T20:37:47Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > historical reenactments with sexytimes Alright Catherine of Aragon, let’s get to work trying to conceive that son… ---
**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 26, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9634 "2024-01-26T21:17:21Z")
I don’t think she would have gone for that. You’d have better luck with Anne Boleyn. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9635 "2024-01-26T21:31:47Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > > [@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. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying I won’t bail once I’ve determined it doesn’t suck out loud. I might, for any number of reasons. It’s just that if I start, I don’t want to be intimidated by sheer volume. So if I’m considering _Supernatural_ and then see that it has 327 episodes, I’m going to look for something different. (I did watch it through seven seasons as it originally aired and then lost interest even though I liked that season on the basis of being able to think of it as one single season-long dick joke.) And if something is sufficiently compelling because I have a particular liking for the subject matter or I’m intrigued by the premise or it’s based on a novel by Richard Brautigan, or whatnot, that would increase my tolerance for number of episodes. (That said, I don’t think there’s a Brautigan novel that would dramatize out to more than a single season.) But I do need to be able to expect something compelling if I’m going for much more than a hundred episodes. ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9636 "2024-01-26T21:50:09Z")
Whereas i see a lot of episodes and think, “hey, if i enjoy this, i have a nice bank of shows to watch.” The more the merrier, even though i know that if there are 1000 shows the quality probably declined at some point. But i see zero downsides to more episodes, and feel zero compunction to watch them all. ---
**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 26, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9637 "2024-01-26T22:06:33Z")
I think it depends on whether the episodes are standalones or part of a long story where, if you don’t watch at least a complete season, you miss the payoff. ---
**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 27, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9638 "2024-01-27T00:14:09Z")
Exactly. Buncha stand-alones I can handle. Multi-generation arcs ala Perry Rodan, no way. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9639 "2024-01-27T02:31:04Z")
Isn’t role playing very common in porn? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9640 "2024-01-27T03:29:26Z")
Acting a profession or activity: I could do it as a tutor, maybe a teacher in a classroom setting. As far as hobbies go, I could likely fake being a race car driver, with a modicum of adjustment to the vehicle in question. ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9641 "2024-01-27T03:35:09Z")
I figure i could act myself, and my profession. And other stuff i actually do. ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9642 "2024-01-27T03:56:19Z")
Can I assume there’s a direct train between my starting point and destination even if at least one of them is nowhere near a city? Because if so, I’m taking the train. (And apparently back in the first half of the 20th century you could indeed walk up to the railroad line which runs right next to the farm, flag it down, and get on. There are still occasional freight trains on that line, but you sure can’t flag it down and climb on any longer.) But if I have to drive to the nearest city with a passenger train station in order to catch one, for that distance I’m going to drive. Road trip! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9643 "2024-01-27T18:18:13Z")
On stage, I played a spear-carrier. Literally. In Antony and Cleopatra Roman soldier. I had one short line. I like taking Amtrak, but it is not very convenient. I usually drove that distance, but flying also. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=481) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=483)