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Beckdawrek should object via poll in this thread.

  • Yes
  • Totally
  • Fer sure
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Designated hitter (DH) in baseball:
  • I support the universal DH.
  • I’d like it to go back to no DH in the NL.
  • I’d like for the DH to be gone altogether in both leagues.
  • I’d like for each team to permanently decide the rule at their individual home stadium.
  • I don’t have a strong opinion either way.
  • I don’t know enough about baseball to have any opinion.
  • What’s a designated hitter?
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Should I, Bad bad bad Beckdawrek object to the afore mentioned poll?

No. Pull up your big girl panties and take your hits

Yes. Cry in your pillow every night about the oppression you feel.

Eh. Don’t piss Tommy off.

How come this stupid thing don’t work?

Poll version added by Puzzlegal:

  • No. Pull up your big girl panties and take your hits.
  • Yes. Cry in your pillow every night about the oppression you feel.
  • Eh. Don’t piss Tommy off.
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Because you forgot to include “yes, but tongue in cheek.”

Or possibly, because you forgot one or more steps.
Beck forgot to:

  • click on the gear thingy on the far right at the top of the reply box
  • click on “build poll” in the popup that appears under the gear thingy
  • click on “add option” in the “build poll” box for as many options as desired
  • put choices in the option boxes in the build poll box
  • look at the top of the build poll box and select single choice or multiple choice
  • if “multiple choice”, look at the bottom of the build poll box and select the number of choices with the faint grey arrow thing on the right
  • click “insert poll” in the blue box at the bottom of the build poll window after that’s all done
  • something else
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– oh yes, and then hit the “reply” button; but you did that or the post wouldn’t have shown up at all.

  • something else
  • not something else
  • the usual
  • crêmê brüłēè
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Did you know that most packages of aluminum foil and plastic wrap have little pre-scored tabs on the ends of the box that you can press in to hold the roll in place?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Hold on, let me go to my kitchen and check … holy shit, you’re right!
0 voters

Which shower setting do you use?

  • I like a smaller, harder shower stream
  • I prefer a wider, more gentle stream
  • I go with something in between the hard stream and the soft stream
  • I do not have an adjustable shower head
  • I do not take showers
  • I vary my shower head setting from day to day
  • Other/Allow me to explain/I’m gonna wash that man right outta my hair and send him on his way.
0 voters

Never mind

Every book should have page numbers.

  • Yes
  • No
  • Don’t care
0 voters

You should never write in library books.

  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Don’t care
0 voters

I just wrote in small, neat page numbers in a 100-plus-page graphic novel I got from the library. Was that wrong of me?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Meh
  • It’s complicated
0 voters

In literary/cinematic honor of Guy Fawkes Day, I present polls on “V for Vendetta”

If you are familiar with the Graphic Novel Do you think the situation one year after the events would be:

  • Much worse in terms of prosperity.
  • Much worse in terms of freedom.
  • Somewhat worse in terms of prosperity.
  • Somewhat worse in terms of freedom.
  • About the same in terms of prosperity.
  • About the same in terms of freedom.
  • Somewhat better in terms of prosperity.
  • Somewhat better in terms of freedom.
  • Much better in terms of prosperity.
  • Much better in terms of freedom.
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If you are familiar with the Film Version do you think the situation one year after the events would be:

  • Much worse in terms of prosperity.
  • Much worse in terms of freedom.
  • Somewhat worse in terms of prosperity.
  • Somewhat worse in terms of freedom.
  • About the same in terms of prosperity.
  • About the same in terms of freedom.
  • Somewhat better in terms of prosperity.
  • Somewhat better in terms of freedom.
  • Much better in terms of prosperity.
  • Much better in terms of freedom.
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If you are familiar with both versions:

  • Outcomes would be about the same in both.
  • Outcomes for freedom would be worse in the film.
  • Outcomes for prosperity would be worse in the film.
  • Outcomes for freedom would be worse in the graphic novel.
  • Outcomes for prosperity would be worse in the graphic novel.
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If you are unfamiliar with both versions, but want to participate!

  • Having read the poll, I now want to read the graphic novel!
  • Having read the poll, I now want to see the movie!
  • Having read the poll, I wish to avoid both!
  • “The land of Do-As-You-Please”
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Christmas movies and television specials you watch every Christmas season.

  • A Christmas Story
  • Miracle on 34th Street
  • It’s A Wonderful Life
  • National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
  • Home Alone
  • Holiday Inn
  • White Christmas
  • Elf
  • Die Hard
  • How The Grinch Stole Christmas
  • A Charlie Brown Christmas
  • Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
  • Frosty The Snowman
  • Love Actually
  • Trading Places
  • A Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Babes In Toyland
  • A Christmas Carol [any version]
  • The Nutcracker [any version]
  • You forgot
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Do you and your current significant other exchange holiday gifts?

  • Yes
  • We used to but we no longer do
  • No, we never did
  • Gosh-darn you, Mustard! I told you before I don’t have an SO!
  • Other, I shall explain, last Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you threw it away
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Why do you generally avoid political debates?

  • I don’t avoid them. Hark, someone on the internet is wrong. Duty calls!
  • Others are much better at the art of debate than I
  • Honestly don’t believe anything I say will change anyone’s views
  • I believe that taking an oppositional approach will trigger opposition instinctively
  • I don’t believe that anyone who is ‘just asking questions’ is engaged in a search for truth
  • Others are more knowledgeable than me on most topics
  • Other
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How good are you at holding your breath?

  • I can’t get to 30 seconds
  • I can do 30-60 seconds
  • I can do 1 minute or longer
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When is the last time you remember seeing a public payphone?
  • I saw one just today!
  • Within the last week.
  • Within the last month.
  • Within the last 6 months.
  • Within the last year.
  • It’s been more than a year.
  • It’s been more than several years.
  • Not sure. They’re not important to me so I probably don’t notice them even if I see one.
0 voters
Pick one:
  • Ginger ale
  • Iced tea
  • Lemonade
  • Give me all three in a glass together, and put some booze in it!
0 voters

There’s a band called the Foo Fighters. You may have heard of them. What do you think “Foo Fighters” is supposed to mean?

  • Foo[d] Fighters
  • [Kung] Foo Fighters
  • It’s purpously ambiguous; it could be either
  • It doesn’t mean anything; it’s just a silly band name
  • I think it has some other meaning not listed in this poll
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