# 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:** 83
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1646 "2022-07-24T01:40:56Z")
Star Trek fans: Who do you think plays a better Lt. Saavik? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1646))_ ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1647 "2022-07-24T17:57:26Z")
Does it bother you when polls have two or more choices but no question? (see M_A_S\*H polls above) Do you wonder if they’re asking which you like more, hate more, fit in better, or think have better hair? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1647))_ ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1648 "2022-07-24T18:14:03Z")
Have you made a poll yet in this thread where the results turned out to be wildly different than what you expected they would be? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1648))_ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1649 "2022-07-24T20:27:41Z")
In your opinion, when it comes to deaths from relatively brief instances of parental negligence, including but not limited to babies and/or children dying in hot cars or freezing to death in cold cars, drowning (both in family pools and due to having wandered off unnoticed), and access to unrestrained fire arms, the US: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1649))_ When it comes to deaths of children murdered by their parent’s boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife who is not the child’s biological parent, the US: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1649))_ ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1650 "2022-07-25T07:20:36Z")
Does it bother you that Discourse screws up the formatting of titles that have asterisks in them? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1650))_ ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1651 "2022-07-25T07:23:47Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1651))_ ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1652 "2022-07-25T18:07:04Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1652))_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1653 "2022-07-25T18:09:04Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1653))_ ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1654 "2022-07-25T18:10:30Z")
Do you know what an origami cantaloupe is? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1654))_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1655 "2022-07-25T18:16:03Z")
_Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ episode “For the Uniform”: Was Sisko justified in poisoning a Maquis colony to get Eddington to surrender himself? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1655))_ ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1656 "2022-07-25T18:16:44Z")
Did you think an origami cantaloupe was one of those Japanese melons that’s forced to grow in a [cube shape](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_watermelon), and then have to change your vote when you Googled it and discovered you were wrong? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1656))_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1657 "2022-07-25T18:17:17Z")
_Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ episode “Duet”: Did Aamin Maritza’s scheme to help Cardassia by being falsely executed for the crimes of Gar Darhe’el have a chance in hell of succeeding? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1657))_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1658 "2022-07-25T18:19:48Z")
_Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ episode “Cardassians”: Was Sisko correct in returning Rugal to his biological Cardassian parent on Cardassia Prime, rather than returning him to his adoptive family on Bajor? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1658))_ ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1659 "2022-07-25T18:26:35Z")
Are there too many Star Trek polls in this thread? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1659))_ ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1660 "2022-07-25T18:33:24Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1660))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1660))_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1661 "2022-07-25T18:36:29Z")
_Star Trek: The Next Generation_: “Chain of Command”: Would Gul Madred have tortured Picard to death, given half the chance? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1661))_ ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1662 "2022-07-25T18:45:51Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1662))_ _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1662))_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1663 "2022-07-25T19:00:25Z")
The following series of polls assume these things: 1. You were alive and eligible to vote in this presidential election. (Non-Americans may also vote in these polls.) 2. You don’t know anything more about the candidates than an average voter would have known at the time. Who would you have voted for in 1796? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1663))_ 1800? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1663))_ 1804? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1663))_ 1808? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1663))_ 1812? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1663))_ 1816? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1663))_ 1824? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1663))_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1664 "2022-07-25T19:05:47Z")
Does it bother you when people create threads asking you to choose between characters without giving you any context as to the source? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1664))_ ---
**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:** [July 25, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1665 "2022-07-25T19:18:56Z")
I have not yet begun to Star Trek polls in this thread! _Star Trek Voyager_ Season 4 episode 2: “The Gift.” Was Janeway right to forcibly de-assimilate a Borg drone against her clearly expressed wishes? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1665))_ Bonus round: Tuvix _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/1665))_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642.md?page=84)