# 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:** 97
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1921 "2026-06-09T20:35:59Z")
I wanted to pick Eraserhead too, but that put me over the limit. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1922 "2026-06-09T20:39:09Z")
Honestly, I haven’t seen enough of the movies in that list to fairly pick the best ones, but I voted anyway and just picked my favorites of the ones I have seen. Schindler’s List probably does deserve to win, but I haven’t seen it, so I couldn’t vote for it. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1923 "2026-06-09T20:44:00Z")
I loved _SCTV_ when NBC ran it on late nights here in the U.S. I could have easily voted for any of the cast (including Ramis), except for Robin Duke and Tony Rosato, as I just don’t remember their work on the show (and I wonder how much play their season got in the U.S.). ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1924 "2026-06-09T20:51:07Z")
Until we watched the recent Martin Short documentary on Netflix, I had no idea that Andrea Martin was part of Second City. In fact, I had never heard of her until _Greek Wedding_, but I loved her in that and everything I’ve seen her in since then. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1925 "2026-06-09T20:57:25Z")
I picked _Cold War_ and _Eraserhead_ and _Good Night, and Good Luck_, with my “other” = _Ida_. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1926 "2026-06-09T21:00:11Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Schindler’s List probably does deserve to win Though it’s up against Young Frankenstein. Totally different types of movies but YF is hilarious! ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1927 "2026-06-09T22:52:20Z")
No love for _Dead Man_? That would have been my #6. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1928 "2026-06-10T01:27:05Z")
I generally dont like B&W films made when Color is easy. I find them pretentious. But yeah, Young Frankenstein was good despite that. Clerks was- okay, but i dont see why B&W. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1929 "2026-06-10T02:08:32Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I generally dont like B&W films made when Color is easy. I find them pretentious. But yeah, Young Frankenstein was good despite that. Clerks was- okay, but i dont see why B&W. Agree. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1930 "2026-06-10T02:47:17Z")
Clerks was black and white because Kevin Smith couldn’t afford color film. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1931 "2026-06-10T03:11:38Z")
Kinda. Shooting a night with only fluorescent tube light would have required a pro lighting kit, and other stuff. The film itself is about the same cos, but what would be needed to make color look good under those conditions was too expensive. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1932 "2026-06-10T03:39:04Z")
I would have voted for _Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid_. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1933 "2026-06-10T13:27:00Z")
50 slang words, all of which you must believe have to go or can stay a while longer but you can only vote for a maximum of 10 on each. Unless you think they can all stay (only poll with this option) and there is at least one word that needs to go that isn’t on the list (there is a something else option but no “none” option) you can not answer both quizzes honestly. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1934 "2026-06-10T13:34:17Z")
As long as it’s not derogatory or deliberately confusing (like just using an opposite), I dig most slang. It makes communication more interesting. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1935 "2026-06-10T13:51:17Z")
I never tire of slang and catchphrases, I love “Hi Opal!”, the power of Og, “burning your dog” and the rest of the Straight Dope catchphrases for example and I don’t understand those who are tired of them and want them gone. I make only one exception, forced phrases, like “Let’s go to the quarry and throw things there!” that a poster whose name I don’t want to remember tried to install years ago. Paradoxically now that the poster is not so obnoxiously trying to force it into existence, I like references to it, even if that means he succeeded in his endeavour. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1936 "2026-06-10T13:59:14Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > you can not answer both quizzes honestly. I think most people have a list of slang words that are annoying, but not many have a list of slang words they really like. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1937 "2026-06-10T14:13:48Z")
If the question wasn’t which of “these do you really like” and “which of these need to go” there would be space for words / phrases that are neither but the questions were which "need to go away"and which “can hang around for a while longer” every word / phrase has to fit one of these categories. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1938 "2026-06-10T14:18:04Z")
When you say a certain slang needs go away, you are strongly inferring that what you really want is for the people that use it to go away. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1939 "2026-06-10T14:29:35Z")
So… what happens with the other $9000? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1940 "2026-06-10T14:37:32Z")
I think a lot of this depends on your age. In my case, there are slang terms that really annoy me and I’d love it if they went away. But I don’t really use any of the words on the list and therefore I couldn’t possibly care less if they stick around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=98)