# Polls only: No discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642 "2021-11-01T18:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 132
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2626 "2023-01-09T18:35:01Z")
What kind of salt is in your kitchen right now? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2626))_ ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2627 "2023-01-09T19:06:22Z")
And which salt do you cook with most often? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2627))_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2628 "2023-01-09T19:18:50Z")
Would you eat insects as your main protein if they could be processed into a form indistinguishable from say, any other alternative protein? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2628))_ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2629 "2023-01-10T04:15:59Z")
Someone invents a new safe, harmless psychedelic drug that purports **“1 year in 1 hour.”** That is, every time you take the drug, you are taken on a trip into an alternate consciousness that feels exactly like an entire year has passed, but it’s only an hour long in real life. The manufacturer touts this as a way of adding time to your life - “a normal human life flies by awfully quickly; 75 short years and it’s over. But with this drug you can feel like you’ve lived many hundreds of years by the time you’re on your deathbed.” The drug costs $100 per pill. You don’t get to choose what your trip will be. The vast majority of trips are reported to be good or at least boring/unremarkable (such as working in wheat fields), but a few are reported to be nightmare-ish. The good news is that each trip pill packet also comes with a trip-ending pill, which you can take any time to end the trip if it goes bad. There are no true adverse physical or psychological effects, but most users report that once the trip is over, they are dazed for days because of how long, vivid and thought-provoking their year-long trip was - even though it was only 60 minutes in real time. If you would normally die at age 80 but take 200 such trips, you’ll feel like a 280-year old when you die. How many pills would you buy and take trips with, over the remainder of your current life? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2629))_ ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2630 "2023-01-10T04:46:51Z")
If you ate a helping of insects, what kind of salt would you use? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2630))_ ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2631 "2023-01-10T18:16:04Z")
You are in a tough situation, your train of thought goes like this: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2631))_ ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2632 "2023-01-10T18:32:47Z")
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), nineteen music albums have sold at least 15 million copies in the U.S. Which of those albums (listed below) do you own/have you owned, in some format (i.e., vinyl, tape, CD, digital, etc.)? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2632))_ ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2633 "2023-01-10T19:48:15Z")
Which is better? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2633))_ ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2634 "2023-01-11T11:48:26Z")
Do you feel sorry for Prince Harry? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2634))_ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2635 "2023-01-11T18:23:00Z")
Within the text of The Turn of the Screw, James intended for readers to understand that the ghosts are: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2635))_ ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2636 "2023-01-11T18:25:17Z")
When you check into a hotel for a two night stay do you _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2636))_ ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2637 "2023-01-11T18:59:02Z")
How many checks do you write (personally, not as part of a business) _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2637))_ How many checks do you receive (personally, not as part of a business)? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2637))_ ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2638 "2023-01-11T21:04:57Z")
How many paper bills do you get in the mail each month? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2638))_ ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2639 "2023-01-11T21:46:14Z")
I’m 60 and my financial planner says I can retire right now. Should I? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2639))_ ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2640 "2023-01-11T22:17:07Z")
I’m 60 and in the last 3 months I’ve had a deep vein thrombosis, I’ve been treated in the hospital for a pulmonary embolism, and my prostate cancer has returned. My financial planner says I can retire right now. Should I? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2640))_ ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2641 "2023-01-11T23:26:44Z")
Why did I start the “I like Minute Rice” thread? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2641))_ ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2642 "2023-01-12T01:31:35Z")
Without googling, do you think Henry Kissinger is _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2642))_ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2643 "2023-01-12T03:50:02Z")
You’ve always been struggling with a particularly difficult class/topic, such as organic chemistry or vector calculus. You keep having to re-take the class due to getting F’s. One month, however, things suddenly “click” for you and you get it all and it all makes perfect sense, and suddenly is a breeze. You can solve every problem. Problem is, if you soar straight from F to A+, the teacher will suspect you are cheating - and the school has a reputation for expelling students with little due process for suspected cheating. All you need is a passing grade (D). Would you purposefully mark a few questions wrong on your exams and homework so that you get a less-suspicious grade of C or B instead of A for the class? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2643))_ ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2644 "2023-01-12T14:07:41Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2644))_ ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2645 "2023-01-13T13:06:05Z")
Do you like Zombies in mediums such as movies, TV, books and video games? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2645))_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642.md?page=131) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642.md?page=133)