# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 3) **URL:** \ **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:** 145
**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 1, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2881 "2026-09-01T18:21:26Z")
I think I’d eat that before the coke, unless it tasted or looked off. I don’t like cold fresh diet Coke, and the caffeine will mess me up for the rest of the day, and possibly tomorrow if it’s late enough in the day for it to prevent me from sleeping. I’ll take a small risk of food poisoning over a certainly of messed up sleep. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2882 "2026-09-01T18:55:20Z")
The spaghetti-Os, especially if I were allowed to put it between slices of Wonder (or Rainbo) white bread. ---
**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 1, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2883 "2026-09-01T19:10:10Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Most Diet Coke junkies don’t need a gun to their head to drink a warm, flat, Diet Coke. If it’s the only thing available, it’s getting drunk. Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’ve actually drunk warm, flat Diet Coke before, so that was an easy choice. I’d eat the Spaghetti-Os if they were name brand, but the “dollar store brand” qualifier gave me pause. When I was in college I bought some off brand baked beans from Big Lots, and they were so awful I threw them away after one bite. I’m afraid of having that same experience with the dollar store brand Spaghetti-Os. I could tolerate the stale pretzels if I could dip them in mustard. ---
**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 1, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2884 "2026-09-01T19:37:23Z")
I’m pretty sure i could tolerate either the spaghettios or the pretzels. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2885 "2026-09-01T20:08:48Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Most Diet Coke junkies don’t need a gun to their head to drink a warm, flat, Diet Coke. If it’s the only thing available, it’s getting drunk. Yep. Although I prefer Diet Pepsi. But I am slowly cutting caffeine out. Pretzels would be fine, I have eaten stale pretzels before. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2886 "2026-09-01T20:29:45Z")
I’m just enjoying hearing (in my head) the poll question and options in the voice of Mr. Rogers. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2887 "2026-09-01T21:43:57Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I could tolerate the stale pretzels if I could dip them in mustard. I’m available most weekends. mmm ---
**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 1, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2888 "2026-09-01T23:58:03Z")
I didn’t “vote” for it, but I admit to being strangely intrigued by the jello salad. Calling it “grandma’s…” makes it sound like it is something that she makes/made regularly, as opposed to a one-time experiment gone wrong. And that suggests that she and/or someone she makes it for actually likes it. So I’m curious to find out what that person sees in it. But I’d definitely pass up Aidy Bryant’s overnight salad. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mf-bsT5mLYs/maxresdefault.jpg "Salad - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf-bsT5mLYs) ---
**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 3, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2889 "2026-09-03T17:55:25Z")
I don’t remember ever seeing an “is it Tuesday” poll. ---
**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 3, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2890 "2026-09-03T18:13:48Z")
I looked back. It was November, 2021, and I did not vote in it to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2891 "2026-09-03T18:33:24Z")
Post 19 in the “Polls Only” thread. ---
**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 3, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2892 "2026-09-03T19:46:54Z")
Thanks, both of you. I don’t seem to have voted in that one, and am not surprised that I don’t remember it. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2893 "2026-09-03T19:47:37Z")
I was surprised to see that I made that poll. I remember now that I had just discovered that you could put the date in a post. September 3, 2026. And I wanted to see a pie chart. 😁 ---
**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 3, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2894 "2026-09-03T20:16:37Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > As for dessert: if I’m going to a fancy restaurant as an event i often eat dessert. Generally, if i still have enough appetite to enjoy it i do. Yeah, this is me. And if I’m going to a super-duper fancy restaurant, I often get the chef’s menu which nearly always includes the dessert. My dad said icebox, and although he grew up in California, his parents were from Ohio. He also grew up during the Depression. I just finished reading _Circe_ by Madeline Miller (loved it), and she mentions Achilles being given the choice by the gods of either long life and obscurity or a short life and fame. Obviously, he chose fame. ---
**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 3, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2895 "2026-09-03T20:37:50Z")
My phones always have cases and the cases are always bright colors so I can spot them more easily at a distance; the current version happens to be bright orange. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2896 "2026-09-03T20:39:16Z")
Asurion replaced my phone last year with a pink one. That was okay because it was going to live behind a black Otterbox. The Otterbox needed replacing a couple of weeks ago. The light blue one with a clear back was $20 cheaper.. Now my phone is light blue and pink, which I guess is kinda fitting now. Totally unintentional. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2897 "2026-09-03T20:55:06Z")
It’s interesting that so many customers want their phones to have premium materials, unique colors, thin profiles, and minimal screen bezels only to then immediately cover it up with a case. Are there other examples of products like this? ---
**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 3, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2898 "2026-09-03T21:09:19Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > Are there other examples of products like this? That guy who bought the Ferrari and only drives at the speed limit. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2899 "2026-09-03T21:14:21Z")
My phone and its case are the same color (orange). But I care less about the color of my phone than its condition. I started with a clear case but it was too slippery and caused me to drop the phone more than simple clumsiness, so I got an orange case with a more matte finish. ---
**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 3, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2900 "2026-09-03T21:18:48Z")
My phone has no case. But the back was a really slippery glass. So i bought a … Basically, a big sticker made of leather to cover it. That gives me a nice grip but still let’s it charge wirelessly and doesn’t make it feel significantly larger. l also have a clear glass screen protector on the front, which i probably ought to replace. Anyway, i didn’t vote in that one. No case, but no, i can’t really see the back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=146)