Polls only: No discussion

Do you play your state (or multistate) lottery?

  • Yes
  • No
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  • I prefer scratchers
  • I play the big magilla with the big payoff and the long odds
  • I play both
  • I don’t play
0 voters
  • Weekly
  • More than weekly
  • Once a month
  • A few times a month
  • A few times a year
  • I don’t play
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If there’s multiple polls in one post, will you vote in all of them (assuming you can)?

  • Yes
  • No
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Are you sure?

  • Yes
  • No
0 voters

Really?

  • Yes, dammit
  • No
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Reeeeally?

  • FUCKING YES GODAMMIT
  • OK, maybe not. Go ahead and gloat. Jerk.
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If or when I use the term “elsethread”, it means…

  • …elsewhere in the current thread of discussion
  • …elsewhere in a different thread of discussion
  • …elsewhere in a thread of discussion that may or may not be the current one
  • I have never seen this word before and don’t presume to know what it means
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Pickleball. Select all that apply.

  • Played it, loved it
  • Played it, meh
  • Played it, hated it
  • Never tried it, will some day
  • Never tried it, may some day
  • Never tried it, never will
  • It’s for geezers
  • It’s for anyone
  • Picklewho?
  • I have another opinion that I may or may not share in the discussion thread
  • I don’t want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorcycle
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error, just too silly

eschereal should have included yes/know/don’t care options in his last post.

  • Yes
  • No
  • Don’t care
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Note: Don’t over think the answers to this. Its just about personal preferences and your concern shouldn’t be about the methods or ramifications of how the Genii makes it happen.

Question 1: A Djinn comes up and says that you can pick the next president of the United States and he will make it happen, but fortunately or unfortunately the way the spell works it has to be a Republican.

Whom do you choose

  • Donald Trump
  • Ron Desantis
  • Nikki Haley
  • Mike Pence
  • Vevik Ramswamy
  • Asa Hutchinson
  • Tim Scott
  • Chris Christie
  • Doug Burgum
  • Francis Suarez
  • Will Hurd
  • Pass and let some other random person choose even though they might pick someone I don’t like
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Question 2:
The Djinn is rethinking things and decides that maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. So he gives you the option of canceling the spell and just letting nature take its course. What do you decide?

  • Cancel the Spell in order for there to be a chance of having Biden win even though this also means that Trump might win.
  • Regretfully keep the spell becuase even though I prefer Biden it’s far more important that Trump doesn’t get in.
  • Keep the spell because I would actually prefer my Republican choice to Biden.
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Either

  • ee-ther
  • eye-ther
  • uh-ther
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A genie offers to let you pick the next president of the United States, and he will make it happen, but fortunately or unfortunately, the way the spell works is it has to be one of the top 20 posters to this thread.

See the first post to see the top posters in order.

  • I am one of the top twenty posters and I will choose myself.
  • I know exactly which Top 20 poster I will choose!
  • There are lots of options amongst the top 20 posters; I would be happy with several of them!
  • Not. Going. There.
  • I refuse the Genie’s offer and take my chances with the actual real-life candidates.
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  • niðər
  • nɑyðər
  • nəðər
  • niθer
  • səmθiŋ eʟs/ɪt veriz
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Which of these old school devices do you own (whether they still work or not)?

  • 8-track player
  • Black & white TV
  • Cassette player
  • CB radio
  • Clock radio
  • Discman
  • Dot matrix printer
  • DVD player
  • Film camera
  • Gameboy
  • Instant camera
  • iPod
  • Landline phone
  • Laserdisc player
  • Pager
  • Personal Digital Assistant
  • Phone answering machine
  • Radio with AM
  • Rotary phone
  • Slide projector
  • Tube TV
  • Turntable
  • Typewriter
  • Walkman
  • None of these
  • Something else / Other / And I’m never going back to my old school
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You are a judge. A surgeon has just been convicted of some serious felony - arson, large-scale embezzlement, something of the sort.

Normally, you’d give such a defendant a stiff prison sentence. But in this instance, the doctor works in a particularly niche field and the entire nation has only a few surgeons who know how to perform this sort of operation, and there is a backlog of thousands of patients who need this surgery.

  • Give him the same stiff prison sentence as any other defendant
  • Give him a lesser prison sentence
  • Give him no prison time, and/or let him pay a heavy fine or some other restitution
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Scenario: you are offered two free tickets for front row seats at a Ted Nugent show. The tickets include the perk of being able to throw any objects you can carry in a backpack at Mr. Nugent with no fear of reprisal.

Which of the following best describes your views?

  • Why would anyone want to humiliate poor Mr. Nugent like that?
  • Free tickets? I would gladly PAY for the priviledge
  • Tomatoes would be in my backpack
  • Paint gun and paint balls would be in my backpack
  • No way! The Nuge is all about protecting the Constitution and our Freedoms!
  • I’d rather watch a video of someone else hurling stuff at him
  • Is this going to become like an annual thing, and if so where do I reserve tickets??
  • This whole scenario is quite juvenile and I refuse to dignify it with a response
  • This scenario is juvenile. NOWTHATSWHATI’MTALKINGABOUT!!
  • Other
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Corey Feldman’s best movie? (list not exhaustive; only including films I believe are most likely to get a vote)
  • Gremlins
  • The Goonies
  • Stand by Me
  • The Lost Boys
  • License to Drive
  • The 'Burbs
  • Dream a Little Dream
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Rock ‘n’ Roll High School Forever
  • Meatballs 4
  • Something not listed
  • Corey who?
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Philadelphia is the movie that turned “silly comedian Tom Hanks” into “serious actor Tom Hanks.”

What, in your opinion, are “silly comedian Tom Hanks’” best 3 films?
  • He Knows You’re Alone
  • Splash
  • Bachelor Party
  • The Man with One Red Shoe
  • Volunteers
  • The Money Pit
  • Nothing in Common
  • Every Time We Say Goodbye
  • Dragnet
  • Big
  • Punchline
  • The 'Burbs
  • Turner & Hooch
  • Joe Versus the Volcano
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities
  • Radio Flyer
  • A League of Their Own
  • Sleepless in Seattle
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You are going to see the hot new Broadway show. You have paid $120 for your ticket. You get to the theatre, find your row, and see your seats are beyond some people who are already seated. What do you say to the seated people?

  • “Excuse me”/“Excuse me…”
  • “HI!”
  • “I’m sorry”/“Sorry”/“So sorry”/“Sorry to bother you”
  • “That’s my SEAT, over THERE”
  • No talking, just glaring until people figure out you want by
  • No talking, just climb right over the people.
  • Other rude thing.
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How often do you change your computer’s desktop background?

  • Once or several times a day
  • Once a week
  • Once a month, or few months
  • Once a year
  • Never
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Couldn’t vote in the last yesterday’s movie-related polls. I’ve seen one Cory Feldman Movie – Goonies – and have no idea who he is. (Actor? Director? Key Grip?) And I’ve only seen one “silly comedian Tom Hanks” movie – The Man with One Red Shoe

“Excuse me. 'Scuse me. Pardon me, pardon me, 'scuse me…” continuing until I get past the people in the way

Oops…

  • SCAdian deserves to be punished for putting discussion in this thead
  • hey, we all make mistakes, let it slide
  • SCAdian shall be required to buy every other participant in this thread a big margarita
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