All these years later, what do you think of your choice of college and degree-major?
- I’m happy with both the college I chose, and the degree I majored in
- I wish I’d changed either the college I attended, and/or majored in a different degree path instead
- I didn’t go to college
When do you drive slowly on the freeway?
- All the time – I’m chicken!
- All the time – I have one of those insurance company measuring devices that penalizes me when I go too fast, and I leave lots of headroom for that.
- When I am being tailgated
- When there is a navy blue Toyota Corolla behind me
- Only when all the traffic in front of me is going slowly
- Never. Never ever!
You have just arrived home, and if you live with other people you have gotten home first. Your cat/dog/other free-roaming pet has not greeted you. How long before you go look for him/her/them?
Choose all that apply, but vote based on what you most typically do on an average day (i.e. don’t vote more than once with the same pet in mind)
When Do You Go Looking?
- Dog - I look for the dog immediately
- Cat - I look for the cat immediately
- Other pet - I look for the other pet immediately
- Dog - I look for the dog after I take care of urgent needs (bathroom, refrigerating food that might spoil etc)
- Cat - I look for the cat after I take care of urgent needs (bathroom, refrigerating food that might spoil etc)
- Other pet - I look for the other pet after I take care of urgent needs (bathroom, refrigerating food that might spoil etc)
- Dog - I look for the dog after handling both urgent and non-urgent needs
- Cat - I look for the cat after handling both urgent and non-urgent needs
- Other pet - I look for the other pet after handling both urgent and non-urgent needs
- Dog - I don’t look for the dog, s/he will find me when inclined to
- Cat - I don’t look for the cat, s/he will find me when inclined to
- Other pet - I don’t look for the other pet, s/he will find me when inclined to
If you have either mutiple pets, either 2 or more of the same type of animal or 2 or more different types of animals, were your answers consistent or did your answers vary between type of animal or the individual animals of the same type?
- I chose the same answers for all types of pets I have
- My answers varied between type of pets I have
- I chose one answer for all the pets I have of the same type of animal
- I chose different answers for 2 or more animals that are the same type of animal
What percentage of books on your shelves are books that you’ve actually read a lot and know very well?
- More than 30%
- 20-30%
- 10-20%
- Less than 10%
- I don’t keep books and/or bookshelves.
In the Polls Discussion thread, what percentage of the content do you read?
- Absolute zero
- Almost zero
- Around 25%
- Around 50%
- Around 75%
- Almost all of it
- Every damn word
Media-ethics joke from when my sister was taking journalism classes in college:
There is a flood. You see the president of the United States being swept away by the torrential waters. You have the ability to save him, but also a high-definition camera in your hands. You face a choice: You can either save his life, or snap a photo that will win you the Pulitzer Prize. What do you do?
- Take the photo in color
- Take the photo in black-and-white
There may have been a board glitch with Mean Mr. Mustard’s restaurant poll above.
Did the Discourse Gremlins eat some of your votes in that poll?
- Yes, I know some of my votes are now missing
- Yeah, I kinda think some of my votes are now missing
- I don’t remember what I voted for or how many votes I cast…
- No, I think all my votes are still fine and dandy
Do you want to go revote to get all three of your votes back?
- Oh yes, I will do that right now.
- Yeah, I’ll get to it.
- Nah, I don’t care that much
What are your favorite board games?
- Aggravation
- Agricola
- Axis & Allies
- Backgammon
- Battleship
- Blokus
- Boggle
- CandyLand
- Catan
- Checkers
- Chess
- Chinese Checkers
- Chutes and Ladders
- Clue
- Connect 4
- Cranium
- Go
- Guess Who?
- Mancala
- Monopoly
- Mouse Trap
- Operation
- Othello
- Pictionary
- Risk
- Rummikub
- Scattergories
- Scrabble
- Sequence
- Sorry!
- Stratego
- The Game of Life
- Trivial Pursuit
- Trouble
- Wit’s End
- Other/Something else/Talking 'bout you and me and the games people play
You are with a crowd of passengers, loitering near an airport gate. Suddenly one of the airline agents announces over the PA system: “Please, please, return to your seats until your boarding group is called, we don’t want gate lice.”
Are you offended?
If you were a manager or supervisor for that airline, would you discipline the employee for using the term ‘gate lice?’
You ever have one of those days?
- Way more often than I should
- Yes
- Sometimes
- No
- Never
- Huh? What?
How many orgasms have you had today?
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- I stopped counting
- Injured my hand, sorry
- I’m working up the nerve to ask someone out, don’t distract me
How old are you? (anonymous poll!)
- < 16
- 16-17
- 18-19
- 20-21
- 22-23
- 24-25
- 26-27
- 28-29
- 30-31
- 32-33
- 34-35
- 36-37
- 38-39
- 40-41
- 42-43
- 44-45
- 46-47
- 48-49
- 50-51
- 52-53
- 54-55
- 56-57
- 58-59
- 60-61
- 62-63
- 64-65
- 66-67
- 68-69
- 70-71
- 72-73
- 74-75
- 76-77
- 78-79
- 80-81
- 82-83
- 84-85
- 86-87
- 88-89
- 90 and up
Pie chart version!
- < 16
- 16-17
- 18-19
- 20-21
- 22-23
- 24-25
- 26-27
- 28-29
- 30-31
- 32-33
- 34-35
- 36-37
- 38-39
- 40-41
- 42-43
- 44-45
- 46-47
- 48-49
- 50-51
- 52-53
- 54-55
- 56-57
- 58-59
- 60-61
- 62-63
- 64-65
- 66-67
- 68-69
- 70-71
- 72-73
- 74-75
- 76-77
- 78-79
- 80-81
- 82-83
- 84-85
- 86-87
- 88-89
- 90 and up
Your ideal home temperature in the summer (in fahrenheit, sorry international folk):
- <60
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 80
- 81
- 82
- 83
- 84
- 85
- 86
- 87
- 88
- 89
- 90
- 90+
Your ideal home temperature in winter:
- <60
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 80
- 81
- 82
- 83
- 84
- 85
- 86
- 87
- 88
- 89
- 90
- 90+