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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
2326

Which would you rather see your nation win?

  • The FIFA soccer (football) World Cup
  • a championship in every other non-soccer sport (curling, skiing, swimming, basketball, hockey, etc.)

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(Note that if your nation has already won a World Cup, then the question becomes “win another World Cup.”)

2327

I prefer to eat my crackers

  • Salt side up
  • Salt side down
  • Meh, whichever

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2328
Does “USMNT” ever make you think “US Mutant Ninja Turtles”?
  • Yes
  • No
  • Sometimes
  • No, but it will now.
  • What?

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2329

What do you call this symbol: #?

  • Pound sign
  • Number sign
  • Hash
  • Hashtag
  • Tic Tac Toe board
  • Some other name
  • That symbol means nothing to me

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2330

Have you ever delayed ordering a thing to be delivered because of the weather forecast?

  • Yes
  • No

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2331

Did you win the Powerball?

  • No, my tickets were all losers
  • No, I didn’t buy tickets
  • YES, I DID, BABY!!!
  • I’m not sayin’.

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2332

Win, as in won the jackpot? Or win as in any amount?

  • Jackpot
  • Any amount

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2333

You are told by the government that you can legally buy, own and use one of the following drugs. Which do you choose?

  • psilocybin (shrooms)
  • LSD
  • cocaine
  • heroine
  • DMT
  • ketamine
  • fentanyl
  • MDMA (ecstasy)
  • other
  • I’m not touching any of that

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2334

For those of you who may change what you call it depending on context, what do you call this symbol: #?

Choose as many as apply to your personal usage habits.

  • Pound sign
  • Number / number sign
  • Hash
  • Hashtag
  • Sharp
  • Octothorpe
  • Tic Tac Toe board
  • Some other name
  • That symbol means nothing to me

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Were you familiar with the word “octothorpe” before you read it above?

  • Yes
  • No

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Is it a cool word or what?

  • It’s a cool word.
  • What?

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2335
What age should a child be allowed to have their own smartphone?
  • Any age
  • Under 10
  • 10-12
  • 13
  • 14-15
  • 16-17
  • 18 or over
  • Whenever they can pay for their own device and service.
  • Never

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2336
Thanksgiving 2022: main dish. What are you serving? (or expect to be served)
  • Turkey
  • Ham
  • Goose
  • Duck
  • Some other poultry (chicken, Cornish hens, etc.)
  • Pork roast
  • Prime rib
  • Lamb
  • Some other meat
  • Lasagna
  • Non-meat/meat alternative

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2337

We have a lot of food polls on this thread

  • Hmm, you’re right
  • It’s not THAT many!
  • It’s because we all love pie and bacon so much!

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2338

Without actually counting, which number do you think is most likely higher? And let’s say you can count songs like “Fat” and “Foil” which are tangentially food related as “songs about food”.

  • The number of Weird Al songs about food.
  • The number of polls in this thread about food.

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2339
Would you ever consider getting a pet that might outlive you?
  • Yes. Dead pets are the worst!
  • Anything can happen to anyone at anytime; that they might outlive me is not a valid concern for me when choosing a pet.
  • I’d consider it, sure.
  • Only if it met certain other criteria, e.g. cuteness, affection, allergies, etc.
  • No. I wouldn’t want their fate decided without me.
  • I’m pretty old and/or unwell. Almost any pet might outlive me at this point.

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2340
Do you find thread tags to be useful in the SDMB?
  • Yes
  • No
  • Sometimes
  • We have tags??

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2341
Would you pay to use Twitter?
  • I’d pay 99 cents/month.
  • I’d pay up to $5/month.
  • I’d pay up to $7.99/month.
  • I’d pay more than $7.99/month.
  • No. I would not be willing to pay anything for Twitter.
  • Nope. I don’t even use it now for free.

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2342

In Velocity’s poll would it depend on which heroine you were allowed to have?

  • Yes
  • No

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2343
An in-law gives you a valuable family heirloom. Some point later this person dies, while you are in the process of getting divorced.

Do you return the heirloom?
  • Yes. It should stay with the family, which you are leaving.
  • No. It was a gift. It’s yours. You could still return it if you want, but you don’t have to.
  • That depends on a heck of a lot of variables that can’t possibly all be included in a poll such as this.

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2344

It’s Veterans Day in the United States. Are you a veteran?

  • Yes, combat veteran
  • Yes, non-combat veteran
  • No

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2345

I have started a company that will download knowledge directly into your brain, in 3 minutes tops. This works for both android and natural human bodies. To get my business started, I am offering one free course for you to test my product, hoping that you will love it enough to buy more courses. These courses have a retail value of $300 each. You may choose from this list of 5 courses:

  • History of the Great Vowel Shift
  • How Cryptocurrency Works
  • The Sociology of Fame
  • Intro to Statistics
  • How to crochet
  • No, thanks, none of these options is compelling to me, even for free
  • No effing way am I letting you download anything into my brain!

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