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Is a person a bigot if they dislike a culture?

  • Yes. Doing so, automatically makes you a bigot.
  • No. You can dislike a culture and not be a bigot.
  • It is okay to cherrypick aspects of cultures to dislike but not an entire culture. Examples: The Aztecs and human sacrifice. Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The Spartans and infanticide.
  • Yes but only if the culture is not their own.
  • They are not a bigot as long as they do not feel superior to the people of the disliked culture and still treat individuals of that culture as unique individuals and not stereotypes.
  • The answer to the question is very complicated.
  • Other.
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Neck beard or no neck beard?

Just to clarify, this poll is for those who can grow facial hair and chose to wear facial hair. If you don’t qualify I will leave a blank space at the bottom for you to push on.

Regardless of beard length do you shave any of your face?

  • If a follicle can grow hair on my face I let the hair grow including the neck
  • I shave everything below the jawline or some line near the jawline
  • I have a neck beard only and shave everything above that
  • I have some other style of facial hair I consider a beard but it doesn’t fit into the above
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Did you get a pumpkin for Halloween? 2023 edition
  • I got a pumpkin to display whole.
  • I got a pumpkin to carve.
  • I got a pumpkin to cook with.
  • I got a pumpkin, but not necessarily for Halloween.
  • I got a pumpkin but I haven’t yet decided what to do with it.
  • I haven’t decided whether or not to get a pumpkin.
  • I got some ornamental gourds.
  • No I don’t do pumpkins.
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Have you ever been to any Homecoming event (after graduation, not while you were a student there)? You can include events at any kind of educational institution that you graduated from or even just attended. Don’t include events at places you didn’t attend.

  • I never attended any educational institution that had Homecoming or I don’t know if any did.
  • I’ve attended an educational institution that has had Homecoming, but I’ve never attended an event.
  • Yes, I’ve been to at least one Homecoming event.
  • I attended Other University where I majored in Other.
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How do you understand this line from the Rolling Stones’ song Paint It Black?

I see people turn their heads and quickly look away

  • “I see people turn their heads and THEY quickly look away.”
  • “I see people turn their heads and I quickly look away.”
  • Some other interpretation.
  • I don’t know, I don’t care, or I’ve never heard the song.
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What’s the first thing you think of when you think of Tim Curry?

  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • It
  • Clue
  • Muppet Treasure Island
  • his voice work
  • some other movie or TV role
  • something not acting-related
  • Who’s Tim Curry?
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It’s some years into the future, and after an acceptably long life, you have died. And to your delight and/or surprise, not only is there an afterlife, you got into heaven.

If, as part of your heavenly orientation, you were offered the option of seeing a presentation about small things you did throughout life that unwittingly led to positive outcomes, would you be interested?

Things might include a time you decided to do the dishes before you left the house which kept you from getting into an accident with a distracted driver who was on the road when you originally intended to leave; when you replaced an extension cord days before it would have caused a fire; when you moved a fallen branch off an wet path someone would have tripped over and been seriously hurt; when you impulsively plowed the neighbor’s driveway and he didn’t have a heart attack shoveling; when you showed an old coworker a listing for the pet they’d adopt and who then helped them get through a horribly tough time after you lost touch…

Would you want to see your clip reel?

  • Yes
  • Yes, but only if I didn’t have to see a reel on things I unwittingly made worse too
  • No
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The oldest post-WWII suburb in the US are now 76 year old (Going by the year construction started on Levittown, NY, in 1947, widely considered America’s first post war suburb).

When do you think a mid-20th century American subdivision will be designated as an historic district, whether by a local, state, or federal government? I mean an entire neighborhood being granted historic status, not just an individual building.

  • Within the next 10 years
  • 11 to 20 years from now
  • 21 to 30 years from now
  • 31 to 40 years from now
  • 41 to 50 years from now
  • 51 or more years from now
  • I don’t think such a neighborhood will ever be granted historic status
  • A midcentury subdivision already has been granted historic status, WildaBeast is just unaware of it
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In the previous poll, several people selected “A midcentury subdivision already has been granted historic status, WildaBeast is just unaware of it”…

  • Those people were just speculating that there probablty is a midcentury historic district somewhere; they don’t actually know there is one.
  • Those people know about a specific historic district, and they’re going to tell us which one they were thinking of in the discussion thread, right?
  • Those people know about a specific historic district, but they’re not going to tell the rest of us about it.
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A lot of the people in the vegan thread say they never really liked meat. That’s the “don’t like meat” option. You don’t have to hate it to say you don’t like it in this poll, just that you’d prefer to eat other stuff. If you avoid meat because of health or ethical issues, but really enjoy it when do eat it, vote that you like it.

And for purposes of this poll, say you like asparagus if you like it at least as much as most vegetables, and you’ll eat it when it’s on your plate. You don’t have to love it. But if it’s something you avoid, especially as compared to other vegetables, pick “don’t like”.

  • I like meat and i like asparagus
  • I like meat and i don’t like asparagus
  • I don’t like meat and i like asparagus
  • I don’t like meat and i don’t like asparagus
  • Something else
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Given that information, and also given the information that 100% of the people answering the poll accompanying it as of the time of my typing this say that they do like meat: is the reason for this discrepancy:

  • a near-total lack of overlap between the people reading this thread and the people reading that other thread?
  • people are giving different replies in this thread and that one
  • just coincidence in who’s posting first; as soon as thorny posts this one, a number of people will post in the one above that they don’t like meat
  • something else
  • how could you not list bacon as an option in a poll involving meat?
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Did you think there’s a higher fraction of vegetarians in:

  • A thread about vegetarianism
  • A general purpose thread
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Comedy-horror! Pick your favorite 3 out of these:
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • Arachnophobia
  • Army of Darkness
  • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
  • Bubba Ho-Tep
  • Cabin in the Woods
  • Club Dread
  • Creepshow
  • Dead Alive
  • Eating Raoul
  • Eight Legged Freaks
  • Fright Night
  • House
  • John Dies at the End
  • Killer Klowns From Outer Space
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • Piranha 3D
  • Return of the Living Dead
  • Shaun of the Dead
  • They Live
  • This Is the End
  • Tremors
  • Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
  • What We Do in the Shadows
  • Young Frankenstein
  • Zombieland
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Does asparagus make your urine smell different?

  • Yes, I smell a difference
  • No, I smell no difference
  • Other people say it affects my urine, but I can’t smell it
  • Something else
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Preferred AM caffeine intake:

  • Coffee
  • Black tea
  • Green tea
  • Matcha tea
  • Kambucha
  • Yerba Mate
  • Cacao
  • Energy drink
  • Caffeinated soft drink (diet or sugared)
  • Caffeine gum or pill
  • Something else caffeinated (explain in the thread)
  • No caffeine, please
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AM caffeine intake WHEN YOUR PREFERRED CAFFEINE ISN’T AVAILABLE.

  • Coffee
  • Black tea
  • Green tea
  • Matcha tea
  • Kambucha
  • Yerba Mate
  • Cacao
  • Energy drink
  • Caffeinated soft drink (diet or sugared)
  • Caffeine gum or pill
  • Something else caffeinated (explain in the thread)
  • No caffeine, please
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When you do laundry, what is your priority?

  • Speed - get the laundry done in the shortest time possible
  • Save power - get the laundry done using the least electricity-consuming method
  • Cleanliness - get the clothes washed thoroughly and detergent all rinsed out, even if it means using a time-consuming cycle or 2 cycles
  • The particulars of the clothing - making sure delicates are unharmed, etc.
  • Other
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Your favorite Muppets movie?
  • The Muppet Movie (1979)
  • The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
  • Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
  • Muppets from Space (1999)
  • The Muppets (2011)
  • Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
  • I don’t have a favorite
  • I haven’t seen enough of these to have a favorite
  • I don’t remember enough of these to have a favorite
  • I’ve never seen any Muppet movie
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Would you eat cooked bugs from a street vendor?

  • Yes
  • No
  • I’ve already eaten prepared bugs
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Are you voting for Biden in 2024 enthusiastically, or reluctantly?

  • I’m voting for Biden enthusiastically - he’s the best the Democratic Party has
  • I’m voting for Biden reluctantly - not excited about him, but he’s the pragmatic and only option, even if he leaves much to be desired
  • I’m not voting for Biden
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