# 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:** 485
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9684 "2024-01-29T22:06:50Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > A lot of places had 988 prefixes, and as soon as the 988 emergency number was enabled, those phone numbers would no longer work without an area code. The options for those locations were to eliminate that prefix and change a bunch of phone numbers, decreasing the pool of available numbers, or to require 10-digit dialing. Seems like a huge pain in the ass. Why not use a different emergency number than 988? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9685 "2024-01-29T22:19:35Z")
I have eaten all three of those brands of tuna. They all taste alike to me. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9686 "2024-01-29T22:21:19Z")
I mean, I just eat whatever tuna my wife buys, ffs. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9687 "2024-01-29T22:27:02Z")
Before 2016, when Mr. Legend was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and put on a low-sodium diet, I had no real brand preference for tuna, but nowadays, StarKist is the only brand that has a version with no added salt that my grocery store carries, so it’s the brand I buy. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9688 "2024-01-29T22:41:08Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Wow. I’ve had to dial the area code for decades. Yeah, me, too. > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > For local calls? Yes. As @kenobi_65 said. we’re in an “overlay” area. I’m in Los Angeles. I only know the teams in the Super Bowl, because it was discussed in a Taylor Swift thread I read earlier this morning. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9689 "2024-01-29T22:46:42Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > I have eaten all three of those brands of tuna. They all taste alike to me. Yeah. I eat canned tuna. I’ve occasionally run into an off-brand version that was awful, and for a while some companies were filling up the can partly with “texturized vegetable protein” and I didn’t like the results or want to pay tuna prices for it; but for the most part both those and a number of store brands taste the same to me. I’m buying chunk light in water, maybe if you buy the fancy grade it makes a difference which brand? I used to try to find it from a country without a reputation for slave labor, but it all seems to go via Thailand these days no matter what brand it is. I eat less tuna than I used to. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9690 "2024-01-29T22:55:39Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I mean, I just eat whatever tuna my wife buys, ffs. I voted “bumblebee”, because that’s what my mother always bought, so if the price were the same I’d probably buy it. But in fact, i can’t remember the last time i bought tuna. My husband buys all the tuna. He eats the majority of the tuna, too. (It’s a staple, we always have some.) There’s a real difference between the “solid white” and the “chunk light” in flavor and texture. I like both. Dunno if there’s any difference by brand. Now if you ask me which brand of sardines i prefer, it’s King Oscar, and i like the “whole fish, two layers, packed in oil” type. I liked it even better back when they packed the fish in fish oil, but olive oil is okay. I don’t want tomato sauce or spices or any of that crap. And i don’t want big ones with crunchy bones, or fillets. I want the little ones that many in your mouth with the rich goodness of sardine. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9691 "2024-01-29T22:57:39Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I used to try to find it from a country without a reputation for slave labor, but it all seems to go via Thailand these days no matter what brand it is. I eat less tuna than I used to. Hmm. I consider that when i buy fish flavors of cat food. I didn’t realize it applied to tuna, too. ---
**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 29, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9692 "2024-01-29T23:30:39Z")
I voted the “food snob” option for Tuna. I really, don’t like any salad or spread version, so I’m almost always going with tuna as sushi/sashimi, or as tuna steaks cooked hot and fast. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9693 "2024-01-29T23:36:21Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I want the little ones that many in your mouth Are we harkening back to the goldfish swallowing days of yore? ---
**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 29, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9694 "2024-01-29T23:55:34Z")
Melt, not many. Grrr, swypos, grr. ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9695 "2024-01-30T00:02:12Z")
There really needs to be an option for “I have no clue what, if any, differences there are between those brands of tuna.” That’s what would get my vote. ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9696 "2024-01-30T00:17:45Z")
Food snob option for me. I usually get Trader Joe’s solid yellowfin tuna in olive oil. If I really want to splurge I’ll treat myself to the [fancy imported Spanish tuna](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DHGGKGW/). ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9697 "2024-01-30T00:59:42Z")
Starkist makes a salt free canned tuna that we like. ---
**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 30, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9698 "2024-01-30T01:11:40Z")
I voted othe on the tuna. I don’t really care about brand except I won’t get Bumblebee. I made the mistake of getting Bumblebee canned egg salad. 🤢 I should have known better. Mainly, I see Bumblebee at Big Lots, which tags it as cheap ---
**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 30, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9699 "2024-01-30T01:17:05Z")
I buy whichever brand is the cheapest. If they’re all the same price, Starkist I guess. I like their label better than the other two, if I have to pick a deciding factor. ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9700 "2024-01-30T02:25:50Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > I voted othe on the tuna. I don’t really care about brand except I won’t get Bumblebee. > > I made the mistake of getting Bumblebee canned egg salad. 🤢 I should have known better. > Mainly, I see Bumblebee at Big Lots, which tags it as cheap I’ve always been under the impression that Bumblebee was a bit of a premium brand. I guess I’ve been wrong? mmm ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9701 "2024-01-30T03:41:51Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > [fancy imported Spanish tuna](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DHGGKGW/) $14.50 a can? That’s birthday tuna. ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9702 "2024-01-30T03:50:34Z")
It is on my Amazon wish list, and my birthday is coming up in March… ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9703 "2024-01-30T04:43:21Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > I made the mistake of getting Bumblebee canned egg salad. 🤢 I should have known better. Reminds me of the thing my cousin does, egg-tuna-salad. I mean, it is not my place to criticize, never having tried it, but it sounds very wrong, so I have not tried it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=484) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=486)