# Have Skald's polls officially jumped the shark?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-skalds-polls-officially-jumped-the-shark/671862>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 21, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-skalds-polls-officially-jumped-the-shark/671862 "2013-10-21T20:19:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-skalds-polls-officially-jumped-the-shark/671862/21 "2013-10-22T19:16:52Z")

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> [@Merneith](#):
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> Skald’s polls are delicious You can tell he puts a lot of effort into it. This poll is … is … well, kind of pants, really. You can tell right away that it’s storebought.

I hope you mean “pants” as opposed to “mustard” (which means you’ll know what I mean.) If not, carry on.

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**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-skalds-polls-officially-jumped-the-shark/671862/22 "2013-10-22T19:29:53Z")

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I always viewed Skalds threads as sort of, I don’t know, _old peoples threads_. Like you see a bunch of old people at a party and they are trying far too hard to say something witty. If Skald was at a party he would be sitting with a glass of port and relating some terribly witty bon mot, there would be a circle of other old people sitting around him and when he was done they would all laugh uproariously and clap him on the back.

They would all be having a great time and you could never, ever explain to them that the story was just lame.

Skalds torturous polls are like that. He tries far too hard and they are just lame.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-skalds-polls-officially-jumped-the-shark/671862/23 "2013-10-22T20:30:36Z")

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Have LG Butt’s polls about Skalds’ polls jumped the shark? 😛

Skald’s polls are entertainment. Sometimes they hit the mark, ofttimes they miss it. You get what you pay for.

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