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3609

How do you think Judge Aileen Cannon will rule today on the trial schedule for the documents case?

  • She will buy defense argument that it needs to be delayed until after election
  • She will buy DOJ’s argument the trial should be scheduled in December this year
  • She will set a date in 2024 prior to the election
  • She will take the matter under advisement and order parties to another status hearing in a few weeks to set the new trial date
  • Other
0 voters
3610

Crime drama bracket:

  • The Soppranos
  • Breaking Bad
0 voters
  • Boardwalk Empire
  • Peaky Blinders
0 voters
  • Better Call Saul
  • The Wire
0 voters
  • Narcos
  • Ozark
0 voters
3611

You are president.

A hostile adversary nation announces that they are going to launch a massive nuclear strike on your country 1 month from now.

You have nukes of your own and are capable of retaliating if you so choose. They are on submarines, and highly survivable. But the adversary confidently proclaims that you will not retaliate, because they have run scientific projections, and if you do retaliate, the combined effect of both nation’s nukes will permanently and irreversibly destroy the Earth’s climate, while the first initial strike of nukes alone would not suffice.

You consult with your environmentalists, scientists and intelligence advisors, and they run calculations and confirm that the adversary’s words are indeed correct - that if you simply absorb the first wave of nukes and refrain from retaliation, the Earth’s climate will in fact survive; albeit worsened; but if you launch your own nukes in return, Earth’s climate will be irretrievably broken beyond repair.

Assume that your only options are to launch all your nukes in return, or nothing at all, no option in between. The day comes, and the enemy launches their nukes. Do you retaliate?

  • yes
  • no
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3612
  • the glass shelves have been a significant improvement to home refrigerator design
  • now that you mention it, there was nothing at all wrong with the wire shelves and I would not object to having them in my next fridge
  • Hold on now, do I see a parfait in there? Gimme that just right now. I mean, please.
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3613
  • Hartnell
  • Troughton
  • Pertwee
  • Baker (Tom)
  • Davison
  • McCoy
  • Baker (Colin)
  • McGann
  • Eccleston
  • Tennant
  • Smith
  • Capaldi
  • Whittaker
  • Who?
  • Figgy Pudding
0 voters
3614
  • Person
  • Woman
  • Man
  • Camera
  • TV
0 voters
3615

Crime drama Final Four:

  • Breaking Bad
  • Boardwalk Empire
0 voters
  • The Wire
  • Ozark
0 voters
3616

Largest age difference I’ve experienced between myself and my partner in a romantic relationship:

  • 1-3 years
  • 4-6 years
  • 7-10 years
  • 11-15 years
  • 16-20 years
  • 21-25 years
  • 26-30 years
  • 30+ years
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  • I was older
  • They were older
0 voters
3617
  • I knew instantly what the names in poll 3613 referred to.
  • I knew after recognizing some of the names.
  • I don’t know what the names mean.
  • Other
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3618

What’s the highest number you see for posts above this one in this thread?

  • 3630+
  • 3620-3629
  • 3610-3619
  • 3600-3609
  • Less than 3600
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3619

Assume that you are someone who gambles on sports games:

Would you rather bet money that your favorite team will win (to make the victory all the better,) or bet that your team will lose (as mental consolation if they lose?)

  • I’d bet money that my team will win
  • I’d bet money that my team will lose
0 voters
3620

Your Opinion on Yoda:

  • Yoda was cooler in the original trilogy.
  • Yoda was cooler in the prequels.
  • Yoda was cooler in the cartoon shows.
  • Yoda was never cool.
  • Yoda was cool in everything he appeared in.
  • Yoda was a hypocrite with his “there is no try” bullshit. He tried to defeat the Emperor and failed miserably.
  • Yoda was an abject failure for allowing the Emperor to come to power right under his nose.
  • Yoda looks really stupid when he fights with a lightsaber.
  • Yoda looks really cool when he fights with a lightsaber.
  • Yoda was a self-righteous twat in the prequels.
  • Yoda was a self-righteous twat in the original trilogy.
  • Muppet Yoda is better than CGI Yoda.
  • CGI Yoda is better than Muppet Yoda.
  • Cartoon Yoda was the best.
  • Who is Yoda?
  • I have no opinion about Yoda at all, because I am boring.
  • I have a completely different take on Yoda, that I must bore you with!
  • I hate Yoda. (Let the hate flow through you!)
  • I like Yoda, even though the self-righteous twat was a failure and a hypocrite.
0 voters
3621

Crime drama Championship:

  • Breaking Bad
  • The Wire
0 voters
3622

How many “significant” relationships (of the intimate kind, not business relationships) have you been in during your lifetime? (Define significant any way you’re comfortable with.)

  • zero, so far
  • One
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four
  • Five
  • Six
  • Seven
  • Eight
  • Nine
  • More than nine
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3623

How many images/screenshots/photos do you have on your phone and computer (combined in total), by your estimation?

  • less than 100
  • less than 1,000
  • between 1,000 and 5,000
  • between 5,000 and 10,000
  • more than 10,000
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3624

CNN just released a list of the 15 best small towns and cities in America. The list is discussed in this thread (so perhaps discuss there if desired in order to not duplicate content). Select the ones that you have visited:

  • Beaufort, South Carolina
  • Eureka Springs, Arkansas
  • Friday Harbor, Washington
  • Gloucester, Massachusetts
  • Julian, California
  • Mackinac Island Village, Michigan
  • Marfa, Texas
  • McCarthy, Alaska
  • Metropolis, Illinois
  • Moab, Utah
  • New Bern, North Carolina
  • Saranac Lake, New York
  • Taos, New Mexico
  • Volcano, Hawaii
  • Whitefish, Montana
  • I have not been to any of these towns
  • Other / requires explanation / Well I was born in a small town, and I can breathe in a small town, gonna die in a small town
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3625

Hollywood has released a movie that promotes a political or social cause that is important to you. How blatant do you want them to be about it?

  • I want the movie to be very forceful and direct in its messaging
  • I want there to be some push in favor of the cause, but not too heavy
  • I want it to be very subtle, so much so that people may not even realize it was promoting it
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3626

Have you ever met your US congress person?

  • Yes
  • No
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Have you written to your US congress person?

  • Yes
  • No
0 voters

Have you ever called your US congress person’s office?

  • Yes
  • No
0 voters
3627

There were some comments in the Oppenheimer (movie) thread about “gratuitous” nudity. This subtext I got is that some people are opposed to that.

Nudity (short of porn level nudity and sex) in R rated movies:

  • I prefer my movies with no nudity
  • I think it’s fine if necessary for the plot
  • If characters are nude, let the audience see it. We’re all adults here.
  • I would like to see more naked people in mainstream films
  • If the actor is okay with it, I’m okay with it.
  • It’s complicated/other
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3628

Do you pronounce “vase” to rhyme with

  • daze
  • space
  • schnozz
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