I’m fine with public polls, but they’re not a big preference. I vote in them if the poll interests me, and otherwise don’t vote, same as always. Very rarely, there’s a public poll that I’m not comfortable answering, that I may have answered if it was private. But again, very rarely.
Saturn, Jupiter, and Neptune, in that order, but they’re all very close for me, and by the percentages for the majority of the board.
Yes, my unread tab is missing, but not a big deal for me. There’s an ongoing discussion in Site Feedback if you didn’t know.
Star Trek remote learning and guesting - Romulans for both. While it’s a gross generalization, Romulans are Lawful Neutral to Lawful Evil, and that sort of predictability would make me more confortable (I’m Lawful Neutral myself). In terms of visiting their culture, the food culture would be a big deal. Klingon food seems very challenging, Borg food is probably nutrient paste at best, Cardassians are probably fine, but I don’t know much of them (I didn’t watch much DS9), and I don’t trust Ferengi at all (not to mention, I dislike much of the depiction of the species as embracing certain… tropes… I’m not comfortable with).
As for slow drinking terminology, I’ve always heard of it as nursing, but to quote Emo Phillips:
“I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy.”