# 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:** 318
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6350 "2025-10-31T23:07:10Z")
Jack-o-lanterns. When i was a kid, you advertised you were giving out Halloween treats with a jack-o’-lantern by your door. That’s a lot less popular now. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6350))_ For this poll, a fake jack-o’-lantern is made of something that isn’t a fruit or vegetable. Like plastic or ceramic. A real one is a carved fruit or vegetable (probably a pumpkin) with a design (perhaps a face, but other designs count) so that you can see the light inside it through the carving. If it’s just thin, rather than carved all the way through, that counts. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6351 "2025-10-31T23:19:30Z")
Other Halloween decorations _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6351))_ ---
**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:** [October 31, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6352 "2025-10-31T23:22:05Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6352))_ ---
**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:** [October 31, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6353 "2025-10-31T23:53:22Z")
Have you ever replied “Trick!” when someone at your door said “Trick or treat” on Halloween? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6353))_ ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6354 "2025-11-01T15:41:53Z")
Halloween party on the night of Saturday, November 1st. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6354))_ ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6355 "2025-11-01T16:02:19Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6355))_ ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6356 "2025-11-02T14:02:01Z")
You sell an item on Facebook Marketplace. When picking it up, the buyer pays for the item, then hands you a bag of two breakfast sandwiches from the local fast food joint as a tip. The sandwiches are still warm, they smell delicious, and you are hungry. Do you eat them? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6356))_ ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6357 "2025-11-03T11:29:41Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6357))_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6358 "2025-11-04T02:16:50Z")
It’s conventional wisdom that raising prices is a last resort for business, because consumers will compare them with your competitors and mindlessly choose the cheaper option. Efforts to follow this conventional wisdom have resulted in a series of consumer unfriendly tactics, like shrinkflation and cuts on quality, that are often under the “enshitification” umbrella. I get the real sense that the public is noticing and resenting these practices more than ever. Given that, if some business was to raise prices these days, with public messaging that they are avoiding enshitification (e.g. “We will never compromise on quality. Ever.”), how do you think that would go over in today’s market? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6358))_ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6359 "2025-11-04T18:15:02Z")
It’s Election Day in the U.S. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6359))_ ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6360 "2025-11-04T20:36:01Z")
I looked at my sample ballot; there is more than one race where candidates are running unopposed. Assuming you’re going to vote anyway because there are other races on the ballot that matter. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6360))_ ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6361 "2025-11-04T22:21:31Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6361))_ ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6362 "2025-11-05T19:32:42Z")
Do you look at sample ballots in advance of going to vote? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6362))_ If you do, do you then do research on the minor elected officials (judge, school board, dog catcher, etc.) that you may not even know were on the ballot until you looked at it? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6362))_ Is that research from the candidate’s / party’s website or some other source? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6362))_ ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6363 "2025-11-05T19:43:25Z")
Have you ever actually voted for Dog Catcher? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6363))_ ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6364 "2025-11-05T19:44:39Z")
In the **Spiderman** voting for an unopposed poll above, a response, _It depends on the party of the candidate_ is needed. _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6364))_ ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6365 "2025-11-05T19:53:45Z")
In a couple of the political threads, with the federal edict that stores cannot offer free food to SNAP recipients some stores are offering free food to anyone who asks. A store in your neighborhood has announced this policy for pretty basic stuff: White bread, bologna, peanut butter, and a pint of milk. Do you take them up on this offer? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6365))_ ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6366 "2025-11-06T12:57:55Z")
You are limited to just three ice cream flavors for the next five years. What are your selections? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6366))_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6367 "2025-11-07T23:08:26Z")
Before generative AI, how much did you trust videos in general to be an accurate reflection of what really happened? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6367))_ And has that changed with modern generative AI? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6367))_ ---
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6368 "2025-11-08T01:30:56Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6368))_ ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/6369 "2025-11-08T01:35:33Z")
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