Polls only: No discussion

[Karen_Lingel]

Did you think that a “mechanical” keyboard was one of those old-timey typewriter ones, where the key is connected to a series of levers that eventually lifts up a bar with the shape of a letter on it, and it hits a ribbon filled with ink and pushes it against the paper to make a typed letter?

• Yes
• No
• An old-timey what now?

[WildaBeast]

Have you ever won anything from a sweepstakes, lottery, raffle, casino, or similar? Let’s say if you won at gambling, subtract your gambling losses from that day, if any.

• I have won something worth less than $100
• I have won something worth $100 or more but less than $1000
• I have won something worth $1000 or more, but less than $10,000
• I have won something worth $10,000 or more, but less then $100,000
• I have won something worth $100,000 or more, but less than $1,000,000
• I have won something worth $1,000,000 or more
• I have never won anything in my life

[DCnDC]

What is, in any currency, numerically the largest amount of cash you’ve ever had on you at one time, disregarding actual relative value?

Example: you’ve visited Vietnam and have had literally millions of dong on you (1 million Vietnamese dong is worth about $42 USD).

• Less than 100
• Hundreds
• Thousands
• Ten thousands
• One hundred thousands
• Millions
• More than millions

[markn_1]

What do you prefer as a pointing device on a desktop computer?

• Mouse
• Trackball
• Trackpad (touch-sensitive pad near the keyboard)
• Trackpoint (little nub in the middle of the keyboard)
• Joystick
• Touchscreen (on the main display)
• Something else
• What’s a “desktop computer”?

[markn_1]

Do you refuse to answer WildaBeast’s poll because of the “less then” typo?

• Yes, I’m a total grammar Nazi
• No, I saw it but it doesn’t bother me
• I didn’t even notice that, but now I do
• You mean “less then” is not correct?

[John_DiFool]

Do you vote for your own polls right after posting them?

• Yes
• No
• I don’t ever make my own polls

[pjd]

Another poll, vicar ?

• All of the below
• Yes
• Other
• None of the above
• No

[Karen_Lingel]

Are people becoming more assholeish?

• Yes. “Assholeocracy” is real.
• Yes. People have always been assholes, but they used to be shunned until they improved their behavior. That’s not happening anymore.
• No. People have always been assholes, but they used to be shunned and kept largely out-of-sight.
• Maybe. Or maybe assholes have just gotten louder.
• There’s a complicated and nuanced answer to this that can’t be summed up in a poll option.
• Something else.

[Velocity]

You’re a member of Congress.

Someone carries out a school shooting and says that they do so for the sake of getting gun-control legislation passed so that “there will be fewer such shootings in the future.”

In the wake of the shooting, someone proposes precisely the gun-control legislation that the attacker demanded, and the bill is moving its way through Congress. Meanwhile, half of the public is furious, saying, “If you pass the legislation, you’ll give the killer what he demanded.”

Do you vote for or against the gun-control bill?

• vote for
• vote against

[Mean_Mr.Mustard]

Did you vote for Trump in 2020?

• Yes
• No

[DCnDC]

You’re having a baby girl! Your spouse loves “The Golden Girls.” Which Golden Girl do you name your baby after? (for added variety I included the actress’s real first names also)

• Dorothy
• Rose
• Blanche
• Sophia
• Bea
• Betty
• Rue
• Estelle

[Loach]

I currently have the following:

• I have a septic system and well water.
• I have city water and city sewer
• I have a septic system and city water.
• I have a well and city sewer.
• I live in a multi-level apartment and water appears and disappears when I need it.
• I have evolved beyond the need for water or waste.

[John_DiFool]

True Love Poll [one day late so sue me]: How many times have you shared True Love with another person? {I leave it as an exercise to the voter to decide what TL is, or isn’t}

• Never
• Once
• Twice
• Thrice
• 4 times
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• More than 10 times

[Velocity]

You are a boss. You have an employee who consistently has 2x the work productivity of your average other employees (in measurable, quantifiable metrics.) She asks for a salary raise. How much are you willing to give her?

• Increase of 10%
• Increase of 20%
• Increase of 30%
• Increase of 40%
• Increase of 50%
• Increase of 60-100%
• More than 100%
• No raise
• Other answer

[Spice_Weasel]

Do you frequently accidentally click on the Poll Discussion thread before reading the latest polls in the Polls Only thread?

• Yes and I Don’t Mind
• Yes and It’s Annoying. I Annoy Myself.
• No

[silenus]

Never mind

[Mean_Mr.Mustard]

Regarding silenus’ post, did you mind it?

• Yes, I did
• Never

[WildaBeast]

The house, apartment building, or whatever structure you live in was built in what decade? If you don’t know for sure give it your best guess.

• Before the 20th century
• 1900s
• 1910s
• 1920s
• 1930s
• 1940s
• 1950s
• 1960s
• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2000s
• 2010s
• 2020s

[colinfred]

Some new friends invite you to dinner at their place. What you get served is a plate with 5 discrete food items on it A-E

A is one of your favourite foods
You enjoy B
you mildly enjoy C
you mildly dislike D
You really dislike E.

You are not actually allergic to any of them. The aggregate quantity is about the right amount to satiate your hunger

How do you proceed?

• Start with E to get it out of the way
• Leave E to the end with the intention of clearing your plate
• Leave E to the end with the intention of leaving some or all of E on the plate
• Other
• Eat them all at about the same speed, treating E as the same as the others.

[Wheelz]

Do you vote in polls containing hypothetical situations, or only in those relating to your own personal experience?

• I vote only in polls in which I can give a definitive answer based on my own experiences or opinions.
• I vote only in hypothetical polls. I love to speculate!
• I vote in both types of polls.
• I don’t vote in any polls; I just like to see the results.
• Other. I love voting “other.”