# 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:** 354
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7062 "2025-06-09T16:52:36Z")
I’m not a Go To Rallies and Protests person. I’m going to this one on the 14th. It’s so, so important to show up. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7063 "2025-06-09T18:52:57Z")
My wife and I were on the fence about going on June 14 due to various real life complications and concerns. Then LA. Now we’re absolutely going. YMMV. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7064 "2025-06-09T19:16:51Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I think it’s not officially a No Kings protest, because the organizers don’t like to officially affiliatebut it’s certainly the same general idea. Actually it is an official No Kings protest; while it’s publicized by (among others) the people I was thinking of, it’s sponsored by a different group. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7065 "2025-06-09T19:27:30Z")
had not even heard of this protest until this thread ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7066 "2025-06-09T20:27:35Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Heh, I’ll have to change my vote on the sea creatures. I voted that I’d seen a clownfish, but then I remembered it wasn’t that orange fish, it was that _other_ orange fish – the Garibaldi. Yep, First time I saw one when i was deep sea fishing in SoCal, and someone hooked one, and the deckhands said to carefully dehook and throw it back- it was strongly protected in CA. [https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/garibaldi](https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/garibaldi) ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7067 "2025-06-09T21:11:09Z")
I’m not really a Goes to Protests person either, but even if I wanted to I can’t make it, because I will be traveling that day. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7068 "2025-06-10T05:13:28Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > had not even heard of this protest until this thread Same here! There’s one half a mile from my house, at the same location as the April 5th Hands Off protests, which I also heard of from this thread. And it’s at a good time for me to attend; I’m in town and don’t have other commitments. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7069 "2025-06-10T17:16:45Z")
On the X/Y poll, this is somewhat answering a different question: while thinking about it, I kept going back to a movie instead, the original Star Wars, Luke and Leia kissing, and then of course we discover they’re brother and sister. In that case, even the author seemed clueless. So…back to the actual question…I don’t know how to think about authorial intent, but if he’s going to swing the whole canon around with a sequel, I’ll likely go with it. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7070 "2025-06-10T17:20:21Z")
I’m probably going to wind up with both conclusion X and conclusion Y in my head; which wasn’t one of the options. Didn’t vote. – it might also depend on how firmly I was holding conclusion X: is it really the only one I can imagine making sense, or was it just my best guess as to what would happen? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7071 "2025-06-10T17:33:58Z")
For X/Y, I voted X - X - Y. There are plenty of authors who don’t always fully plan stuff out, or write in a consistent manner, so if I’m judging it entirely on the basis of a stand alone work (the first two scenarios, even if the second has a later retcon), then I’ll go with what makes the most sense for me. For the third scenario, well then, I’ll accept Y as the intent, and look at X as a missed opportunity that would have made more sense. But it’s fully possible in fandom that the author will support whatever side is going to give them the most future investment. And there are authors who admit later that what they ended up doing made little sense, and that they should have gone the other route. See Rowling’s (whatever you think of her as a person being irrelevant to this _particular_ point) regrets and back and forth about her romantic pairing of Ron and Hermione vs Harry. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7072 "2025-06-10T18:13:22Z")
@Frodo You answered Y for question 1 and X for question 2, was this deliberate? If so I’m interested why the presence of a sequel contradicting it cements your opinion on your original thought? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7073 "2025-06-10T18:24:24Z")
No, hehe, I got totally confused and realized it too late. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7074 "2025-06-10T19:02:13Z")
You can always change your vote - there is no time limit. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7075 "2025-06-10T19:14:09Z")
Wait, you can? I thought it was fixed. I’ll try to fix it then. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7076 "2025-06-10T19:56:02Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > You answered Y for question 1 and X for question 2, was this deliberate? > If so I’m interested why the presence of a sequel contradicting it cements your opinion on your original thought? Why is the poll public in the first place? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7077 "2025-06-10T19:58:38Z")
Why is a lion yellow? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7078 "2025-06-10T20:19:14Z")
Because he’s cowardly ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7079 "2025-06-10T20:28:24Z")
No, that’s why he’s yaller. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7080 "2025-06-10T23:09:58Z")
The breakfast question is structured completely wrong. I eat the same thing for breakfast most days. Except when I’m traveling, which happens a lot. Or sometimes if i have company, which is a bit less common. Or we are out of an element of it… But it’s not as if i eat a different thing on Sundays. And does anyone have a breakfast they eat Monday& Tuesday? Who eats the same thing two days a week, regularly? I guess when i commuted i had a regular home breakfast and a regular work breakfast. But then the would have been two regular breakfasts… ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/7081 "2025-06-10T23:10:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Why is the poll public in the first place? Because it’s the sort of poll where it’s interesting how people answered, and there’s nothing private about it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=353) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=355)