# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 3)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 29, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157 "2026-01-29T18:21:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 125
### Author:  [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2481 "2026-07-30T18:28:08Z")
Are you lamenting the taste of those who voted for it or those who didn’t?
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### Author:  [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2482 "2026-07-30T19:08:41Z")
Those who didn’t. It’s clearly the best. I think ring-y Saturn and “Big Red Spot” Jupiter just have better PR.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2483 "2026-07-30T20:13:31Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> I’m not sure what bar y’all use to get the “unread” button. I usually get there from the hamburger menu, where i still see it.
Yes, this. I don’t remember ever seeing any “‘Unread’ item in the top bar.”
What are people talking about?
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### Author:  [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2484 "2026-07-30T20:23:03Z")
If I have a page open in New or in Latest, at the top righthand of the page it says New, Latest, Top with whatever page I’m on highlighted. Sometimes it also says Unread. Sometimes it doesn’t. I haven’t figured out any pattern to it.
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### Author:  [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2485 "2026-07-30T20:32:40Z")
You didn’t get a yellow “X Unread” notification pop up here:
[ ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55431840195_4490cb6e15_z.jpg)
?
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### Author:  [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2486 "2026-07-30T20:59:32Z")
Nope.
I do get a number that shows up attached to my avatar if someone’s replied to me.
— wait a minute. In that list of new, latest, top, and sometimes unread, there’ll be a number in parentheses next to everything but latest, showing how many threads there are in that category. And the page I’m in will be highlighted in yellow. But I don’t have a standalone just of unread, and the only thing yellow is the one that I’m in. And sometimes unread isn’t visible at all, even when there’s posts in it and I’m reading new or latest.
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2487 "2026-07-30T21:11:48Z")
I never liked Star Dreck. I recognized a few of the names but can’t tell you $#!+ about any of 'em. Didn’t vote.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2488 "2026-07-30T21:33:07Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#):
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> You didn’t get a yellow “X Unread” notification pop up here
No, or at least, not that I remember, though it’s possible it’s just something I never noticed. I always just got to “Unread” from the hamburger menu.
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2489 "2026-07-30T23:31:39Z")
I don’t think i spend enough time on that page to notice, one way or another.
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### Author:  [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2490 "2026-07-31T00:22:06Z")
I’m _fine_ with public polls, but they’re not a big preference. I vote in them if the poll interests me, and otherwise don’t vote, same as always. Very rarely, there’s a public poll that I’m **not** comfortable answering, that I **may** have answered if it was private. But again, very rarely.
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Saturn, Jupiter, and Neptune, in that order, but they’re all very close for me, and by the percentages for the majority of the board.
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Yes, my unread tab is missing, but not a big deal for me. There’s an [ongoing discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-the-unread-shortcut-gone/1032015) in #Site Feedback if you didn’t know.
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Star Trek remote learning and guesting - Romulans for both. While it’s a _gross_ generalization, Romulans are Lawful Neutral to Lawful Evil, and that sort of predictability would make me more confortable (I’m Lawful Neutral myself). In terms of _visiting_ their culture, the food culture would be a big deal. Klingon food seems very challenging, Borg food is probably nutrient paste at best, Cardassians are probably fine, but I don’t know much of them (I didn’t watch much DS9), and I don’t trust Ferengi at all (not to mention, I dislike much of the depiction of the species as embracing certain… tropes… I’m not comfortable with).
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As for slow drinking terminology, I’ve always heard of it as nursing, but to quote Emo Phillips:
_“I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy.”_
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### Author:  [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2491 "2026-07-31T00:51:26Z")
I hate this song as it would depress a hyena, but-
_There’s an old man sitting next to me_
_Making love to his tonic and gin_
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2492 "2026-07-31T04:36:25Z")
Anything but six months with Vulcans. What a bunch of assholes.
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### Author:  [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2493 "2026-07-31T04:44:52Z")
Re the _Star Trek_ cultural exchange:
- **Ferengi:** I wouldn’t want to visit Ferenginar, which has terrible weather and food (beetle grubs, anyone?). The residents seem to be interested in nothing but making a quick buck, and even those who have lived off-world for years, with one or two exceptions, haven’t come around to altruism or even basic decency. Hosting a Ferengi for six months isn’t going to change his mind.
- **Klingons:** More bad food, plus dank ships and a culture obsessed with combat and bravado. Hard pass for me on an exchange, either as a host or a guest.
- **Borg:** I can’t imagine living on a Borg cube among mindless drones would be any fun. But hosting one on Earth might be fun; every time we’ve seen one disconnected from the hive mind (Hugh, Seven of Nine) it hasn’t worked out too bad.
- **Romulans:** Clearly a cultured people, though perhaps a bit too arrogant, distrustful, and backstabby for my tastes. Then again, directly observing the internal political intrigue on Romulus might be fun. A distant second choice (either hosting or guesting).
- **Cardassian:** A planet of great writers and orators, but with some of the same problems as the Romulans. Their national liqueur, kanar, intrigues me. I’d love to host or be hosted by someone like Garak.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2494 "2026-07-31T09:33:25Z")
> [@Thumper668](#):
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> It was rather meta, wasn’t it?
It was supposed to be, yes. It’s in the same vein as this one.
[ ](https://i.redd.it/fpjq7qswyp871.jpg)
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2495 "2026-07-31T11:26:37Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#):
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> Klingon food seems very challenging
> [@psychonaut](#):
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> - **Klingons:** More bad food
What do Klingons eat?
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### Author:  [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2496 "2026-07-31T12:19:44Z")
_Gagh_ (live worms) and warm blood wine. If those sound good to you, Wikipedia has [a list of other appetizing Klingon dishes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_culture#Food).
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2497 "2026-07-31T12:22:59Z")
Anything that doesn’t eat them.
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### Author:  [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2498 "2026-07-31T14:37:46Z")
I have a rudimentary knowledge of the Klingon language. It would be cool to practice with a native speaker.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2499 "2026-08-01T01:23:57Z")
> [@psychonaut](#):
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> _Gagh_ (live worms) and warm blood wine. If those sound good to you, Wikipedia has [a list of other appetizing Klingon dishes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_culture#Food).
Don’t forget prune juice.
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### Author:  [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2500 "2026-08-01T14:45:00Z")
I certainly don’t want No AM Radio. Removal of AM radio seems to be the only negative thing on the list though, (although I’ve never actually driven an automatic or seen most of the listed things in action)
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