# 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:** 277
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5522 "2025-02-01T23:12:46Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Much more inconvenient are hard to find items. I needed an IR lightbulb for the AC unit. HD and Lowe’s didn’t carry it. Our local Home Depot delivers for free. I use them mainly when I only need one replacement part, and I don’t want to buy ten of them from amazon. Shockingly, they (HD) send a guy out to do deliveries on the day ordered or the next day if it’s ordered later in the day. Surprised the heck out of me. Why go to the Depot, not find what you need/want with the “help” of their staff, when I can order it from the website without making a car trip? > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > No one says “whirlybird” anymore? Only people old enough to remember the ancient TV show with that name. I love hot pineapple. I also love fresh pineapple. But grilled pineapple is awesome. Do you never eat pineapple upside down cake? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5523 "2025-02-02T02:08:08Z")
I generally don’t answer the public polls. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5524 "2025-02-02T02:10:01Z")
How can you tell? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5525 "2025-02-02T02:15:35Z")
See post #5509. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5526 "2025-02-02T02:19:16Z")
5507? Anyway, I went back to October, and I saw none. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5527 "2025-02-02T02:25:52Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Why are any of these polls public? Why not? > [@DrDeth](#): > > Anyway, I went back to October, and I saw none. That’s about how far back I had to go to get that screenshot. But I did make yesterday’s Minute Rice poll public. I wanted to see if @Hatchie really, truly, likes Minute Rice. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5528 "2025-02-02T02:35:09Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Why not? Doxxing. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5529 "2025-02-02T03:06:09Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > ETA- after figuring out where to look at it on my phone I now see I have over 1300 unread threads > > It occurs to me that that’s going to vary depending on what you have “unread” set to mean in your preferences. By default I think it includes any thread you looked at for more than a couple of minutes. I have mine set to include only threads I’ve posted in, as discourse doesn’t automatically mark those threads as the old boards did. So while I post a lot, that is going to be a whole lot fewer threads than the number I just glanced at briefly. Never touched my preferences. It won’t change how I use the site. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5530 "2025-02-02T12:47:49Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Doxxing. Absolutely. Once word gets out that the last three drops do, indeed, go in my pants - even after I shake and dance - the world will know who I am and treat me appropriately given that knowledge. Oops, I just let the cat out of the bag, didn’t I. mmm ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5531 "2025-02-02T15:20:50Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > 5507? 5507 in the sidebar. 5509 if you click on the date on the post. And you can indeed see that in a relatively current poll: look at the Minute Rice poll from Jan. 31. If you’ve already voted in that poll, that text isn’t visible on the results page; but if you click on “vote” at the bottom of the poll, that will take you back to the poll as you saw it before voting; and the poll as you see it before voting, which is when it matters, includes the language telling you that votes are public. If you click on “vote” and go back to that page, you can also change your vote. – I doubt anybody’s going to doxx me based on whether I like minute rice. But if you’re worried about it, just look before voting in any polls. The warning language is definitely there. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5532 "2025-02-02T19:36:58Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > Doxxing. > > Absolutely. Once word gets out that the last three drops do, indeed, go in my pants - even after I shake and dance - the world will know who I am and treat me appropriately given that knowledge. > > Oops, I just let the cat out of the bag, didn’t I. > > mmm Got ‘em! ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5533 "2025-02-02T21:24:21Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Oops, I just let the cat out of the bag, didn’t I. Is self-doxxing a word or do we just use another? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5534 "2025-02-03T00:36:53Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > the last three drops do, indeed, go in my pants - even after I shake and dance if you wear a kilt (in the prescribed way), the last three drops will not go into your pants ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5535 "2025-02-03T00:48:57Z")
No, they’ll go somewhere even worse. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5536 "2025-02-03T01:04:22Z")
Onto the head of a gynecologist during his lunch hour? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5537 "2025-02-03T02:35:31Z")
that is a really incompetent gynecologist ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5538 "2025-02-03T02:49:19Z")
I would open one card per year: 14-20 as originally planned, and 2-13 on my 21st birthday forward, in order to prolong the experience. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5539 "2025-02-03T03:14:48Z")
I would look at cards 2 through 7, then 14, and open two cards each year after that – 8 and15 the following year, on up to 13 and 20 on my 20th. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5540 "2025-02-03T04:58:29Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Onto the head of a gynecologist during his lunch hour? > [@eschereal](#): > > that is a really incompetent gynecologist Or [just highly motivated.](https://www.quotes.net/show-quote/53951#google_vignette) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5541 "2025-02-03T15:22:09Z")
If multiple choice (@markn_1 for him to redo the poll as such) I would have chosen 60’s/70’s/80’s/90’s, but none stand out sufficiently to warrant a singular vote. Each decade had its issues, usually because one half of each was significantly subpar as compared to the other (1st half of the 60’s, 2nd halves of the other 3), and aesthetically each seemed to keep most artists\* in question in a creative straitjacket to one extent or another. \*I thus typically only have an interest in those acts/albums/songs which have sufficiently transcended their particular time and place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=276) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=278)