# 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:** 207
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4122 "2024-11-01T23:25:43Z")
Best Rowan Atkinson role: Blackadder, especially the second series (set in Elizabethan England). ---
**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:** [November 1, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4123 "2024-11-01T23:56:33Z")
Rowan Atkinson was best in some of his standup routines, which covered a multitude of roles. But I agree, Blackadder is the best of the listed, specific roles. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4124 "2024-11-02T00:59:26Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Except that the population of New York is 33 times greater than the population of Wyoming. Wyoming: 296,000 registered voters 3 electoral votes Each registered voter represents 0.00001014 electoral votes New York: 9,370,000 registered voters 28 electoral votes Each registered voter represents 0.00000299 electoral votes In terms of electoral votes (the ones that actually elect the president) a vote in Wyoming is worth more than three times as much as a vote in New York. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4125 "2024-11-02T11:04:09Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > In terms of electoral votes (the ones that actually elect the president) a vote in Wyoming is worth more than three times as much as a vote in New York. Which is preferable to one state’s votes being worth more than 33 times as much as another’s? mmm ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4126 "2024-11-02T12:53:31Z")
One person’s vote is one person’s vote, no matter where they live. Under the popular vote there is no “New York” voting; only individual New Yorkers. And Wyomians. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4127 "2024-11-02T15:17:16Z")
Don’t you mean “should be”, not “is”? Because under the electoral college, yes, it matters where the voters live. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4128 "2024-11-02T15:21:56Z")
I don’t particularly like apple butter but some years ago I discovered pumpkin butter and fell in love. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4129 "2024-11-02T15:38:56Z")
Hobbies I spend way too much money on: there is a long-term answer, and short-term answers, to this question. The long-term answer is games. I’m an avid RPG player, and enjoy a number of board and strategy games, too. Which means I’m regularly buying games, game books, game supplements, accessories\*, miniatures, etc., plus a subscription to an MMORPG. I also attend several gaming conventions each year, so there are expenditures for travel, hotel, convention fees, etc. (though one could argue that I’m spending on vacations, rather than gaming 😉 ). That said, I probably don’t spend as much on gaming as I used to, largely due to the game systems which appeal to me these days – years ago, I was avidly buying D&D and Pathfinder books, and have a large collection for both games. I now focus on rules-light games, which simply don’t have the glut of expansion books produced, and that cuts down on how much I spend. \*- One of the accessory types that a lot of RPG players spend a lot of money on is dice: they like to collect them, and they have enormous collections. That’s never been me, and I’ve only bought a handful of new dice in recent years. The short-term answers are that I’m also a hobby dilettante, and always have been. I’ll drift in and out of a hobby, spending a few years focusing on it, and buying hobby-related stuff, and then setting it aside for several years. Over the past decade or so, that’s included playing guitar, model rockets, and model trains. I typically hang onto all the stuff I buy, even when I slide back out of the hobby, knowing that I’ll likely come back to it in a few years. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4130 "2024-11-02T15:43:34Z")
My house is usually pretty Halloween-y year round without decorations. The spiders are pretty relentless with the cobwebs on the porch because the light is always on out there, the lawn is usually overgrown, and we like the Virginia creeper on the house so we leave it, and right now it looks like tentacles slowly enveloping the house. Which it basically is. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4131 "2024-11-02T15:57:41Z")
My hobby I spent too much money on was guitars. I had 11 at one point, though early this year I sold all but 2 for like $8000+. Voted No, since that’s over. At one time it was camera equipment. DSLR and expensive lenses. Also over and all the stuff sold. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4132 "2024-11-02T15:59:27Z")
My hobby has influenced my entire way of living: Horses. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4133 "2024-11-02T16:31:34Z")
> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/5479): > > Do you have a hobby, recreational pursuit, or creative outlet that you spend way too much money on? Along similar lines to @kenobi_65, though not exactly the same, we spend quite a bit of money on board games, both acquiring them (we have about 250), but also traveling to non-local conventions. We typically go to 2 conventions a year, so it all kinda adds up. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4134 "2024-11-02T16:33:43Z")
I have a boat. I’m not sure it’s “way too much money” but it’s a lot of money. I regret nothing. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4135 "2024-11-02T16:45:30Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > We typically go to 2 conventions a year, so it all kinda adds up. I go to four out-of-town conventions every year. None of them are distant enough to require flying, and I usually share a hotel room (and driving) with one or more friends, so that cuts down on the cost some, but 3 to 5 nights in a hotel still adds up. Even so, I love going to conventions, and gaming with friends and new people, and I’ll keep doing it until I’m physically unable to do so. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4136 "2024-11-02T16:48:53Z")
Oh, nice to be close to so many! Both of ours require flying, and both are what I’d describe as semi-captive hotel situations, so we pay whatever the convention rate is (though that’s usually reasonable). We also have a standing offer to our adult sons that if they attend with us we’ll pay for their rooms, but they have to get the flight and registration…one of them has taken us up on that twice. And yeah, we’ll keep doing it as long as possible. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4137 "2024-11-02T16:51:20Z")
I save up my monthly self-imposed allowance and spend it all on an annual solo trip. In recent years, that’s been the Camino de Santiago. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4138 "2024-11-02T16:57:28Z")
I love apple butter, and have also enjoyed pumpkin butter. Alas, if I want to eat any, I have to make my own, because neither is available here. This year we went on a cruise, which can be done somewhat cheaply. We did not do the cheap option. It was worth it, especially as it was with my parents. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4139 "2024-11-02T17:16:56Z")
Not sure if “customizing things” is a true hobby, but I’ve spent too much money on it. I customize all kinds of things to have my name, some photos I like, some sayings or quotes I like, air itineraries or other things on it. I have customized T-shirts, customized facemasks (about 20,) customized photo posters, customized pillow case, customized bags, customized soccer jerseys, etc. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4140 "2024-11-02T17:35:16Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Which is preferable to one state’s votes being worth more than 33 times as much as another’s? It sounds like we both oppose the electoral college system for different reasons. And I’m sure there are already multiple threads on this subject, so I’ll drop it now. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4141 "2024-11-02T17:56:07Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > It sounds like we both oppose the electoral college system for different reasons. And I’m sure there are already multiple threads on this subject, so I’ll drop it now. For the record, I do oppose it but I don’t have a better solution. I will drop it, too. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=206) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=208)