Do you ever eat cold, uncooked and unheated hot dogs?
- No! That’s unsafe!
- Hot dogs are fully cooked so I don’t think it’s unsafe, but I don’t do it.
- Yes.
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From which type of device do you do most of your SDMB activities?
- Phone
- Tablet
- Laptop
- Desktop
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If you use different devices for your SDMB activity, select the ones you use at least weekly.
- Phone
- Tablet
- Laptop
- Desktop
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Rewind three years. It’s April 2020. The Democratic Party is looking for its presidential nominee, but this time, instead of primaries, they’re going to choose the candidate behind closed doors.
The American public waits with bated breath. Will it be…Beto? de Blasio? Bernie? Biden? Buttigieg? Warren? Klobuchar? Booker? Kamala?
The shocking announcement eventually comes out…it’s you. Yes, you, out of 320 million Americans. (If you’re not American, just pretend you are.)
The bad news is that you have no experience. The good news is that you’ll be going up against Donald Trump, the most beatable incumbent president in history. Even with no prep, you’d easily mop the floor with him in the 3 televised debates.
How do you think you fare come November 2020?
- Easy. I beat Trump in a landslide.
- Tough to say. 50-50. This election would come down to the wire.
- I think I lose to Trump.
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- Puppy dogs
- Kitty cats
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If you choose to describe something as decimated you mean:
- It is almost completely destroyed.
- It has been reduced slightly, by about 10%
- I would not ever use the word, I would find another synonym.
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Which MCU television series have you watched?
For the sake of this poll, it counts as watching a series if you’ve seen the majority of the episodes in it.
- Agent Carter
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Cloak & Dagger
- Daredevil
- The Defenders
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Hawkeye
- Helstrom
- Inhumans
- Iron Fist
- Jessica Jones
- Loki
- Luke Cage
- Moon Knight
- Ms. Marvel
- The Punisher
- Runaways
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
- WandaVision
- What If…?
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When you make corn meal mush
- Mix together corn meal, salt and cold water. Add to boiling water
- Add corn meal directly to salted boiling water
- Mix together corn meal, salt and milk. Add to boiling water
- Some other recipe
- Never made corn meal mush
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When you’re driving a car with an automatic transmission, how often do you shift it into L, or 3/2/1, or downshift it using manual mode, or otherwise put it in a gear lower than D?
- I primarily drive an automatic, I rarely or never use any forward gear other than D
- I primarily drive an automatic, and I will occasionally downshift it manually in certain situations, like hilly terrain.
- I primarily drive an automatic, and I use L (or it’s equivalent) all the time.
- I primarily drive a manual, but when I am driving an automatic (like a rental car, for example), I rarely or never use any forward gear other than D
- I primarily drive a manual, but when I am driving an automatic (like a rental car, for example), I will occasionally downshift it manually in certain situations, like hilly terrain.
- I primarily drive a manual, but when I am driving an automatic (like a rental car, for example), I use L (or it’s equivalent) all the time.
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Walter is a billionaire. His wife, Mary, is a shopaholic.
Mary has amassed a collection of many thousands of shoes like Imelda Marcos, thousands of items of clothing, perfume, watches, handbags, decorations, jewelry, accessories, etc. She is spending several million dollars per year. The mansion and estate looks like a museum now.
One day, Walter confronts Mary and points out that she has more shoes already in her massive storage room than she could ever wear in her lifetime, and - even more importantly - he’s worried that she may be becoming mentally unhinged in some way with this shopping behavior.
Mary defends: “I’m spending less than 0.1% of our wealth. Besides, if it really comes to it, we could always re-sell this stuff and recoup most of what was spent.”
- Walter is right; Mary needs to cut back
- Mary is right; the shopping is relatively harmless, financially and mentally
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All of the following animated series are still on the air as of 2023. Which of them do you think will be on the air the farthest in the future?
- American Dad (premiered 2005)
- Bob’s Burgers (premiered 2011)
- Family Guy (premiered 1999)
- Futurama (premiered 1999)
- King of the Hill (premiered 1997) - it’s being revived
- The Simpsons (premiered 1989)
- South Park (premiered 1997)
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Favorite hard candies:
- Butterscotch discs
- Charms
- Cinnamon discs
- Creme Savers
- Ice blue mint discs
- Jawbreakers
- Jolly Rancher
- Lemon drops
- Life Savers
- Nips
- Ribbon candy
- Root beer barrels
- Starlight fruit candies
- Starlight peppermints
- Strawberry bon bons
- Those fancy fruit-flavored hard candies that come in a little tin
- Werther’s Original
- Something else
- I don’t care for hard candy
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The weather has been nuts lately. Why do you think that is?
- Global climate change
- Bill Gates
- George Soros
- Vengeful deity
- Baconistic atheist deity
- Regular, non-alarming stochasticity, with unlucky fluctuations
- I disagree that the weather has been weird lately.
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Think about your basement or cellar, exactly as it is right now without first cleaning anything up. Would you be willing to change your clothes down there?
Note: if your basement has a bathroom, not in there, just the main part of the basement
- It’s a finished basement, so sure
- It’s unfinished, but sure
- It’s unfinished, only as a last resort
- It’s unfinished, nope
- Alas, this abode lacks a basement
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I played a cover of a song I have a fondness for and it sounded off enough to bother me. The preceding line to
… My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you’re asleep
And kiss you when you start your day
is/should be
My mind is distracted and
- confused
- diffused
- I am unfamiliar with Kathy’s Song
- strawberry shortcake (because every poll demands a snack)
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How many decimal digits of pi do you have memorized (including the 3)?
- 1-3
- 4-6
- 7-10
- 11-14
- 15-20
- 21-30
- 31-40
- 41-50
- More than 50
- None, but I like pie
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Your childhood before you entered school, and summer vacations when you were in school. A parent or guardian pushes you out the door and just says, “Go play.” Possibly but not necessarily followed up with, “Be home for lunch/dinner/bedtime” or something to that effect.
- Story of my childhood. Free rein!
- This happened, but I was generally restricted to a specific area (“Stay in the yard/where I can see you/etc.”).
- I was always under close supervision.
- This occurred, but I had organized activities some days (sports, crafts, etc.).
- This occurred occasionally, but my childhood was generally quite structured with organized activities daily or almost daily.
- My childhood mostly occurred on a very rigid schedule under close supervision.
- Something entirely else.
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Did you understand what the basement being finished had to do with whether you’d feel comfortable changing there?
- Yes
- No
- I have a more nuanced answer.
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My mailbox is:
House mounted
Curbside
Multiple curbside
Outdoor locker group
Apartment mailboxes
- House mounted
- Curbside
- Multiple curbside
- Outdoor locker group
- Apartment mailboxes
- I don’t have a mailbox; I pick up my mail at the post office
- Something else
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ETA: I missed mail slot 
- Mail slot
- Nope
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Pumpkin pie is really American, but only eaten in the fall. My grandfather would salt his, which is something I do as well. How do you like your pumpkin pie?
- Salted just before eating
- Plain
- Whipped cream
- Reddi-Wip
- Cool whip
- Never had pumpkin pie
- Don’t like pumpkin pie
- You forgot (add details in discussion thread)
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I freakin’ love pumpkin pie, and wish it were available everywhere year-round.
- Yeah, baby!
- Nah
- Meh
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