# Poll:are you tired of seeing lame poll threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 1, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049 "2014-07-01T00:05:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 18\
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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/1 "2014-07-01T00:05:21Z")

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I am.

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**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/2 "2014-07-01T00:12:47Z")

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I need to stock up on some Es and Is - maybe Us as well, since they’re on sale. Os I’ve got too many of, and As are overrated.

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/3 "2014-07-01T00:19:51Z")

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Jalapeños. The only way.

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/4 "2014-07-01T00:22:31Z")

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If I don’t care about it I just don’t click on it. Weirdly simple. I would also like a U, please.

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/5 "2014-07-01T00:25:49Z")

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Well, option one applies to this annoying OP as well.

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/6 "2014-07-01T00:38:27Z")

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> [@donkeyoatey](#):
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> Well, option one applies to this annoying OP as well.

That’s how I interpreted it.

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/7 "2014-07-01T00:45:50Z")

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Voting with your legs?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/8 "2014-07-01T00:49:04Z")

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No.

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/9 "2014-07-01T00:55:12Z")

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In honor of this poll thread, I made a poll thread.

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/10 "2014-07-01T01:01:48Z")

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> [@Knorf](#):
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> In honor of this poll thread, I made a poll thread.

I’m honoured by your

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/11 "2014-07-01T01:03:40Z")

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I love lame-ass polls and make them myself from time to time. Usually they’re just a way for me to express my opinion. I like making polls where answer choices that disagree with me end in “because I’m stupid.” Actually, I haven’t done that yet, but should.

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**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:** [July 1, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/12 "2014-07-01T01:22:28Z")

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The whole **Poll: Poll:** thing gets old, that’s for sure.

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/13 "2014-07-01T01:24:22Z")

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This is my sig and my sig is this

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/14 "2014-07-01T06:59:56Z")

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How’s Pancho?

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**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/15 "2014-07-01T08:24:24Z")

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I like polls. It’s the dancers who get on my nerves.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/16 "2014-07-01T08:28:16Z")

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I’ve learned quite a bit from polls here. Some that I started. Many that I didn’t. Polls are one of SDMB’s strong points.

If the question is posed carefully, and it’s an intriguing question or issue, responses in the hundreds can give a good Big Picture of the attitude of the Board in general. Not perfect, but adequate.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/17 "2014-07-01T10:26:11Z")

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I don’t mind them, they can’t hurt me. The thread title is usually a good indicator for me with regards to futher clicking.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-tired-of-seeing-lame-poll-threads/692049/18 "2014-07-01T11:06:48Z")

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What’s wrong? Did you not get accepted into **Skald’s Ivy League Institute of Poll Make’n Threads**?

You know who else didn’t get accepted into an Ivy League institution?
