# 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:** 424
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8462 "2025-09-15T20:07:15Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > What is it with this attitude? Why is one condiment childish and another not? Catsup is sweet, which appeals to younger tastes. And this is a polling thread, and so that is my opinion. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8463 "2025-09-15T21:01:41Z")
I think ketchup and hot dogs taste nasty together, but you do you. If options are limited, I have to at least have mustard and raw onions on my hot dog. I don’t eat them much anymore, but I’m hungry right now and all of those dogs sounded good to me (except the cream cheese one). ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8464 "2025-09-15T21:16:41Z")
The one about people touching you while drinking. One of the choices should be: Not at all, but why would they? Is this a common occurrence? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8465 "2025-09-15T21:26:22Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Catsup is sweet, which appeals to younger tastes. I love catsup on a really spicy sausage. Children love catsup, but super-hot, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8466 "2025-09-15T21:35:58Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Catsup is sweet, which appeals to younger tastes. Yet somehow it’s okay for adults to use it on burgers, fries, meatloaf, fish & chips, eggs… ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8467 "2025-09-15T21:47:31Z")
If you really want ketchup on your hot dog, I’ll be polite about it and won’t stop you. But I will silently be judging you. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Catsup is sweet, which appeals to younger tastes. One of the few bits from _The Bear_ that was actually comedic IMO was when Carmy and Richie were catering a kids’ birthday party: Carmy: “Where did you put the ketchup?” Richie: “I didn’t bring any ketchup. What kind of asshole puts ketchup on a hot dog?” (This is set in Chicago after all) Carmy: “_Children_. Children put ketchup on hot dogs.” Regarding people toughing me while drinking, I don’t like being touched in general by someone who isn’t a romantic partner regardless of whether or not I’m drinking. So I picked “please don’t” by default. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8468 "2025-09-15T22:55:17Z")
I wonder if people who object to ketchup on hot dogs also object to it on hamburgers or meat loaf or french fries or eggs or hash browns or anything else. I’ve only ever heard people get pissy about it in relation to hot dogs. What makes hot dogs special? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8469 "2025-09-15T23:08:14Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > I wonder if people who object to ketchup on hot dogs also object to it on hamburgers or meat loaf or french fries or eggs or hash browns or anything else. Grosses me out on anything. But I don’t care what other people eat. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8470 "2025-09-15T23:21:14Z")
The whole touching thing came from left field, I didn’t really know how to answer it. I guess it depends on the touching. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8471 "2025-09-15T23:38:58Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > It’s true that I don’t use cash that much anymore, but I also was never taught that one should keep a large sum of cash at home for emergencies, so I also picked “other”. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of such a thing before this poll. As far as I know it’s not something my parents ever did. My parents didn’t do this either, even though several times my mom put cash away in “a safe place” and then couldn’t find it again for weeks and months. I learned it from my mentor at work, more of a “work dad” than a “work husband”, who explained to me earnestly that it was an important thing to have. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8472 "2025-09-15T23:59:21Z")
Yeah, this. If I’m unexpectedly touched when I’m drinking, i suppose i might spit, or swallow wrong, or whatever. But i don’t ever really like being touched unexpectedly. If i were drinking tea while watching tv with my husband, and he reached out to hold my hand, that would be totally fine. Really, other than the risk of choking if i were startled, i don’t really understand how drinking and touching interact at all. I didn’t answer that one. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8473 "2025-09-16T00:01:35Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > …more of a “work dad” than a “work husband”, who explained to me earnestly that it was an important thing to have. I wonder if these are people who learned this before ATMs, when you might need money but be several days out from being able to get it from a bank? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8474 "2025-09-16T00:06:13Z")
That was his reasoning. Also, he’d lived through the NYC area blackouts of 1977 and 1965 and said that if that happened again, one couldn’t count on ATMs. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8475 "2025-09-16T00:16:56Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > I’ve only ever heard people get pissy about it in relation to hot dogs. What makes hot dogs special? > **[Why is there no ketchup on a properly made hot dog?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341854/why-is-there-no-ketchup-on-a-properly-made-hot-dog)** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8476 "2025-09-16T00:33:17Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > et somehow it’s okay for adults to use it on burgers, fries, meatloaf, fish & chips, eggs… It is okay for anyone to use any condiment on anything. If you like kimchi on your steak, fine. But IN MY OPINION catsup doesnt belong on any of those things. > [@markn\_1](#): > > I wonder if people who object to ketchup on hot dogs also object to it on hamburgers or meat loaf or french fries or eggs or hash browns or anything else. Not on _my_ meat loaf or eggs or hash browns . I dont care for those thick steak fries/chips, but if that is what is served with my fish, I will mix a little catsup with the malt vinegar. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8477 "2025-09-16T01:52:21Z")
I. don’t usually want to be touched, except by a few specific people. (And cats. I’m usually willing to be touched by cats.) But it’s got nothing to do with whether I’m drinking something or not. Didn’t vote. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8478 "2025-09-16T02:24:17Z")
I am pretty disappointed with that column by Cecil. He makes the same stupid claim that ketchup is too sweet, which “smothers” the taste of the hot dog. Then he goes on to say that his “recommended ingredients” includes relish, presumably sweet pickle relish, since Cecil is from Chicago (like me). My bottle of Heinz ketchup says it has 4g of sugar per tablespoon, and my internet search says sweet pickle relish has 4.4g of sugar per tablespoon. And people typically put a lot more relish on a dog than a normal squirt of ketchup. So why doesn’t all this sugar in the relish “smother” the taste too? It also doesn’t explain why many (though not all) of the no-ketchup people are fine with ketchup on hamburgers or eggs. Why doesn’t it “smother” the taste of those things? I call bullshit on this explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8479 "2025-09-16T05:26:06Z")
I did see one of the graphic Kirk-shooting videos, yes. From the front. I’m sure there are many other videos from the other angles. The Reddit tactical-medicine folks were analyzing everything in great detail. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8480 "2025-09-16T13:20:10Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > or meat loaf or french fries or eggs or hash browns or anything else no, no, ewww, no, no, & no. Meat loaf gets a bath of [Open Pit](https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_3451fdfa-aa65-4b3c-a74d-bcf667eb2111) slathered across the top before baking. > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I. don’t usually want to be touched, except by a few specific people… But it’s got nothing to do with whether I’m drinking something or not this. Unless it’s getting bumped in a crowd, who is touching me that I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8481 "2025-09-16T13:48:38Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Meat loaf gets a bath of [Open Pit](https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_3451fdfa-aa65-4b3c-a74d-bcf667eb2111) slathered across the top before baking. 4 grams of sugar per 17 gram serving makes this catsup with a different name. Heinz catsup has exactly the same sugar ratio, so ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=423) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=425)