# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 199
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3962 "2024-10-23T15:47:37Z")
I change my oil when my mechanic tells me it needs changing. So far they haven’t told me to rotate the tires. And you’d need to define “great”; plus which, I think every country is flawed (my USA included) but lots of them are great, often in different fashions, and I’m not about to try ranking them against each other. I suppose the closest vote to that is “great but not the greatest”, but the phrasing implies that I’d have to think “X country is greater”, and I don’t know if that’s true. (Also, the word “great” has started looking really weird.) ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3963 "2024-10-23T15:53:24Z")
great ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3964 "2024-10-23T16:00:56Z")
A couple of those options would probably kill me, due to medical issues. Might be worth it. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3965 "2024-10-23T16:01:56Z")
Seriously, I’m going to find that evil sadistic genie/alien/mad scientist one of these days, force it to go through a sampling of hit’s own tortures, then embed it in lead and concrete and dump it deep in the ocean with much cackling! ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3966 "2024-10-23T16:11:41Z")
I’m surprised solitary confinement is doing so well in that poll. That’s the one i voted for that i thought longest about. I think I’d still be sane when i got out, but I’m not certain. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3967 "2024-10-23T16:22:16Z")
Yeah, that one was rough… I didn’t think I could do it. I am currently the only one who said they’d go door to door for Trump, but while it says sincerely, it doesn’t say how long, not at what time of day. And I barely associate with my neighbors. I’d feel dirty, but greater good and all that. Plus, in my neighborhood, there are plenty of times where I’d be preaching to the choir. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3968 "2024-10-23T16:26:54Z")
I’ll walk the fifty miles yo! I’d even walk a hundred if it guaranteed a Harris win. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3969 "2024-10-23T16:40:23Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > I am currently the only one who said they’d go door to door for Trump, but while it says sincerely, it doesn’t say how long, not at what time of day. And I barely associate with my neighbors. I know a lot of my neighbors, and I just don’t think I could actually do that. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3970 "2024-10-23T16:41:31Z")
That would take me a couple of days, and the honest answer depends on some logistics that weren’t described. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3971 "2024-10-23T16:47:02Z")
I might actually need that dental procedure in the not-too-distant future, so if I can do it _and_ ensure a Harris victory, that’s a bonus. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3972 "2024-10-23T17:30:38Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I’ll walk the fifty miles yo! I’d even walk a hundred if it guaranteed a Harris win. But I would walk five hundred miles And I would walk five hundred more Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles To fall down at your door ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3973 "2024-10-23T17:35:48Z")
I would question whether the “eat everything you must in just 15 minutes in one day for 365 consecutive days” is truly feasible for the entire year, medically speaking. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3974 "2024-10-23T18:34:00Z")
Oh, I bet it’s totally feasible, just wouldn’t be fun. You’d be pounding supplements and possibly high energy concentrates, not to mention a metric ton of fiber (powdered, capsules, other roughage) which would probably lead to a degree of gastrointestinal upset. But there are people who live getting by on far less of the above than the average American (okay, we bomb fiber regularly, and it’s not a good idea, but not likely to kill you as many prove). I’m pretty sure I couldn’t do it - eating is one of my great pleasures. But as long as you can have as much water as you want, you can force nutrition into a pretty small package. But at what _cost_ - at WHAT COST???!?!?! ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3975 "2024-10-23T19:02:13Z")
Yeah, i like to eat, and that would be pretty miserable. But on the bright side, I’d have to carefully plan my nutrition, and I’d probably shed those excess pounds. And with careful planning, I’m sure i could ingest 2000 calories in 15 minutes. And I’d be chugging fiber pills and my daily caffeine (tepid, for chugging) in the final minute, and washing it down with some more water, sipped at a more leisurely pace, to finish my meal. I fast every year for Yom Kippur, and i did some fasting for its own sake for a while, not eating anything until suppertime one day each week. I function okay on one meal a day. My blood sugar doesn’t go nuts or anything. It would be a sad and somewhat asocial year, but I’d be functional, and probably healthy. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3976 "2024-10-23T19:10:12Z")
Nevermind, ninja’d by @Spiderman. mmm ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3977 "2024-10-23T19:12:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I might actually need that dental procedure in the not-too-distant future, so if I can do it _and_ ensure a Harris victory, that’s a bonus. Ha, I’m currently in the middle of _two_ implants. I didn’t vote for that one because enough is enough. mmm ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3978 "2024-10-23T21:14:33Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > What kind of psychopath would put a bell pepper in a marinara? > > My mother. I grew up with a profound distrust of any red sauce. And when she served spaghetti, i had dry spaghetti with some powdered commercial Parmesan from the cardboard cylinder. We always put bell pepper in our spaghtetti sauce. I _loved_ it. I could eat it 4 or 5 nights a week. My sister made chili earlier in the week which she also puts bell pepper in. I saw her chopping it and immediately thought of you. If you ever came to dinner at our house, we’d have to be careful with the menu! ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3979 "2024-10-23T21:25:03Z")
Bell Pepper sounds great in chili, but the best place to put a bell pepper is red thai curry.1 Red Thai curry is like the Ark of the Covenant. It’s proof of a kid and loving god, who will melt your face off. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3980 "2024-10-23T21:34:39Z")
Maybe I’m a lightweight, but I prefer Thai green curry. It is, by far, my favorite food under the curry name. I dream about it sometimes. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/3981 "2024-10-23T22:10:33Z")
Yes, but getting it “Thai hot” usually takes some arguing with the waitstaff and/or cook. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=198) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=200)