# Does this SMBC comic make you think of SDMB polls? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 30, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199 "2015-10-30T19:45:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/1 "2015-10-30T19:45:39Z")
Here’s the [SMBC comic](http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1446218705-20151030.png) in question. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/2 "2015-10-30T19:57:35Z")
F) I didn’t know Skald dabbled in cartooning. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/3 "2015-10-30T20:10:07Z")
Well, no one in the audience is arguing that you could ask for free day old bread from the bakery and thus the _entire premise of the poll is false_ so… no. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/4 "2015-10-30T20:16:57Z")
Reminds me of The Office: > [@](#): > > Andy: I’ll drop an ethics bomb on you. Would you steal bread to feed your family? > Dwight: It’s a trick question. The bread is poisoned. Also, it’s not your real family. You’ve been cuckolded by a stronger, smarter male. > Andy: No that’s… not how it works. > Michael: I would not… steal the bread. And I would not let my family go hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/5 "2015-10-30T20:43:19Z")
I’ll kill the baker and feed my family on his cooling carcass! I’ll kill the schoolteacher, thus sparing thousands of schoolchildren from this suffering! I’ll kill everyone! The absolute Utilitarian solution: no people, no pain and suffering! I’ll build a fleet of interstellar Berserker Robots to destroy all life… Sterilize… Exterminate… I’ll have a nice quiet lunch and pretend none of this ever happened… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/6 "2015-10-30T21:10:19Z")
Yes, but not because any of our hypothetical polls are actually like that. But just because it’s pretty much the only place where I see such hypotheticals at all. Skald’s hypotheticals for example, are not chains of cliches. Mostly they deviate from the cliches entirely, and a lot of them aren’t even morality questions. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/7 "2015-10-30T21:18:49Z")
Mmm, Pie! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/8 "2015-10-31T00:57:02Z")
I feel a bit rushed, since I only have 364 days before the poll closes. But yes. Also, Pie. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/9 "2015-11-01T12:58:45Z")
They better not steal my bread! Or pie. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/10 "2015-11-01T14:05:51Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > F) I didn’t know Skald dabbled in cartooning. I admit, that was my first thought. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/11 "2015-11-01T16:21:54Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I’ll kill the baker and feed my family on his cooling carcass! > > I’ll kill the schoolteacher, thus sparing thousands of schoolchildren from this suffering! > > I’ll kill everyone! The absolute Utilitarian solution: no people, no pain and suffering! I’ll build a fleet of interstellar Berserker Robots to destroy all life… Sterilize… Exterminate… > > I’ll have a nice quiet lunch and pretend none of this ever happened… I’ve got a deal for you: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LJQ-LZYAMBQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Button") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJQ-LZYAMBQ) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/12 "2015-11-01T18:42:05Z")
Yes - especially for those that do not include pie or cookies as an option. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/13 "2015-11-02T02:48:41Z")
Only Skald’s. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-smbc-comic-make-you-think-of-sdmb-polls/736199/14 "2015-11-02T03:32:50Z")
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