# 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:** 158
**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:** [April 17, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3146 "2023-04-17T16:56:29Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3146))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3146))_ ---
**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:** [April 17, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3147 "2023-04-17T18:25:42Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3147))_ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3148 "2023-04-18T01:11:18Z")
Which of the following two unlikely things would change the US the most if they _actually_ were 100% successful in their aim? Assume one or the other of these things will happen as of January, 2025. 1. If we implemented an iron-clad mandatory retirement age of [67](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/12/social-security-full-retirement-age-shouldnt-go-higher-experts-say.html) for all elected officials from lower court judges to the president of the United States. It would not be permissible to be elected to _any_ office you’d hold beyond your 67th birthday if you served the full term of it, so you cannot bend the rules by running for senator at 66 years and 250 days without triggering a new election set for immediately before your birthday. The only exception would be that people elected prior to 2025 can finish their current term if older than 65 currently. 2. If we eliminated all paid lobbyists in a way strict enough to also make the change impossible to circumvent. At minimum it would be punishable by 2-3 year’s jail time for each person who is connected to an attempt to pay an allegedly unpaid activist in cash, services, or goods in order to get them to be your/your company’s mouthpiece. Repeat offenders and their co-conspirators would be sentenced to incrementally longer prison sentences. Consider the degree of change as how much it would impact the lives of the people who live in this country. Not just the wealthy, not just the poor, not just the middle class, not just the business and finance classes, not just the working stiffs. But the degree of change that **everyone** as a whole would experience. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3148))_ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3149 "2023-04-18T03:20:01Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3149))_ ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3150 "2023-04-18T04:28:36Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3150))_ ---
**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:** [April 18, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3151 "2023-04-18T04:42:33Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3151))_ ---
**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:** [April 18, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3152 "2023-04-18T05:50:04Z")
Do you think there’s anything “spiritual” that exists? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3152))_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3153 "2023-04-18T17:43:27Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3153))_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3154 "2023-04-18T17:43:45Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3154))_ ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3155 "2023-04-18T21:08:05Z")
How many middle names do you have? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3155))_ ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3156 "2023-04-19T02:58:39Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3156))_ ---
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3157 "2023-04-19T03:04:38Z")
Are you a white, liberal, straight, American man over the age of 40? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3157))_ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3158 "2023-04-19T18:21:48Z")
How many guns do you own? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3158))_ If you own any guns, what do you use them for? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3158))_ ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3159 "2023-04-19T18:33:40Z")
Is Ronan Farrow the son of Frank Sinatra? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3159))_ ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3160 "2023-04-20T01:01:00Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3160))_ ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3161 "2023-04-20T02:16:21Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3161))_ ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3162 "2023-04-20T04:27:20Z")
The human body is: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3162))_ ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3163 "2023-04-20T12:16:17Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3163))_ ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3164 "2023-04-20T14:01:06Z")
Can you recite the entire NATO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie etc) from memory? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3164))_ ---
**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:** [April 21, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3165 "2023-04-21T07:03:29Z")
Your work office cafeteria has decided to go gourmet. What do you want on the menu for the first lunch? (as you can see, there’s not much particular theme) _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/3165))_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642.md?page=157) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642.md?page=159)