# 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:** 278
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5542 "2025-02-03T21:26:43Z")
My issue is that what we call "60’s music’ really started around 1965 and ended around 1975. I picked 60’s, but what I meant was classic rock and roll. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5543 "2025-02-03T21:30:01Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > classic rock and roll Geez, stuff from the 80s and 90s is now being called “classic” ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5544 "2025-02-03T21:34:02Z")
I’ll grab me walker. ---
**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 3, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5545 "2025-02-03T21:53:13Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Geez, stuff from the 80s and 90s is now being called “classic” When I was a kid in the 1980s, the oldies station played music from the 1950s and 60s, music that was 20-30 years old at the time. By that definition, music from the 2000s would be “oldies” now (yet for some reason it’s still just stuff from the 50s-60s that gets that label). Yet conversely the definition of “classic rock” keeps expanding to include stuff from ~20 years ago. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5546 "2025-02-03T22:58:36Z")
I also think it would be very much a demographics poll, as in the greatest music is what one came of age / grew up with. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5547 "2025-02-03T23:29:01Z")
Indeed. [Figure 1 | The power of nostalgia: Age and preference for popular music | Marketing Letters](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11002-022-09626-7/figures/1) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5548 "2025-02-04T01:10:57Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > 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. I think that’s a reasonable assessment. I haven’t voted yet because I haven’t been able to decide between the 60s and the 80s. The 60s were a special time for music. With what the Beatles and their various rivals were doing, that era saw the biggest leap forward in terms of what popular music could be and do. On the other hand, the 60s were before my time, so I may be unfairly judging them from my familiarity with mostly the stuff that did transcend the era. The 80s were “my” decade for music, so maybe I’m biased there, too. But one great thing about that decade is that we were still getting new and interesting music from many of the greats of the 60s and 70s, in addition to all the new artists who arose in the 80s. ---
**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 4, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5549 "2025-02-04T04:25:29Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Yet conversely the definition of “classic rock” keeps expanding to include stuff from ~20 years ago. Music from the Grunge era has a classicity to it, and in the earlym’90s I encountered an album called _Grave Dancer’s Union_ which gave me the warm feeling of '70s prog. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5550 "2025-02-05T02:24:24Z")
I had to answer no, but I have gloves _next to_ my glove compartment. ---
**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 5, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5551 "2025-02-05T04:05:09Z")
I also have no gloves in my glove compartment; but I also definitely have gloves in my car. ---
**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 5, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5552 "2025-02-05T06:04:44Z")
I deliberately put gloves in my glove box. Though, I have a heated steering wheel, so the gloves are somewhat vestigial. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5553 "2025-02-05T14:07:38Z")
I have no string-backed gloves for my automo-love. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5554 "2025-02-05T14:14:33Z")
I have a pair of gloves stuffed into the pocket at the bottom of my driver-side door. The glovebox has the documents I want to keep with the car, a small flashlight, a tire gauge, a thing of dental floss (which occasionally comes in handy), and a few other miscellaneous items. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5555 "2025-02-05T14:50:21Z")
My gloves are in my house, where they stay nice and wrm until I need them. (I think glove boxes are a remnant of the time when no lady or gentleman would be seen without gloves on. There were probably different gloves for different events) ---
**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 5, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5556 "2025-02-05T18:15:39Z")
I very rarely wear gloves. I have never had any in the glove compartment. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5557 "2025-02-05T18:45:49Z")
Our glove box is full of napkins, because we put them in there, and because they breed. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5558 "2025-02-05T18:59:01Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Our glove box is full of napkins Same here, though it often seems that, when I really need one while in the car, I’ve run out. ---
**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 5, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5559 "2025-02-05T18:59:24Z")
“Infinate” ? ---
**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 5, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5560 "2025-02-05T19:10:36Z")
My browser’s spell checker doesn’t flag words inside the “build poll” text boxes. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5561 "2025-02-05T19:22:57Z")
My glove box contains the car manual, my registration, the current inspection certificate (my state requires annual safety inspections), spare prescription glasses so I can still drive if something ever happens to my contact lenses, and a hairbrush. The armrest console contains sunglasses, spare reading glasses, a packet of tissues, and charging cords for my phone and iPod. If there were no armrest console, those things would also be in the glove box. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=277) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=279)