# 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:** 44
**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 23, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/861 "2026-03-23T18:57:50Z")
I’m around 40 miles from where I grew up. Not counting military time away, 40 is about the average distance I’ve lived although it’s been multiple locations. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/862 "2026-03-23T19:21:59Z")
I’m cynical enough to believe that all love is conditional. Surprised that many do not! ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/863 "2026-03-23T19:22:21Z")
I voted that unconditional love between adults is possible, but I may not have been thinking of what the question was meant to mean. I was thinking that apparently for some people, though maybe not for me, it’s possible to keep loving somebody even if you had to flee the house and call the cops. ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/864 "2026-03-23T19:22:35Z")
Yes. Lust, on the other hand, may sometimes be unconditional… ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/865 "2026-03-23T19:27:57Z")
Naw, even lust is conditional. If I find someone repulsive, it just isn’t gonna happen… ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/866 "2026-03-23T19:28:57Z")
I live well over five hundred miles from where I grew up. So do my parents. So did three of my four grandparents, and the six (total) parents of those three. We’re a very mobile family, I guess. ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/867 "2026-03-23T19:30:35Z")
True. I meant, if you lust after someone, you might still lust after them, even after you learn they (say) voted for Trump, or eat babies for breakfast, or both. Carry on… ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/868 "2026-03-23T19:46:34Z")
I was born in San Jose, California; when I was three months old, we moved to the Midwest. I now live about 2000 miles away from where I was born, but I live within 200 miles of everywhere I I’ve lived since I was three months old. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/869 "2026-03-23T19:52:39Z")
16.5 miles from my preschool home on Cleveland’s east side. Note I’ve lived in Florida most of my life before moving back here (partly planned, was already putting the move in motion so as to take care of my mother’s stuff here when she got ill and died in May 2023), plan to get a house and endure more winters so as to enjoy the warmer months. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/870 "2026-03-23T19:52:42Z")
Born in Dallas, now live in Austin, 200 miles distance. No, the USA has not stopped being the USA just because MAGA/Trump ruined it. Yes, two adults can have unconditional love. ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/871 "2026-03-23T19:56:10Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > eat babies for breakfast Yanno, they’re part of a balanced breakfast. ☺ ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/872 "2026-03-23T20:02:26Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > It’s been my lifelong dream to see the green flash. Mine, too. Ever since I read that Travis McGee book way back when I was in my 20s. I’m an old, so Captain Kangaroo (I _loved_ Bunny Rabbit. He was pure id) and Mighty Mouse were the only shows on the list that I regularly watched. Either the others were after my time or I don’t know them. I did watch The Muppet Show as an adult. My favorite kid show was Webster Webfoot, and I got to meet the guy who was his voice years and years later. There were several local shows I watched: Engineer Bill (with the red light/green light milk drinking game) and Tom Hatton’s Popeye show with the squiggle drawing game. Just saw @DrDeth ‘s post. I also watched Sheriff John, but I found him a little boring. I only lived where I was born for a year, before my family moved about 25 miles away. (I now live maybe five miles from where I grew up). I lived a few other places, but one was only six miles from where I was born, and the other was about 25 miles. ---
**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 23, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/873 "2026-03-23T21:40:10Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Born in Dallas, now live in Austin, 200 miles distance. North Dallas or regular ol’ Dallas? Just curious. (because I was born and grew up in the former) ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/874 "2026-03-23T22:19:08Z")
We lived in Richardson. ---
**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 23, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/875 "2026-03-23T22:19:41Z")
Ah, got it. Went to RHS, but live in Dallas myself. ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/876 "2026-03-24T08:46:42Z")
I went from living about 1 mile from where I was born to move roughly 5000 miles away (to Europe). I still own the house in the US but now my adult son is living in it. As for childrens’ shows, a favourite in the Salt Lake City area was [Hotel Balderdash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Balderdash). Mostly it was for the cartoons (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies) but there were usually some interesting filler by the live-action hosts. ---
**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 24, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/877 "2026-03-24T22:47:44Z")
I think that last poll broke the left button on my mouse. ---
**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 24, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/878 "2026-03-24T23:06:52Z")
“Can lead to” had me wishing for an All of the Above option. ---
**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 24, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/879 "2026-03-24T23:16:13Z")
It’s like the disclaimer for a pharmaceutical commercial. I’ll bet unregulated capitalism can lead to anal leakage, too. ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/880 "2026-03-25T00:28:38Z")
My “other” was the mental health effects of living through capitalism run amok. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=45)