# 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:** 86
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1701 "2026-05-14T11:34:37Z")
Thanksgiving: We “do” Thanksgiving, but it’s sometimes just my nuclear family; at most, with two or three other guests, who are almost never in my family (we live far from those). So, we’ll likely discuss politics at some point, but no more or less than, say, at breakfast on any given Tuesday. Other Python song: “Here Comes Another One” (Scottish version) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1702 "2026-05-14T11:44:27Z")
I spent a lot of time listening to music from _Pippin_ and _Jesus Christ superstar_ as a teen, but i have no idea whether those records were recorded in a studio or at a show. I guessed studio recording and didn’t vote for anything. As for politics at Thanksgiving, my answer is some years. Recently, I’ve been trying to avoid it. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1703 "2026-05-14T12:13:30Z")
I do my best to prevent discussion of politics at Thanksgiving; not always totally successfully. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1704 "2026-05-14T13:28:43Z")
We don’t do Thanksgiving, not being in the U.S., but in family reunions we heavily talk politics, which does not cause any discussion or fight because we are all in accord about hating the current government. We may have disagreements about how to replace them, what to do with their bodies and the method of execution but we can discuss them **civilly** … ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1705 "2026-05-14T13:40:57Z")
That car now belongs to the spiders. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1706 "2026-05-14T13:42:15Z")
Will they pay the taxes and repair bills? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1707 "2026-05-14T13:50:50Z")
There are spiders living in the house, but I don’t think there are. any resident in the car. Wasps may be another matter; but I’m pretty sure that the squirrel is gone. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1708 "2026-05-14T14:09:04Z")
Hell, JR owned a car that _was_ a [spyder](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=2cda64e270637280&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1157US1157&udm=2&fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKpaEWjvZ2Py1XXV8d8KvlI3o6iwGk6Iv1tRbZIBNIVs-5-bUj3iBl-UxHsANYwOkWWQqZAJJdwuRaSoLHfELMHAQFneUwKM50jpvR3lgPoPKPocSAVLVIC1tmtj18NQh34sJoMKkeMLmVT0BQXR6brJvbElwncIYMxPc2e7aIP7xyAYnsJEw_6y0zcNxiTmikcViftsA&q=Mitsubishi+spyder) & there’s (almost) always a Spider(man) behind the wheel of mine! 🤣 ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1709 "2026-05-14T14:30:34Z")
Both of our cars have the telltale webs between mirror and window. The webs are ripped away with the daily use of the cars, but reappear the next morning. I have flushed out the mirrors with a garden hose, but either the spider survives or is replaced by a new resident. A web (heh) search informs me that this is a “thing” and suggests using peppermint oil to keep the eight-legged hitchhikers away. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1710 "2026-05-14T16:28:44Z")
Come to think of it, it’s kind of surprising that there aren’t spiderwebs on my car, because there are definitely spiders in the garage. They build webs on my bicycle, and on my garbage bins, and the washing machine door, but I’ve never seen any on the car. And yep, the ones on the garbage bins get ripped away when I roll the bind to the curb on garbage day, but they reappear the next day after I roll them back into the garage. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1711 "2026-05-14T18:37:45Z")
Black widow spiders hide in crevices during the day. At night, they build webs. At dawn, they eat the webs and hide in their crevices. Pleasant dreams tonight. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1712 "2026-05-14T19:06:51Z")
Black widows don’t hunt humans. They avoid humans if possible. And they’re rare in much of the country (and probably in a lot of other countries, also.) ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1713 "2026-05-14T19:10:17Z")
I keep the windows closed when I park our cars in the garage, and try to make sure my wife, does, too, else we get spiders taking up residence. She usually remembers to close them before turning the car off, but when the weather is neither too hot nor too cold to drive around with the windows open, she’ll sometimes forget. Then a day or two later, we (I) will find spider webs in the car. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1714 "2026-05-14T19:27:16Z")
If you turn off targeted advertising you don’t have to worry about devices spying on you. Nevertheless, if you regularly use the internet you are still going to get algorithm’d and have ads targeted to you. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1715 "2026-05-14T19:27:49Z")
Smartphone: But only because I have turned off Siri and all the other AI crap. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1716 "2026-05-14T21:24:20Z")
Smart phone relaying information to Google: It doesn’t need to – I have Alexa for that. Actually it’s been my experience it’s the online Google connection that snitches on me. I recently ordered up a bunch of _MAGA Scum_ bumper stickers to stick on signs\* for the upcoming election. Two days later ads for the company I’d ordered from started showing up incessantly on YouTube and continue to this day. \*Defacing election signs is [illegal](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/01019.htm) in Arizona. My nephew calls it “misdemeanor anarchy.” ---
**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:** [May 15, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1717 "2026-05-15T14:20:34Z")
Mike Teavee is the easiest choice I’ve ever made in one of these polls. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1718 "2026-05-15T14:20:41Z")
My Ioniq 6 has a flat bottom steering wheel, which I thought was weird, until I went on a road trip, and just rested my hand on the ergonomically accessible bottom of the steering wheel. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1719 "2026-05-15T15:16:04Z")
I don’t think my phone is listening to me and reporting, because it’s a fairly old flip phone with limited abilities and I doubt it’s up to that. Whether some smart phones are doing that I have no idea. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1720 "2026-05-15T15:25:06Z")
I always had a soft spot for poor Augustus Gloop. Piggy in Lord of the Flies too. I wasn’t a fat kid, but I was always the kid that made friends with them. I’ve always hated that it was a trope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=87)