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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
3949

Which approach would you prefer, as an employee?

  • Get paid a normal salary, but also get an unusually lavish panoply of benefits/retirement/pension
  • Get paid an unusually high salary, but offered no benefits/retirement/pension at all (you’re expected to get those on your own)
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3950
  • there is no “u” in “misdemeanor”, what is wrong with you? do you think being from the frozen north means you can use any old spelling you fancy?
  • words should always be “-our” and never “-or”
  • eh, not like it is some kind of felouny
  • large margarita to toast Jimmy Buffet
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3951

Well, it’s October. Do you think you ate a sufficient amount of ice cream this summer?

  • Yes, oh god yes!
  • Yes
  • No
  • No, oh god no!
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3952

Where do you get your ice cream?

  • Buy it at a grocery store and bring it home to eat later
  • Order it for desert at a restaurant
  • Buy it by the serving at an ice cream stand or shop
  • make it at home from scratch
  • Something else
  • I don’t eat ice cream
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3953

If you have or once had a collection of physical LPs or CDs, how do you arrange them?

  • In alphabetical order by album title
  • In alphabetical order by artist, then alphabetically by album title
  • In alphabetical order by artist, then by date of release
  • By genre, then alphabetical order by album title
  • By genre, then alphabetical order by artist, then alphabetically by album title
  • By genre, then alphabetical order by artist, then by date of release
  • In order of how much I like the album
  • Totally randomly
  • Something else, which I will explain in the discussion thread, to educate you heathens on the proper way to organize albums
  • I’ve never had such a collection, but I want to click something
  • What’s an “LP or CD”?
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3954

A genie of limited competence offers to grant you a superpower of your choice:

  • invisibility, but always accompanied by a high-pitched whine and conspicuous (though not unpleasant) odour
  • flight, but limited to one metre in altitude and the speed of a slow walk
  • super strength, but only in your left pinky finger
  • telepathy, but only with small children
  • invulnerability, but only when you’re asleep
  • teleportation, but only up to twenty metres, and never through obstacles
  • cairvoyance, but only for matters of no real consequence
  • X-ray vision, but with extreme myopia
  • withstand extreme heat or cold, but only while remaining motionless
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3955

You are cooking a meal. No one is going to eat right now other than you, and there are leftovers, and they’re types of food that must be refrigerated to stay safe to eat later.

When do you put the leftovers away?

  • Before I eat so I don’t forget about the leftovers
  • Before I eat so I’m able to relax after eating instead of doing a chore
  • Before I eat so I’m less tempted to have a second helping
  • After I eat so my food doesn’t get too cold before I sit down to eat
  • After I eat because someone taught me to cool food before refrigerating it so it’s safe (and I didn’t know that’s a myth)
  • After I eat because someone taught me to cool food before refrigerating it so it’s safe (and I know it’s a myth but habits are hard to break)
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3956

That clairvoyance thing, about matters of no real consequence. Which of these things would be included (as clairvoyance I would have)?

  • The lunch specials today at the place I like to eat lunch
  • That the TV show I usually watch today is going to be preempted for sports or something
  • A stoplight at a particular intersection in Sydney Australia (or another place I can’t get to today) is going to be malfunctioning for an hour or so.
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ETA: Oops, I replied to the wrong post. Sorry markn_1!

3957
Erase one of these deaths:
  • John Belushi
  • Chadwick Boseman
  • John Candy
  • Chris Farley
  • Phil Hartman
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Heath Ledger
  • Brandon Lee
  • Brittany Murphy
  • River Phoenix
  • Gilda Radner
  • Anton Yelchin
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3958
Erase one of these deaths:
  • Aaliyah
  • Duane Allman
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Buddy Holly
  • Janis Joplin
  • Jim Morrison
  • Gram Parsons
  • Otis Redding
  • Randy Rhoads
  • Selena
  • Tupac Shakur
  • Ronnie Van Zant
  • Christopher Wallace (NOTORIOUS B.I.G.)
  • Amy Winehouse
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(Kurt Cobain not included because of intentional suicide)

3959

Which would you rather eat?

  • Cheeseburger in Paradise
  • My Bologna
  • Peanut Butter Jelly Time!
  • Lollipop (Ba boom boom boom)
  • Savoy Truffle
  • Peaches (You’re going to move to the country and eat a lot of them)
  • A Taste of Honey
  • Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  • An American Pie
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3960
I’ve known my oldest friend since…
  • As long as I can possibly remember
  • 1-3 years old
  • 4-6 years old
  • 7-12 years old
  • 13-17 years old
  • 18-22 years old
  • 23-30 years old
  • 30-40 years old
  • 30 years ago
  • 25 years ago
  • 20 years ago
  • 15 years ago
  • 10 years ago
  • 5 years ago
  • 1 year ago
  • Under a year ago
  • I don’t have any friends :sob:
  • Something not covered above
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3961

My genie (who, unlike previous genies, is competent) can arrange it so that you can absolutely master the musical instrument of your choice. Note that this genie does not consider voice a musical instrument. Also note that, if you already master an instrument(s), please include it or them in your selections, on account of you’ve already chosen them. You may select up to 3.

  • Accordion
  • Bagpipes
  • Balalaika
  • Banjo
  • Bass, electric
  • Bass, stand up
  • Bassoon
  • Bugle
  • Cello
  • Cowbell
  • Domra
  • Drums
  • Flute
  • French horn
  • Guitar, acoustic
  • Guitar, electric
  • Guitar, steel
  • Harmonica
  • Harpsichord
  • Lute
  • Lyre
  • Mandolin
  • Oboe
  • Organ
  • Penny whistle
  • Percussion, non-drum
  • Piano
  • Piccolo
  • Recorder
  • Sarod
  • Saxophone
  • Sitar
  • Slide whistle
  • Spoons
  • Theremin
  • Trombone
  • Trumpet
  • Tuba
  • Ukulele
  • Violin
  • Xylophone
  • Zither
  • No thank you, Genie. Really, no thanks. Genie, No means no!
  • Something else / I dunno / We’re all in the mood for a melody and you’ve got us feeling all right
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3962
Worst commissioner(s) of baseball, ever (MAX 3 votes)?
  • Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  • Happy Chandler
  • Ford Frick
  • William Eckert
  • Bowie Kuhn
  • Peter Ueberroth
  • A. Bartlett Giamatti
  • Fay Vincent
  • Bud Selig
  • Rob Manfred
  • NONE of the above
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3963
Worst NFL commissioner(s), ever? (MAX 2 votes)
  • Elmer Layden
  • Bert Bell
  • Pete Rozelle
  • Paul Tagliabue
  • Roger Goodell
  • NONE of the above
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3964

Newsweek says these are the top tourist sites in the U.S. Which have you visited?

  • Times Square, NYC
  • Central Park, NYC
  • The Strip, Las Vegas
  • Union Station, Washington, D.C.
  • Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
  • Grand Central Station, NYC
  • Magic Kingdom, Disney World, Fla.
  • Lincoln Park, Chicago
  • Disneyland Resort, Calif.
  • Faneuil Hall, Boston
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3965

Time Out says eight of these are the top tourist sites around the world (and I added two to make it ten). Which have you visited?

  • Basilica de la Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain
  • Colosseum, Rome, Italy
  • Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Gallerie Degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
  • Plaza de España, Seville, Spain
  • Iguazu Falls, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
  • Roman Baths, Bath, UK
  • Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy
  • Louvre, Paris, France
  • Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
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3966

The $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot is going to be drawn this upcoming Saturday. You get to secretly determine who wins. Who do you choose?

  • A cancer patient who has huge medical bills
  • A single mother juggling multiple jobs to feed her kids
  • A refugee who came to America a year ago
  • A minority-race person who’s suffered a lot of discrimination
  • A disabled veteran with both legs missing
  • An extremely bright student who lacks the money for schooling or starting their business idea
  • Someone whose appearance has led to much discrimination (weight, face, etc.)
  • A political or social activist whose views or causes you support
  • Some other blue-collar person, such as a server in a restaurant
  • None of the above; you’d prefer it go to some more affluent person
  • Some other type of person (specify in the Discussion for Polls thread)
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3967

“BABY ON BOARD!” sign on car
  • A gentle way to remind me to take a little extra caution on the road. Thanks!
  • Sort of annoying, but whatever.
  • Grateful, because I might have run them off the road had I not seen that sign in time!
  • An irritating, entitled entreaty by new parents who have no idea that anyone ever have a child before they did.
  • What sign? I was too busy weaving in and out of traffic at 70 mph to see it!
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3968

How many informative decorations (bumper stickers, window stickers, labeling, other graphic or textual message applications) do you have on your vehicle(s)?

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(select zero if you lack a vehicle to apply such decorations)