# 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:** 50
**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 3, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/981 "2026-04-03T04:10:56Z")
I don’t go to 3D movies because I don’t wanna. Not interested. And I’m old enough to have seen the original and subsequent moon landings. I just didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/982 "2026-04-03T11:27:46Z")
Last summer I went with friends to see a 3D release of _Jaws_ for the 50th anniversary of the film’s release. Not only was the movie in 3D, but we had special seats that swayed and vibrated in sync with the action scenes. It was a great experience and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. ---
**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 3, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/983 "2026-04-03T11:33:23Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I don’t go to 3D movies because I don’t wanna. Not interested. Same here. 3D, to me, is a distraction, not a feature. mmm ---
**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 3, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/984 "2026-04-03T15:31:25Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Same here. 3D, to me, is a distraction, not a feature. Agree. It’s a solution in search of a problem. There’s nothing wrong with 2D films. 3D seems like a gimmick. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/985 "2026-04-03T16:18:36Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > There’s nothing wrong with 2D films. 3D seems like a gimmick. Indeed. It’s just a moving pictures version of trompe-l’oie, but more distracting. ---
**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 3, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/986 "2026-04-03T17:15:06Z")
If done right 3D can be immersive. It’s only been done right a few times. The 3D conversions are garbage. ---
**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 3, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/987 "2026-04-03T17:36:07Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > There’s nothing wrong with 2D films. 3D seems like a gimmick. To be fair, many people said much the same thing about “talkies” when they started to replace silent films. But I still haven’t seen a 3D film that I thought was improved, or even unharmed, by the 3D process. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/988 "2026-04-03T18:36:04Z")
Want to enjoy having me vomit all over you? Take me to a 3D movie. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/989 "2026-04-03T19:02:33Z")
The one 3d film we kinda enjoyed was Avatar in the Imax. Mind you the plot was shit, but the graphics, etc were spectacular. ---
**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 4, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/990 "2026-04-04T21:28:01Z")
Paid subscriptions: NY Times, Spotify, and [Allmusic.com](http://Allmusic.com). mmm ---
**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 4, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/991 "2026-04-04T22:17:45Z")
Lots of paid subscriptions. The first time Trump won the election, i thought about what i could do that might help, and i decided that supporting quality journalism was a concrete thing i could do make the world a slightly better place. So i subscribed to a ton of stuff, both paid and unpaid. Exactly what i subscribe to has changed some since then, but it’s still a lot of stuff. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/992 "2026-04-04T23:07:20Z")
I used to subscribe for the same reasons. I looked around carefully and chose the Washington Post. Then it became untenable due to its editorial policies (the news side is still good, but I just can’t support the right-wing editorials). I am still looking for a good newspaper with excellent investigative journalism that isn’t the NY Times or Washington Post, and nothing is quite up to par. ---
**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 5, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/993 "2026-04-05T00:26:16Z")
Consider Reuters, or Pro Publica. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/994 "2026-04-05T01:17:06Z")
NYT, groundnews, and I included Texas Monthly because it includes a fair amount of political reporting. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/995 "2026-04-05T12:08:15Z")
Two of my four digital paywall-avoiding subscriptions are just byproducts of hard-copy magazine ones (_Economist_ and _Scientific American_). The other two (_NY Times_ and a work-specific one) are digital-only. Wait — I might still be paying for access to _Harper’s_ (I do get the hard-copy version) — that would make it five. And _The Sun_ - do they even have a website with a paywall? If so, that’s six. Oh yeah, and another work-related one (also with hard-copy delivery) - but maybe we’re not counting those. I assume we’re not including, say, Patreon subscriptions to unlock extra content from certain content creators (usually YouTube-based). ---
**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 5, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/996 "2026-04-05T15:55:32Z")
- NYT (a gift, one subscription actually buys you two people’s access) - WaPo (i dropped it for a while, but they have good news, still, and they offered a year for $20, and i haven’t yet boycotted Amazon…) - Reuters (used to be free, well worth paying for) - My local newspaper (my husband gets it in hard copy) - The New Yorker - The Wall Street Journal Also a couple of Substacks. Your local epidemiologist does a little “investigative reporting”, if you define that broadly. So does “New Scientist”. (that’s a subscription, not a substack.) And i give money to NPR and The Guardian and Pro Publica, all of which do investigative reporting. I also subscribe (but don’t give money) to CBC, AP news, Al Jazeera, and Ars Technica. Yes, i get a lot of news alerts. I still get news alerts from the Economist, even though i stopped paying them and asked them to stop sending stuff to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/997 "2026-04-06T13:15:20Z")
The closest I come to a “paid” subscription is Texas Fish and Game Magazine which I get free with my CCA (Coastal Conservation Association) membership. They stopped sending the real (printed) magazine for free a few years ago, so it’s only the online version now. I almost never look at it. It’s not the same as being able to take it to the bathroom or out to the patio with a cup of coffee and flip pages to see what might be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/998 "2026-04-06T13:49:39Z")
In New England, many people push a shopping carriage. ---
**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 6, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/999 "2026-04-06T13:57:16Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > I almost never look at it. It’s not the same as being able to take it to the bathroom or out to the patio with a cup of coffee and flip pages to see what might be interesting This. I get less cost & better for the environment but not the same as reading a real magazine. I don’t want to sit at the computer to read one & the phone is just too small for that. It’s a narrow use case for a tablet that isn’t worth buying one for just that. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaHazelnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VanillaHazelnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaHazelnut)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1000 "2026-04-06T19:26:48Z")
Here in the Southern US, I usually hear “shopping cart” or “buggy”. I’ve heard a couple of people say “basket” - even though the store has actual handheld baskets. To me, a larger thing with wheels, that you push instead of carry, is not a basket…but I guess it’s different in other places. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=51)