Pete Buttigieg is from Indiana.
He moved to Traverse City, Michigan (his husband’s home town) in 2022.
Wrong thread.
You guys are posting in the wrong thread. This is the “no discussion” thread.
Anyhow, back to the thread:
You are just about to retire. You’ve got all your retirement plans ready to go, even the travel/vacation tickets bought, and in fact have already turned in your 2-week notice, when your boss (who had just presented you with a gold watch last week) suddenly summons you to his office,…
“Cough cough, _________, some good unexpected news; our company has suddenly had demand explode just overnight, and we need your services even more at this time. We anticipate that growth and demand will climb for a long while to come. I know you were planning to retire right now, but we would be willing to pay you 4x your current salary per year, for each additional year that you are willing to stay on.”
- Agree to work for company for 1 more year
- Agree to work for company for 2 more years
- Agree to work for company for 3 or even more years
- Refuse the offer and retire as originally planned
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voters
- I live in the US and the home state of the Prez/VP candidate is an issue for me, and I believe it is for other voters
- I live in the US and the home state of the Prez/VP candidate is not an issue for me, but I believe it is for other voters
- I live in the US and the home state of the Prez/VP candidate is an issue for me, but I believe it is not for other voters
- I live in the US and the home state of the Prez/VP candidate is not an issue for me, and I believe it is also not for other voters
- I don’t live in the US and think the home state of the Prez/VP candidate is probably an issue
- I don’t live in the US and think the home state of the Prez/VP candidate is probably not an issue
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voters
It’s laundry day in my house, so let’s do a really mundane poll.
What kind of laundry detergent do you use? If you don’t necessarily purchase the same kind every time, just go with what’s in your laundry room right now.
- Liquid
- Powder
- Pods
- Sheets
- Nothing, just water
- Someone else does my laundry and I don’t know what they use
- Something else
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voters
Can you recite the lyrics to the first verse of The Star Spangled Banner?
- I am American, and yes you bet I can!
- I am American, and I know most of it, but I usually mumble through a line or two.
- I am American, and I don’t know most of it.
- I am American, and I kind of only know the beginning and the end.
- I am American, and I didn’t know there were lyrics.
- I am not American, and yes I can.
- I am not American, and I know a lot of it.
- I am not American, and I don’t know much or any of it.
- I am not American, and I didn’t know there were lyrics.
- Something else?
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voters
- Just the first verse? I can give you way more than that!
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voters
What math classes have you taken (in high school, college, or another setting)? If you took one class that covered more than one of these topics, check all that apply.
- Algebra
- Geometry
- Calculus
- Real analysis
- Complex analysis
- Vector analysis
- Differential geometry
- Abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc)
- Galois theory
- Matrix algebra
- Differential equations
- Probability
- Statistics
- Symbolic logic
- Set theory
- Number theory
- Topology
- Numerical analysis
- Game theory
- Graph theory
- I have not taken any of these classes
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voters
Assume Trump has a second term as President starting in 2025.
- I feel his second term will be far better than his first term was.
- I feel his second term will be noticeably better than his first term was.
- I feel his second term will be at about the same level that his first term was.
- I feel his second term will be noticeably worse than his first term was.
- I feel his second term will be far worse than his first term was.
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voters
- a-lleg’d
- a-llege-ed
- sometimes one, sometimes the other
- hey, don’t look at me, it wasn’t my fault
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voters
Which is the scarier meme?
- Someone in the Secret Service was deliberately trying to kill Trump.
- The idiots in charge of Trump’s security are also in charge of Biden’s and Harris’ security.
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voters
You live in a regime similar to North Korea, Project 2025, the Taliban or Nazi Germany.
One day, your adult son or daughter finds themselves in a Rosa Parks/Gandhi/Sophie Scholl type of situation. In the spur and heat of the moment, he/she considers making a highly visible, public gesture of defiance against the regime.
As the parent, you are given magical foresight into exactly what will unfold if they do so. 1) Your son/daughter will promptly be executed by the regime, probably with exceptionally painful methods. But also, 2), their defiant public gesture, and death, will lead to a revolution that will eventually topple the regime and bring democracy and human rights for the nation, and history will laud them as a hero.
What would you prefer that your son/daughter do?
- I would prefer that they make the bold gesture of defiance
- I would prefer that they not make the bold gesture of defiance
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voters
Alright, alright, Mickey’s a mouse, Donald’s a duck, Pluto’s a dog. What’s Goofy?
- Goofy’s a dog. He’s definitely a dog.
- He can’t be a dog. He drives a car and wears a hat.
- That is weird. What the hell is Goofy?!
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voters
What do you call that object?
- Besser block
- Breeze block
- Cinder block
- Concrete block
- Concrete masonry unit (CMU)
- Grey block
- Something else
- I don’t have a name for those things.
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voters
What calculating tools do you own? You can include devices that are no longer functional.
- Electronic calculator (stand alone, not a phone)
- Mechanical desk calculator
- Magic Brain stylus calculator or similar device
- Curta
- Another type of mechanical calculator
- Linear slide rule
- Circular slide rule
- Another type of slide rule
- Abacus / soroban
- Printed logarithm tables
- Napier’s bones
- Babbage difference engine or analytical engine (yeah, right)
- Another type of device not mentioned here
- I don’t own any of these things
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voters
Hah! I’ve been Geocaching since August 2001. On August 27th, I will have found one everyday for 8 years.
Tom
Was @Big_Tom 's post a poll?
- Yes
- No
- Aw, do we really still care about that?
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voters
How do/did you get along with your in-laws?
- Famously. Like we were family already.
- It’s good. We get along fine.
- Okay, I guess. I’m never really uncomfortable, but I wouldn’t really hang out with these people otherwise.
- There’s some I like, even a lot, others not so much.
- We can be polite, but it’s not super comfortable to be alone together.
- It’s contentious, but mostly civil. We just don’t really get along.
- There is open, mutual hostility.
- I have more than one set of in-laws that I had very different relationships with.
- Something else?
- I don’t have in-laws, never did.
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voters
When you shower, how likely are you to wash your hair?
- I always wash my hair when i shower
- I wash my hair unless it’s an extra shower, like i did something unusual that required showering
- I often shower without washing my hair
- Never. I wash my hair, but not when i shower
- I don’t wash my hair
- I have no hair
- None of these options works for me, but i want to vote.
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voters
I’ve always considered drinking a glass of milk to be a normal thing to do, but some people find it strange. Where do you fall on this issue?
- It’s normal to drink a glass of milk.
- It’s strange to drink a glass of milk.
- something else
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voters