# 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:** 53
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1042 "2024-04-17T16:38:42Z")
I am afraid of both death and the pain of death. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1043 "2024-04-17T16:40:41Z")
I’m not afraid of the actual dying part. But I am not ready to stop living. I have a lot of things left to do. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1044 "2024-04-17T17:07:39Z")
It doesn’t matter whether I could be objective or not; I’d tell them I can’t so as to not get picked. I want no part of that circus other than to watch the result & aftermath…with a suitable quantity of popcorn in ~~hand~~ bowl ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1045 "2024-04-17T19:04:16Z")
> I’m not scared of dying > And I don’t really care > If it’s peace you find in dying > Well, then let the time be near As far as a painful death is concerned, for the past two decades I’ve kept medication on hand to help speed the process. Every few years I update. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1046 "2024-04-17T19:28:45Z")
I am not frightened of dying, you know. Any time will do, I don’t mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There’s no reason for it, you’ve gotta go sometime. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1047 "2024-04-17T19:46:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > I’m not scared of dying > > And I don’t really care > > If it’s peace you find in dying > > Well, then let the time be near > [@](#): > > Just bundle up my coffin 'cause it’s cold way down there… I wasn’t until embarrassingly recently that I realized he was not singing, “bundle up, my pumpkin…” mmm ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1048 "2024-04-17T20:06:00Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > I am not frightened of dying, you know. Any time will do, I don’t mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There’s no reason for it, you’ve gotta go sometime. This about sums up my feeling. I’m not afraid of dying. I would just rather avoid it, if I can. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1049 "2024-04-17T21:01:17Z")
_“I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”_ —Woody Allen -----Mean Mr. Mustard ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1050 "2024-04-17T22:46:43Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > I am not frightened of dying, you know. Any time will do, I don’t mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There’s no reason for it, you’ve gotta go sometime. Sounds like a great gig… ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1051 "2024-04-17T22:57:25Z")
I’m far more terrified of losing my mind than I am of a painful death, and much more terrified of that than a quick death, but I am fearful (although not to an extreme) of that as well. To the point that given either of the first two scenarios, I’d be more likely to consider some form of embracing a quick death to avoid either sort of scenario. Not to mention, I do NOT want my wife to have to put up with, or support me through the first two scenarios and the associated costs. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1052 "2024-04-18T08:46:47Z")
There’s a song for the death polls… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lb-EJEWRxlM/hqdefault.jpg "Albert King -- Everybody Wants to go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb-EJEWRxlM) ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1053 "2024-04-18T18:11:12Z")
I like my toast medium brown, and cooled enough that the butter doesn’t melt and soak into it. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1054 "2024-04-18T18:22:24Z")
Is this some sort of British thing? I keep my toast on top of the toaster after it’s buttered so the butter WILL melt and soak into it. Your way is nearly incomprehensible to me! ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1055 "2024-04-18T18:29:58Z")
Yes, it is the British - and therefore correct - way of doing it. Actually, i don’t know, it may just be me !! ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1056 "2024-04-18T18:55:40Z")
Relevant to the dying discussion, I think: does everyone know there’s such a thing as a death doula? I’d been to a couple of zoom group discussions held by one, through a local library; but also just saw this story today: > **[Death doula says life is more meaningful if you 'get real' about the end](https://www.npr.org/2024/04/17/1245264129/death-doula-alua-arthur-briefly-perfectly-human)** > > Alua Arthur helps people plan for death. A big part of her work is helping them reconcile the lives they lived with the lives they might have wanted. Her memoir is called Briefly Perfectly Human. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1057 "2024-04-18T19:36:21Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > I like my toast medium brown, and cooled enough that the butter doesn’t > melt and soak into it. I’m with you. We are in the minority, at least in the US, but that’s what prompted me to post the question. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1058 "2024-04-18T20:58:05Z")
Death: not a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1059 "2024-04-18T21:40:04Z")
I’m British and I hate cold toast mainly because th butter doesn’t melt. Does that mean I am going to be transported to the USA? ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1060 "2024-04-18T21:47:14Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Is this some sort of British thing? I keep my toast on top of the toaster after it’s buttered so the butter WILL melt and soak into it. Your way is nearly incomprehensible to me! I know! Whenever I see an English movie/tv show with people scraping hard butter over cold toast, I always startle a bit. Nothing better than melted butter on hot toast; nothing worse than cold butter on cold toast. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/1061 "2024-04-18T23:23:14Z")
To answer the Trump juror poll, honestly, I’d be **raring** to be on that jury. I’d be trying as hard as I could to get on the jury at the same time hundreds were trying their best to dodge it. …Which is probably why I would not (and perhaps should not) be selected. I am pretty heavily biased. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=54)