# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/621 "2026-03-11T20:02:01Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > > > I have not watched a single comedian on that list. > > You have not even seen “Who’s On First”? > > Bob Hope could be hilarious- but not always. > > The only “AI” I use is the info Google shows me after i search, but only for a deeper dive or just to get a stat- “What is the population of the USA?”. Google AI is fine for those things. > > I have seen only Zootopia 2. The only comedians I have seen and remember are the Three Stooges. The other ones I have never seen. I also do not watch many movies so have nothing to contribute to the poll. I have never used AI and don’t plan too. I sometimes see the AI search results but usually scroll down to find a reliable source. I prefer writing my own narratives. I do use a lot of technology but not this. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/622 "2026-03-11T20:09:48Z")
Shoes are discarded based on usage / wear, not age. Running shoes are retired from running after a preset # of miles, which is tracked for me by Garmin. After retirement from running they can become everyday shoes. All everyday (including work ones) are retired based on wear ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/623 "2026-03-11T20:23:30Z")
I’ve seen about half of the Oscar nominees - probably more than most folks - and I still don’t feel qualified to tender a vote in many of the categories. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Bob Hope is the only comedian in the poll to get a “No” from me. Same here. mmm ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/624 "2026-03-11T20:32:29Z")
How many miles? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/625 "2026-03-11T20:52:41Z")
I voted yes for most of the old comedians (except Bob Hope), but TBH, although I remember laughing uproariously at their works, almost all my exposure to them came as a child, so I might feel differently now. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/626 "2026-03-11T20:57:14Z")
I was going to be a pedant and chile @Karen_Lingel’s use of “Myriad” as a noun, and pulled up Merriam-Webater as a cite, then discovered I was ~~wrong~~ mistaken. Not only can myriad be used as a noun, but noun usage came first! ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/627 "2026-03-11T20:59:45Z")
No more than 400 ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/628 "2026-03-11T21:02:51Z")
Regarding hotel amenities, I have booked hotels without all of those things, (except air conditioning in areas where you’d expect it). I prefer a hotel with a restaurant and bar but can live without. Same with a fitness center, free wifi, etc. I like nice hotels, but nothing on that list would be a deal breaker. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/629 "2026-03-11T21:35:02Z")
I prefer a hotel with a bathtub, but these are increasingly difficult to find, and last time I booked a trip I was straight-up lied to by the hotel, which I did not appreciate. (When I checked in and was told no such room was available, I made a huge fuss. They offered me money off but I insisted on checking out and booking a more expensive hotel elsewhere, which I told them—I could have lived without it easily enough, but I really disliked being lied to, or rather, promised something in writing which was not in fact available.) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/630 "2026-03-11T21:37:23Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Well, I do think that Bob Hope survives the test of time less successfully than any of the others Yeah, I think Bob Hope’s stuff is largely ephemeral, like a late-night talk show comedian monologuing about current events. Then again, I’m not familiar enough with his movies (like the “Road” movies he did with Bing Crosby) to comment on them. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/631 "2026-03-11T21:44:03Z")
Unlike the other comics, Bob Hope’s style of acting was speaking his inner monologue out loud instead of showing it in his behavior. It’s a style of comedy that went out with radio shows ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/632 "2026-03-11T23:05:32Z")
“Myriad” means “ten thousand”. The entire thread has only six thousand posts. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/633 "2026-03-11T23:06:07Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I dislike being told I am a “Luddite” just because I totally eschew the horrid and mindless world of AI. So that is the option I chose, despite being miffed at the term used. This. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/634 "2026-03-11T23:18:36Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Then again, I’m not familiar enough with his movies (like the “Road” movies he did with Bing Crosby) to comment on them. Some were pretty good. I need wifi & often A/C. Breakfast is nice. HBO or whatever is okay unless i am - for example going to Disneyland, etc, so all i really need is a good bed and a shower. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/635 "2026-03-11T23:43:21Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > all i really need is a good bed and a shower. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-edsVQEtTB8/maxresdefault.jpg "100 Games Of Solitaire") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-edsVQEtTB8) > Well I don’t know where I’ll end up tonight > Any place with a bar and a bathtub’s all right ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/636 "2026-03-12T00:44:31Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I voted for Benicio del Toro but I’m not put out in the least if Delroy Lindo wins. He is great. I loved him in The Good Fight, and I loved him in Sinners. That’s a fine actor right there. There a mostly forgotten baseball movie (made for HBO I think) called _Soul of the Game._ Delroy Lindo plays Satchel Paige. Blair Underwood is Jackie Robinson and Mykelti Williamson is Josh Gibson. A far superior movie to _42_ which covers much of the same ground. The whole movie was great but Lindo in particular was a standout. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/637 "2026-03-12T01:13:23Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I suspect it has some unconscious effect on me. Maybe it adds to all the fatigue and stress I’ve been feeling. That’s quite possible. On a conscious level, it feels like I can compartmentalize fury, fear, and grief, and mostly be “life goes on” which is how I voted; but it may well be seeping through even when I think I’m not thinking about it. And I don’t think any actual Luddites are using computers, so there aren’t any on these boards. Plus I can’t guarantee that I might not use AI sometime in my life. But I’m sure as hell not using it now, so that’s how I voted. > [@ParallelLines](#): > > “I haven’t seen or watched many/most of these movies, so I, showing great fortitude of will, refrained from voting!” , so I chose other. So I didn’t vote in that one. Either of those ones. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/638 "2026-03-12T02:08:07Z")
If I ever put trash in the fridge my wife would kill me in the spot and no jury would convict her. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/639 "2026-03-12T02:15:45Z")
Our freezer is usually full, or nearly so; there’s no room for trash. If something stinky gets put into the kitchen garbage can, that garbage bag gets taken out to the big garbage can, in the alley, pretty much immediately. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/640 "2026-03-12T02:25:18Z")
My wife informs me that we have done that. On the other hand, I have come home to find a pig’s head and trotters staring out from the refrigerator, so anything goes here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=33)