# 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:** 77
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1522 "2023-01-16T21:39:19Z")
Put me down for the Great Gazoo. It was really a tie between Marvin and Amy, but I picked Marvin because I’ve known him much longer. Regarding getting $1000 versus giving $10,000. I picked $1000 because I simply don’t have $10,000 to give. Hire me. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1523 "2023-01-16T21:41:44Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I was looking for the Great Gazoo. > [@carnut](#): > > Put me down for the Great Gazoo. He’s from, apparently, [Zetox](https://www.webrockonline.com/faq/Flintstones_FAQ_24.php). ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1524 "2023-01-16T21:42:23Z")
I thought you had the choice of receiving $1000 or directing the person offering you $1000 to give $10000 to someone else, instead. You don’t give away anything either way. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1525 "2023-01-16T21:42:24Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > He’s from, apparently, [Zetox](https://www.webrockonline.com/faq/Flintstones_FAQ_24.php). Whoa, ignorance fought! ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1526 "2023-01-16T21:52:13Z")
This is the way I interpreted it as well. I didn’t vote because I would have been one to give away the $10K. It would make a much bigger difference in someone’s life than an extra $1000 would do for me. ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1527 "2023-01-16T22:10:08Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > > [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > > > He’s from, apparently, [Zetox](https://www.webrockonline.com/faq/Flintstones_FAQ_24.php). > > Whoa, ignorance fought! Yeah, but he’s _GREEN!_ mmm ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1528 "2023-01-16T22:12:07Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Yeah, but he’s _GREEN!_ And in his language Zetox may be the planet we call Mars. Hmm? ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1529 "2023-01-16T22:32:08Z")
I get up at 7am weekdays, but like sleeping in, usually until 9am or so, on weekends. Haven’t noticed that it’s messed up my sleep patterns after all these years. ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1530 "2023-01-16T22:45:47Z")
I wake up at more or less the same time every day, but go to bed later some nights than others. I want sure how to answer the question. ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1531 "2023-01-16T23:21:54Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I thought you had the choice of receiving $1000 or directing the person offering you $1000 to give $10000 to someone else, instead. You don’t give away anything either way. I thought so, too. And what I would have been thinking if I’d taken the 1000 and then found out about the rest of the deal wouldn’t have been either of the options. I’d have been thinking, “Damn! I knew I should have been a better person!” ---
**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:** [January 17, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1532 "2023-01-17T03:39:18Z")
I’m currently going through the torture of working overnights. On work days I go to bed at around 7am. I wake up when I wake up. On non-work days I try to sleep like a normal human with varying levels of success. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1533 "2023-01-17T03:53:15Z")
I think studies have found that a consistent schedule is better than changing every day. You might be less uncomfortable if your just switch to a virtual time zone that matched your work. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1534 "2023-01-17T03:55:52Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I think studies have found that a consistent schedule is better than changing every day. I have a friend, with whom I play MMORPGs, who used to work a night shift. On her days off, she’d keep to her night-shift sleep-wake schedule, meaning she’s be logging on to play around 10pm or so, after she’d woken up, had breakfast, etc. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1535 "2023-01-17T03:59:05Z")
Love the avatar ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1536 "2023-01-17T04:03:31Z")
_bows_ Thank you! I still need to tweak the brightness a bit. And, no, he’s not my cat. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 17, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1537 "2023-01-17T07:51:00Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I think studies have found that a consistent schedule is better than changing every day. You might be less uncomfortable if your just switch to a virtual time zone that matched your work. My comfort isn’t high on the list of considerations. The extra money jobs I can get start at 7am-9am on my days off. And the humans and animals in my life are not on my schedule. ---
**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 17, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1538 "2023-01-17T10:22:41Z")
If someone can explain the shopping list poll to me, I’m all ears. mmm ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1539 "2023-01-17T12:04:38Z")
> I must passive-aggressively answer this in a non-useful way! Ain’t that the truth! It is impossible to design a poll that doesn’t provoke petulent replies from people who think they are so special, they defy categorization such no poll ever applies to them. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1540 "2023-01-17T12:26:01Z")
Sure there is. Add in Don’t Care/Doesn’t Apply/Other option(s). There will always be someone who thinks they’re funny (or smarter) who finds a way around, but that’s kind of what this board is all about … ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/1541 "2023-01-17T12:35:19Z")
I read it as “which of these would you buy?” But I’m curious about other interpretations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=78)