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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
3829

Drive-in movie, fooling around.

  • I’ve made out at a drive-in movie
  • I’ve had oral sex at a drive-in movie
  • I’ve had PIV sex (or similar) at a drive-in movie
  • I’ve had a threesome or other logistically difficult sexual things at a drive-in
  • I have been to a drive-in at least once, but none of this stuff happened
  • I have never been to a drive-in movie
  • Other
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3830

You are contacted by a lawyer. He informs you that one of your classmates from high school, with whom you have had no contact since since those days, has died with no spouse or surviving family, and has designated you to receive the balance of their liquidated estate, which amounts to some $50,000. The lawyer explains that this classmate had an unrequited crush on you back in the day but never worked up the nerve to ask you out, and so decided to have you inherit their estate as a final token of affection. If you refuse the inheritance, the lawyer says, the money will go to charity. What best describes your reaction?

  • I consider this a sweet gesture and accept the inheritance.
  • I consider this rather creepy and refuse the inheritance.
  • I consider this a sweet gesture but refuse the inheritance nonetheless.
  • I consider this rather creepy but accept the inheritance nonetheless.
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Same scenario, except that instead of the testator being an old classmate of yours, it’s some complete stranger who long ago happened upon your social media profile or other Internet presence and became enamoured with you. They had been following your public online activities ever since, but never reached out to you in person. What best describes your reaction?

  • I consider this a sweet gesture and accept the inheritance.
  • I consider this rather creepy and refuse the inheritance.
  • I consider this a sweet gesture but refuse the inheritance nonetheless.
  • I consider this rather creepy but accept the inheritance nonetheless.
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3831
SDMB needs Discourse AI Chatbot
  • Hell Yes.
  • Hell No
0 voters
3832

Could you marry someone whom you did not love or feel attraction for, if it were what made the most practical sense?

  • yes
  • no
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3833
Favorite Pythonite?
  • Graham Chapman
  • John Cleese
  • Carol Cleveland
  • Terry Gilliam
  • Eric Idle
  • Neil Innes
  • Terry Jones
  • Michael Palin
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3834

What do you often eat for breakfast (check anything that you usually eat at least once a week)

  • bacon and eggs
  • eggs with sausage
  • eggs with other meat (but not fish)
  • eggs without meat
  • fish (fresh or pickled or smoked)
  • donut
  • baked pastries (scones, muffins, cinnamon rolls)
  • pop-tart (or similar)
  • bagels
  • pancakes/waffles/similar cooked quickbread
  • fried or toasted other bread
  • other bread
  • milk (not a teaspoon in coffee, but count in cereal or a latte)
  • yogurt
  • sour cream
  • cream cheese
  • other cheese
  • nuts
  • hot cereal (oatmeal, porridge, grits…)
  • potatoes
  • cold cereal
  • beans
  • veggies (incl fried tomatoes)
  • fruit (include berries)
  • orange juice
  • other juice
  • water
  • coffee
  • tea
  • soda
  • booze
  • something else
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3835

Let’s try this again, broken into smaller pieces:

Do you generally eat breakfast?

  • Yes, usually
  • Sometimes
  • No, rarely
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okay, for you breakfast eaters, count anything you do about once a week or more often:

When you eat breakfast, do you generally eat something freshly cooked/heated?

  • nope
  • eggs
  • bacon
  • sausage
  • other meat
  • fish
  • pancake/waffles/similar cooked quickbread
  • fried or toasted other bread
  • hot cereal (oatmeal, porridge, grits…)
  • potatoes
  • cooked veggies
  • cooked fruit
  • beans
  • other
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When you eat breakfast, do you generally eat cold food or food previously prepared but not really re-heated?

  • nope
  • cold meat
  • cold fish
  • raw eggs
  • cold cooked eggs
  • hard cheese
  • spreadable cheese
  • yogurt
  • pastries, donut, etc.
  • waffles, etc.
  • bagels
  • other bread
  • cold cereal
  • beans
  • veggies
  • fruit
  • peanut/nut butter
  • other
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And what do you drink?

  • nothing
  • coffee
  • tea
  • soda
  • orange juice
  • other juice
  • water
  • milk (include milk in your cereal or in your latte, if it’s enough to matter nutritionally)
  • booze
  • other
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Does the Discourse poll function drive you nuts, and make you start over and over again?

  • yes
  • hell yes
  • I don’t use the discourse poll function
0 voters
3836
The following courses should be mandatory for all high school students to graduate:
  • Debate
  • Economics
  • Home economics
  • Personal finance
  • Physics
  • “Shop” class (wood shop, metal shop, auto shop, etc.)
  • Sign language
  • Sociology
  • Swimming
  • Typing
  • Something else
  • I wouldn’t require any of these classes
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3837

How do you eat Oreos? Select all that apply.

  • I eat the cookie in bites, like a civilized person.
  • I pop the entire cookie in my mouth, like a barbarian.
  • I disassemble the parts and eat the plain cookie half first, like an adult.
  • I disassemble the parts and eat the filling half first, like a toddler.
  • I disassemble two cookies, make one “double stuffed” and one “no filling”, and eat the no filling one first.
  • I disassemble two cookies, make one “double stuffed” and one “no filling”, and eat the double stuffed one first.
  • I do not eat Oreos because they are not good for me.
  • I do not eat Oreos because I don’t like them.
  • I do not eat Oreos for some other reason.
  • I dunk them in milk.
  • I dunk them in coffee.
  • I dunk them in some other beverage which I may or may not describe in detail in the Polls Discussion thread.
  • Pass the Hydrox.
  • Other, it’s complicated, Oh a kid’ll eat the middle of an Oreo first and save the chocolate cookie outside for last.
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3838

I have been bitten, scratched, stabbed, poisoned, or otherwise injured by the following aquatic critters:

  • shark
  • ray
  • lionfish
  • scorpionfish
  • stonefish
  • other fish
  • sea snake
  • crayfish
  • lobster
  • crab
  • squid
  • octopus
  • jellyfish
  • man-o-war
  • sea urchin
  • bivalve
  • mollusc
  • dolphin
  • whale
  • manatee
  • dugong
  • coral
  • other critter
  • I have never been injured by an aquatic critter
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I required the following treatment for my injuries:

  • bandage
  • stitches
  • tourniquet
  • antivenom/antitoxin
  • cast
  • antibiotics
  • amputation
  • other treatment
  • none of my injuries required any treatment
  • I have never been injured by an aquatic critter but can’t resist the little ticky boxes
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3839

Table grapes:

  • Red seedless grapes
  • Green/white seedless grapes
  • Black seedless grapes
  • Concord grapes
  • Muscadine grapes
  • Cotton Candy grapes
  • Teardrop grapes
  • Moondrop grapes
  • Gumdrop grapes
  • Some other table grape
  • I do not like any of these grapes.
  • I do not like any of these grapes but have never tried Moondrops and thus should probably go to the store right now and get some while they are in their very short season and only then decide I do not like grapes because until now I have missed eating the best table grape on the planet and thus I am not completely informed.
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3840
Greatest Grand Prix driver of all time?
  • Jim Clark
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Lewis Hamilton
  • Niki Lauda
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Alain Prost
  • Ayrton Senna
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Jackie Stewart
  • Someone else not listed (mention in discussion thread)
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3841

(Based off a real life incident):

You are an ambulance driver. You are transporting a woman who’s suffered serious injury. The risk to her life is low if you can get her to an ER quickly. However, she is imploring the paramedics/EMTs to make sure she is taken to a hospital that is in her insurance network, which would cost her little or nothing. If she is taken to an out-of-network hospital, she could be on the hook for a massive medical bill.

The out-of-network emergency rooms are all nearby. The in-network emergency rooms are all further away. You do not know how much things like traffic or other variables may slow your arrival. Assume that you yourself will face no legal liability and the only considerations are patient $ vs. patient odds of survival.

  • Take her to the nearby out-of-network emergency room (more cost for patient)
  • Take her to the further-away in-network emergency room (less cost for patient)
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3842
  • This one
  • That one
  • You lost the game
0 voters
3843

Same scenario as @Velocity’s above, with a slight twist (in bold):

You are an ambulance driver. You are transporting a woman who’s suffered serious injury. The risk to her life is low if you can get her to an ER quickly. If she is taken to an out-of-network hospital, she could be on the hook for a massive medical bill.

She loses consciousness shortly after vehemently expressing her preference to be taken to an in-network hospital. Her vitals remain stable.

The out-of-network emergency rooms are all nearby. The in-network emergency rooms are all further away. You do not know how much things like traffic or other variables may slow your arrival. Assume that you yourself will face no legal liability and the only considerations are patient $ vs. patient odds of survival.

  • Take her to the further-away in-network emergency room (less cost for patient)
  • Take her to the nearby out-of-network emergency room (more cost for patient)
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3844

Better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

  • Agree
  • Disagree
0 voters
3845

I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

  • Agree
  • Disagree
0 voters
3846

There’s a sucker born every minute.

  • Agree
  • Disagree
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3847

There’s been a mix-up in the kitchen, they made an extra dessert, so your server gives it to you, for free, since you are a good customer. You eat some or all of it.

Do you increase the tip you leave?

  • Yes, I increase my tip based on the value of the dessert.
  • Yes, I increase my tip by some amount, as thanks for the goodwill.
  • No. Free is free.
  • No. I didn’t want dessert; I didn’t order dessert. (But maybe I ate some just to be “polite”)
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3848

Without warning, someone tosses something important at you from a distance of about 5 or 10 feet away - car keys, a wallet, something gold, something fragile, a baseball, etc.

  • I can catch it with 1 hand
  • I can catch it, but only with both hands
  • I’d likely fumble, botch/drop or miss it entirely
  • other answer
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