# 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:** 33
**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 23, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/642 "2024-03-23T21:17:07Z")
I am very pleased to see that the top response to “do you feel sad when a lot of the responses are ‘something else’?” is “something else”. The Dopers did not disappoint me! ---
**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 24, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/643 "2024-03-24T00:37:40Z")
I bowled a fair amount in high school, and through college; that’s what happens when you grow up in Wisconsin. I own my own bowling ball, and when I bowled regularly, I was OK, but not great; I probably averaged around 140. I don’t bowl often anymore (and haven’t since before COVID), but in recent memory, 100 would be a good game for me now. ---
**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 24, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/644 "2024-03-24T00:52:28Z")
I did a lot of candlepin bowling when i was younger. But the scoring is different (that is, ordinary scores are different) and i don’t think I’ve ever bowled with one of those big balls with holes like Fred Flintstone had. I didn’t usually jump into water. I either walk in, or dive in. So i don’t ordinarily hold my nose. Would i if i jumped in? I dunno, maybe? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/645 "2024-03-24T01:30:27Z")
I’m a terrible bowler. I once had a score of ten. I had a strike. The rest of my rolls were gutterballs. My condo development does not have garages with the units. There’s underground like a parking garage. We park there, but there is no storage allowed, so it’s just parking. My parents didn’t fight or have obvious issues, but I never saw any passion either. My dad died at 59, so I guess it’s possible their marriage could have broken up if he hadn’t, but they were Catholic and not likely to divorce even if they hated each other. ---
**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 24, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/646 "2024-03-24T14:34:22Z")
I’ve never been a good bowler but I could get over 100. I haven’t bowled since long before my stroke. I re-taught myself to write and type and shoot but never bothered to practice throwing or bowling. It would be interesting to see how I do now. ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/647 "2024-03-24T17:38:17Z")
I’ve been bowling twice in my life, which is not enough to be able to make any judgement about my skill level. So I put “never been bowling”, since that seems to be about right. I was there. There was bowling. Not sure if what I did actually qualifies. 🙂 ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/648 "2024-03-24T17:59:58Z")
I bowled a lot in college, and though not great, did hit 187 during a bet. A couple of years ago I bowled again for the first time in a long while and hit 130-ish, I assume that’s about where I’d land. ---
**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 24, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/649 "2024-03-24T18:59:12Z")
I didn’t re-roll for the billionaire… I’d hesitate, I’d keep thinking what if, but given that they aren’t trying to cheat you and I’m assuming you’re getting a post-tax value, I’m pretty sure I can comfortably live the rest of my life (just shy of 50) with a million to invest. Sure, I could live _better_ with more, and the odds are in my favor, but it’s not “fix the world” money even best case. Thankfully, my family and friends are _in general_ sufficiently well off that I don’t have a pressure to support them, nor do I have dramatic medical conditions or other expensive tastes that would encourage taking the risk. But oh hell yes, would I spend the rest of my life wondering “what if I had…” ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/650 "2024-03-24T19:06:53Z")
The billionaire question is amusingly misphrased. All it says is that the billionaire is going to multiply your roll by $1 million. Not that she’s going to give you anything. ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/651 "2024-03-24T19:08:11Z")
It’s a surprisingly difficult decision. In the poll, I said I’d re-roll; but now I’m second-guessing myself. I happen to have a d10 nearby. So I rolled it, to see what I would get. I rolled a 1. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/652 "2024-03-24T19:10:47Z")
I got a zero! I suppose I could argue that in games the zero counts as ten, but I get that’s not the scenario here. ---
**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 24, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/653 "2024-03-24T19:11:52Z")
I got a 7. Yay me! ---
**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:** [March 24, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/654 "2024-03-24T19:12:06Z")
I would re-roll, roll a zero, and cry myself to sleep for the next several nights. 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:** [March 24, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/655 "2024-03-24T20:03:10Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I’ve been bowling twice in my life, which is not enough to be able to make any judgement about my skill level. So I put “never been bowling”, since that seems to be about right. I was there. There was bowling. Not sure if what I did actually qualifies. I’ve been bowling once, I think; and have a rather dim recollection of it, except that I didn’t astonish everybody, myself included, by doing well. However, I know a) that I’m a klutz b) that I’m less strong and agile than I used to be and c) that I’m not going to spend lots of time practicing bowling. So I chose ‘terrible’, because that’s what I’d expect. I hesitated over the re-roll. But I’d feel so terrible if the second roll were zero, and so terrified of that while re-rolling if I did, that I’d take the one million to be sure I’d get that. One million would be a life-changing amount of money for me – and probably also for the neighbor who I could then ensure would get first chance at the farm. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/656 "2024-03-24T20:24:57Z")
My Dad was a league bowler, so of course I bowled. I was not very good, I could get 100 pretty reliably. If the d10 means that 0 is not ten but zero, I don’t re-roll, but otherwise- why not? ---
**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 24, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/657 "2024-03-24T20:30:09Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > If the d10 means that 0 is not ten but zero, I don’t re-roll, but otherwise- why not? I assumed it was zero. Otherwise, as you say, why not? ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/658 "2024-03-24T20:31:23Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > If the d10 means that 0 is not ten but zero Why would it be 10? Did the billlionaire give you a die labelled 0-9 or one labelleled 1-10? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/659 "2024-03-24T20:35:56Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > Why would it be 10? Did the billlionaire give you a die labelled 0-9 or one labelleled 1-10? In D&D and similar games, if you roll a D10 (0,1-9) for damage, etc, the “0” is a ten. That’s standard. [https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/73933/why-does-a-d10-count-from-0-to-9#:~:text=One%20is%20simply%20cosmetic.,roll%20two%20ten%20sided%20dice](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/73933/why-does-a-d10-count-from-0-to-9#:~:text=One%20is%20simply%20cosmetic.,roll%20two%20ten%20sided%20dice). Why does a d10 have a 0? _One is simply cosmetic. With nine single-digit faces and only a single two-digit face, using 0 instead of 10 **allows them to print all the faces at a similar large font size**. The other is, as others have noted, to make the die work better for rolling “percentiles.” In this case, you roll two ten sided dice.J_ ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/660 "2024-03-24T20:36:39Z")
Is the billionaire playing D&D or did she give you a die labelled 0-9? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/661 "2024-03-24T20:39:00Z")
A die numbered 0, 1-9 is confusing. Does the 0 mean 10 or 0? In gaming- where the d10 came from, if you roll a single d10, the 0 is counted as 10. Since the d10 is a gaming construct, assuming gaming usage is not weird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=34)