# 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:** 309
**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 26, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6162 "2025-03-26T12:09:42Z")
Thank you. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6163 "2025-03-26T13:58:33Z")
I’m not quite sure if I last used a typewriter in the 2000s or 2010s. Police work became completely computerized surprisingly late. There were things that needed to be typed long after they should have been. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6164 "2025-03-26T15:12:05Z")
We stayed in a place with bunk beds. There was a ladder built into the frame of the bed on the end; however, they were in an alcove in the room that was _maybe_ 2" bigger than the beds, meaning one couldn’t use the ladder. The room also had a wooden chair at the desk but even I (\> 6’ tall) could _barely_ use that as a step up & there was _no_ way I wanted to get up to pee in the middle of the night when it was dark. I couldn’t be (upper body) on the bed & (foot) on the chair at the same time. It was a really stupid & unsafe design but my guess is that they didn’t have that many pairs staying there so it didn’t matter, & further a lot of people wouldn’t say anything & even if you did, what’s going to become of it by telling the desk clerk at 9pm; he most certainly has no authority to do anything about it & may or may not tell the manager, who then has to spend $ to fix the issue. IOW, until they get sued for someone literally breaking their neck I doubt it’ll be changed. I’d hope to see the room first; how much headroom at either/both beds? Who is my companion & who can get to the top bunk easier? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6165 "2025-03-26T16:02:01Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > they were in an alcove in the room that was _maybe_ 2" bigger than the beds, meaning one couldn’t use the ladder. > [@Spiderman](#): > > a lot of people wouldn’t say anything & even if you did, what’s going to become of it by telling the desk clerk at 9pm; he most certainly has no authority to do anything about it Maybe the desk clerk’s got a ladder. Maybe the desk clerk can help move the beds far enough out of the alcove to make their ladder accessible. Maybe I could, or could have when younger and healthier, pull the beds out of the alcove myself. Was the room so small otherwise that this wouldn’t have worked? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6166 "2025-03-26T17:35:15Z")
I doubt the desk clerk would be allowed to leave the front desk to go upstairs. Yes, it was a small room in NYC, if bed was pulled out all of the way then the bottom guy would have to suck in his gut to get around the bed frame. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6167 "2025-03-27T13:42:39Z")
Other things to say to my 18 year old self: Buy all you can of these comic books. Then sell them when they’re worth money, and then use the stock tips. Yes, X will be making passes at you, just ones you might not recognize. Take them up on it – I don’t know whether it’ll work out in the long run, but you’ll regret not having found out. You’re going to be a farmer. Go ahead and go to college – and keep an eye out for this cat and these people – but start learning how to farm. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6168 "2025-03-27T20:18:47Z")
If I were answering the questionnaire on paper, I’d write “alternate days” into the margin. (Yes, I know there’s a fair chance that nobody would read it, or that they’d ignore it if they did.) If I were answering it on a computer form that wouldn’t let me do that, I wouldn’t answer that question. ---
**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 27, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6169 "2025-03-27T20:32:33Z")
I find alternating a med every other day is a huge PITA, so for select meds I just do it every MWF. Much easier to organize in my pill minder. Of course, if you’re on a critical med QOD you shouldn’t do that. But for me and my iron levels, q MWF works fine. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6170 "2025-03-28T18:13:36Z")
I think I’d be the mod everybody was complaining they couldn’t get ahold of, or if they’d once gotten ahold of couldn’t get a decision out of, in a reasonable length of time. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6171 "2025-03-28T19:20:28Z")
Me too. 🙂 (tried to quote @thorny_locust, but didn’t work) If I’m talking to my 18 year old self, I would tell myself to take better care of my teeth, join a crew team, and eat better. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6172 "2025-03-28T23:50:02Z")
“Technically March” would be a good band name. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6173 "2025-03-29T00:54:05Z")
I think I could be a fair-to-middlin’ mod if I decided I was really going to be serious about it and do it _right_. I don’t think I would have the temperament to want to stick with it past the point where the novelty has worn off. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6174 "2025-03-29T00:58:02Z")
I would be the Matt Gaetz of Donald Trumps if I was a mod. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6175 "2025-03-29T03:22:03Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I would be the Matt Gaetz of Donald Trumps if I was a mod. Challenge accepted! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6176 "2025-03-29T05:31:32Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > If I’m talking to my 18 year old self, I would tell myself to take better care of my teeth, join a crew team, and eat better. I would tell myself that college is not like high school and you need to work a lot harder. Also switch majors; you’re right that computers are the next big thing but you don’t have the feel for it. And also, take better care of your teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6177 "2025-03-29T05:33:08Z")
I would not want to be a moderator. I spend plenty of time on this board but I wouldn’t want to feel like I had an obligation to be here in order to keep an eye on things. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6178 "2025-03-29T06:17:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I would be the Matt Gaetz of Donald Trumps if I was a mod. 🤯 Excuse me. I think I’m leaking brains after processing that combination. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6179 "2025-03-29T06:48:24Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > “Technically March” would be a good band name. A John Philip Sousa cover band? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6180 "2025-03-29T11:14:18Z")
Marches in the Mosh (pit) ---
**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:** [March 29, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6181 "2025-03-29T16:26:48Z")
I’m not familiar with _enough_ of the listed movies to judge which is best. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=308) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=310)