# 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:** 299
**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:** [March 7, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5962 "2025-03-07T22:11:58Z")
I had an ant susie, an ont muriel, and a great ant re. I was consistent in how i pronounced each one’s title. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5963 "2025-03-08T01:33:38Z")
I say “ant” However, my more rural families, in west Texas and central Texas pronounced it like “ain’t” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5964 "2025-03-08T19:46:25Z")
Regarding blood transfusions and being a universal donor vs. a universal recipient, I voted for the former on the basis that it’s better to give than to receive. I see that’s the minority opinion so far. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5965 "2025-03-08T19:57:02Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Regarding blood transfusions and being a universal donor vs. a universal recipient, I voted for the former on the basis that it’s better to give than to receive. A few years ago, I absolutely would have voted for getting the “universal donor” blood type; i was a frequent blood donor. I now find myself the proud owner of a chronic health condition which has landed me on the “may not ever donate blood again” list. So, unless the hypothetical in the poll also removed that condition from me, I’d opt for being a universal recipient, for selfish reasons. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5966 "2025-03-08T20:01:05Z")
Question: Does what blood type you have have any effect on you _aside from_ determining whom you can safely donate to or receive from? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5967 "2025-03-08T20:12:35Z")
There are Medical type people who believe it affects many things, including personality. Most exerts in the field consider that pseudoscience. It does make for an interesting read, if you keep the salt shaker nearby. > **[Is your personality linked to your blood group?](https://www.blood.co.uk/news-and-campaigns/the-donor/latest-stories/is-your-personality-linked-to-your-blood-group/)** _In Japan, it is common to be asked what your blood type is. It is widely believed that there is a link between human ABO blood types and personality traits. Dating back to the 1930s, these widespread beliefs are embraced throughout Japanese culture and can influence anything from employment and how products are marketed to dating. School classes were grouped by blood type; your CV must include your blood group and so must your dating app profile; you can buy products designed for different blood types such as perfumes and bath salts; films depict the characters’ personalities based on the blood type theory and video game characters have their ABO blood type listed in their performance statistics._ I say almost certainly not. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5968 "2025-03-08T20:21:24Z")
I chose universal receiver, because I have anemia. The last couple of times I donated it took months to get back to healthy iron levels. So I really can’t donate, but there is a non-zero chance I will need blood at some point Does anyone remember the diet that was based on your blood type? It sounded pretty woo to me ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5969 "2025-03-08T21:08:31Z")
For the purposes of my poll, let’s say everything else stays the same. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5970 "2025-03-08T21:14:16Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Question: Does what blood type you have have any effect on you _aside from_ determining whom you can safely donate to or receive from? Incredibly rarely does it have any such effect in any meaningful way at all. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5971 "2025-03-08T21:39:49Z")
I disagree. I initially picked O-, because not only is it a good donor type, it’s fairly common (pretty sure it’s more common than AB+) and you really want a match, not just, “good enough”. But then i remembered that it’s really handy to be rH positive if you are a woman who wants to have kids. It means you don’t need to know the blood type of the father. (An rH negative women who bears an rH positive fetus can have all sorts of problems, and often miscarries.) So I changed my vote. I mean, I’m not going to have any more kids. But if we are asking about a hypothetical, i figure out may as well be a “whole life” hypothetical, not just “starting right now”. Anyway, i know a guy who broke up with a girl over blood type, and a woman who lost her second baby due to rH incompatibility, and another woman who successfully carried the second pregnancy, but maybe there were some issues from the treatment. (Unclear. The kid has issues which might be unrelated, but might not be.) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5972 "2025-03-09T01:33:53Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > it’s really handy to be rH positive if you are a woman who wants to have kids You are correct, that is where Rh factor is important, and I did not mean to minimize that. I was focusing far too much on all the nonsense being pushed about the ‘advantages’ of having a particular A or B antigen vs having neither antigen (type O). I shouldn’t have missed the Rh stuff, particularly since I once did routine prenatal care and deliveries, and kept close track of my patients’ Rh factor status back then. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5973 "2025-03-09T13:54:06Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > “applicable” doesn’t need to have any emphasized syllables IMHO. If you’re speaking French, maybe. All four-syllable words in English have stress on at least one syllable. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5974 "2025-03-09T14:12:40Z")
Of course, a man might prefer to be rH negative for the same reason. And i understood where you were coming from. I’ve seen some studies finding a correlation between ABO and this or that pathogen, or whatever. The results are never large enough to be very exciting, and I’m pretty sure it’s a wash overall. ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5975 "2025-03-09T22:19:04Z")
I remember back in the worst part of the Covid-19 excitement there was a suspicion that blood type influenced suseptibility to becoming infected. Searching now I found this study from 2023-07-27. I don’t know how reputable it is, but it appears there was some correlation after all? > **[Study Uncovers Direct Link Between Blood Group A and a Higher Risk for...](https://www.hematology.org/newsroom/press-releases/2023/study-uncovers-direct-link-between-blood-group-a-and-a-higher-risk-for-covid-19-infection)** > > Study Uncovers Direct Link Between Blood Group A and a Higher Risk for COVID-19 Infection ---
**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:** [March 9, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5976 "2025-03-09T22:43:23Z")
Yeah, there are a bunch of studies like that. But they all show fairly small effects and they all show different effects. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5977 "2025-03-10T04:08:52Z")
Is whistling when the band plays a thing? I’ve never done it because it’s never occurred to me to do it. So i really couldn’t check any of those boxes. And i picked “other” for heat protection because i have both silicone mitts which i love, and old-fashioned pot holders (the kind kids make on a little plastic “loom”) and i use both, sometimes i have a mitt on one hand and a potholder in the other. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5978 "2025-03-10T04:23:11Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Is whistling when the band plays a thing? I’ve never done it because it’s never occurred to me to do it. So i really couldn’t check any of those boxes. It is; listen to pretty much any live recording from a rock concert, and you’ll likely hear some level of whistling (particularly in quieter parts of a song, or in between songs). It’s not really whistling along with the music, so much as a different way to cheer, or shout, “Wooooo!” or “Yeaaaahhhh!,” I guess. Here’s a link to Peter Frampton’s “Do You Feel Like We Do,” from _Frampton Comes Alive_. In the first 15 seconds or so, as the song starts with just Frampton’s guitar, you can hear quite a bit of whistling. Through the rest of the song, any time the music is just a little bit quieter, even for a moment, you can definitely hear whistling from the crowd. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hUioud7Qtsw/maxresdefault.jpg "Do You Feel Like We Do") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUioud7Qtsw) I can barely whistle, and I can’t whistle loudly, so it’s never occurred to me to whistle during a concert. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5979 "2025-03-10T04:41:23Z")
I have a couple of heat resistant gloves (brand name the Ove Glove), plus assorted hot pads. I also have a wool felt sleeve for my iron skillets. That works really well, and stays on my main skillet full time ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5980 "2025-03-10T11:18:05Z")
I don’t whistle at concerts, and I don’t care about whistlers unless they’re directly behind me, in which case I hate them. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5981 "2025-03-10T17:57:36Z")
I dislike whistlers and hooters, especially when they seem to be compelled to voice their approval during quiet parts of the music. But they’re not as bad the people who have long conversations with their friends right next to me through the whole show. Go somewhere else if you want to talk; I’m here to hear the music! [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/B1pppR4gVKL._CLa%7C2140%2C2000%7C61PW0ziKzwL.png%7C0%2C0%2C2140%2C2000%2B0.0%2C0.0%2C2140.0%2C2000.0_AC_SX679_.png) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/B1pppR4gVKL._CLa%7C2140%2C2000%7C61PW0ziKzwL.png%7C0%2C0%2C2140%2C2000%2B0.0%2C0.0%2C2140.0%2C2000.0_AC_SX679_.png) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=298) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=300)