When giving your birthday, do you say the name of the month or the number of the month?
- name of the month (“January”, “February”, etc)
- number of the month (1 for January, 2 for February, etc)
- It varies.
- something else
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A longwinded poll involving cats (mostly) and catpans. For the relevant questions, if you live with multiple indoor or indoor/outdoor cats, N is the number of such cats who you live with. If your situation has varied as to the number of cats and pans, pick all that apply.
My household uses this many catpans:
- N + 1 catpans, each of them in a different location in the house, or at least some of them significantly separated from the others.
- N + 1 catpans, but all close to each other in the house.
- More than two catpans, but no more than the number of cats; in different locations in the house.
- More than two catpans, but no more than the number of cats; in basically the same location.
- Two catpans, separated; although I live with more than two cats.
- Two catpans, more or less together; although I live with more than two cats;
- One catpan, although I live with two cats.
- One catpan, although I live with three or more cats.
- Two catpans, separated, although I live with only one cat.
- Two catpans, close together, although I live with only one cat.
- More than two catpans, although I live with only one cat.
- One catpan; I live with only one cat.
- No catpans. I live with at least one cat who comes indoors, but they all go outside to eliminate.
- No catpans. The cats of my household all live outside.
- No catpans. I don’t live with any cats.
- I don’t live with any cats; but I live with a non-human of some other species, and that creature uses at least one catpan.
- Other. Despite the length of this list, I’ve probably left something out.
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What term do you use most often?
- Cat box
- Cat pan
- Cat tray
- Litter box
- Litter pan
- Litter tray
- Cat pot
- Cat potty
- Sandbox
- I use some other term
- I have never had the need to refer to this object by any name
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How many of your pets have been euthanized?
Not counting farm animals or wildlife. Pets may be family pets or household pets, not necessarily your personal pet.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10 or more.
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Were you in the room when your pet(s) passed?
- Always
- Never
- Sometimes
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Which of the following statements apply to any pets you have now, or had at any time in the past? By “real” name, I mean one that you would report in formal or official contexts, such as when registering your pet with a veterinarian, licensing authority, breeding association, etc. By “other” name, I mean a nickname or some other epithet or term of endearment/derision.
- I (almost) always addressed my pet by its real name.
- I usually addressed my pet by its real name, but sometimes used some other name.
- I usually addressed my pet by some other name, but sometimes used its real name.
- I (almost) never addressed my pet by its real name, but rather used some other name.
- I used so many different names to address my pet that I wouldn’t consider any one of them to be its real name.
- My pet had a name of some sort, but I never used any name to address it.
- My pet never had a name of any sort, and I never addressed it.
- My pet never had a name of any sort, but I did address it using generic or indirect formulations (“Hey you!”, etc.).
- Other people who regularly addressed my pet tended to use the same name I addressed it with.
- Other people who regularly addressed my pet tended to use a different name than the one I addressed it with.
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- I have 2 cat pans for 2 cats
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At the store(s) where I regularly buy groceries…
- The cashier normally puts the items into bags
- There is a bagger (an employee, other than the cashier, who puts groceries in bags)
- Customers bag their own groceries (even though there is a cashier)
- I normally use self-checkout
- Something else?
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Have you had cataract surgery? What kind of lens(es) did you get?
- Monofocal - near vision
- Monofocal - intermediate vision
- Monofocal - far vision
- Monofocal - different distance for each eye
- Toric
- Multifocal
- Multifocal toric
- No lens(es)
- Something else
- I have not had cataract surgery
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What brand of cigarette did your dad mostly smoke?
- Benson & Hedges
- Camel
- Capri
- Chesterfield
- Cleopatra
- Derby
- Doina
- Doral
- Du Maurier
- Eve
- Hilton
- Holiday
- Kent
- Kool
- L&M
- Lambert & Butler
- Lark
- Lucky Strike
- Marlboro
- Merit
- Mild Seven
- More
- Newport
- Old Gold
- Pall Mall
- Parliament
- Philip Morris
- Red & White
- Richmond
- Rothmans
- Salem
- Sterling
- Tareyton
- True
- Vantage
- Viceroy
- Virginia Slims
- Wills Gold Flake
- Winfield
- Winston
- Woodbine
- Other
- Dad didn’t smoke
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What brand of cigarette did your mom mostly smoke?
- Benson & Hedges
- Camel
- Capri
- Chesterfield
- Cleopatra
- Derby
- Doina
- Doral
- Du Maurier
- Eve
- Hilton
- Holiday
- Kent
- Kool
- L&M
- Lambert & Butler
- Lark
- Lucky Strike
- Marlboro
- Merit
- Mild Seven
- More
- Newport
- Old Gold
- Pall Mall
- Parliament
- Philip Morris
- Red & White
- Richmond
- Rothmans
- Salem
- Sterling
- Tareyton
- True
- Vantage
- Viceroy
- Virginia Slims
- Wills Gold Flake
- Winfield
- Winston
- Woodbine
- Other
- Mom didn’t smoke
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“clique”
- cleeck
- click
- cliquay
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failed formatting test
failed formatting test
- band name
- shout of exasperation
- returned error message
- euphemism
- cherry pie!
- other
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What’s in your Apple Wallet / Google Wallet / other smartphone wallet?
- Credit / debit card
- Virtual “cash”
- Driver’s license / ID card (only available in a handful of states)
- Transit pass
- Gift cards
- Car insurance card
- Medical / dental / prescription insurance cards
- Airline / hotel / car rental / other travel related loyalty cards
- Store / restaurant loyalty cards (e.g. Subway rewards)
- Membership cards (AAA, AARP, etc.)
- Library card
- Tickets for upcoming shows
- Train / bus tickets
- Airline boarding passes
- COVID vaccination card
- Something else that doesn’t fit in any of these categories
- I have a smartphone but I don’t use the wallet app
- I don’t have a smartphone
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What’s in your physical wallet?
- Cash (as in paper notes)
- Coins
- Credit / debit cards
- Driver’s license / ID card
- Transit pass
- Gift cards
- Car insurance card
- Medical / dental / prescription insurance cards
- Airline / hotel / car rental / other travel related loyalty cards
- Store / restaurant loyalty cards (e.g. Safeway rewards)
- Membership cards (AAA, AARP, etc.)
- Library card
- COVID vaccination card
- Receipts
- Photos of loved ones
- Something else that doesn’t fit in any of these categories
- I don’t carry a wallet
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Which allows you, personally, to write faster?
- Cursive
- Printing
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Which would you estimate you can do faster?
- Handwriting, in whichever style is fastest for you
- Typing
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- my (print) handwriting is awesome
- it is fairly legible
- it is barely legible
- it is cryptic
- even I sometimes struggle trying to read it
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- my cursive is a work of art
- it is somewhat legible (to fogeys)
- a barely legible scrawl
- chickenscratch
- what are these squiggles of mystery?
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Do you make more “typos” when writing or typing?
- More typos when writing by hand
- More typos when typing on a keyboard
- About the same number of typos either way.
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Nearly half of U.S. adults sleep with their pets, but this cozy habit often backfires. Research shows it’s linked to poorer sleep quality, increased insomnia, and frequent night wakings. While pets provide emotional comfort, their movements and noises can disrupt a good night’s rest. Exploratory analyses indicated that the negative impact of co-sleeping with pets on human sleep was more associated with dog ownership than cat ownership, more pronounced when individuals own a greater number of pets, and not impacted by bondedness to pets.
- I sleep with dog/s and sleep well
- I sleep with dog/s and don’t sleep well
- Someone and I sleep with dog/s and sleep well
- Someone and I sleep with dog/s and one or both of us don’t sleep well
- I sleep with cat/s and sleep well
- I sleep with cat/s and don’t sleep well
- Someone and I sleep with cat/s and sleep well
- Someone and I sleep with cat/s and one or both of us don’t sleep well
- I sleep with dog/s and cat/s and sleep well
- I sleep with dog/s and cat/s and don’t sleep well
- Someone and I sleep with dog/s and cat/s and sleep well
- Someone and I sleep with dog/s and cat/s and one or both of us don’t sleep well
- I don’t sleep with dogs or cats
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The typography gods have decreed that the usual double and single quotation marks (“…” and ‘…’) are hereby banished from the English language. You have been appointed to borrow a replacement from another language. Select one of the following pairs for primary and secondary (inner) quotes that will henceforth be used for all English texts:
- «…» and „…“ (used in Mongolian, Russian, Uzbek)
- «…» and ‹…› (used in Amharic, Uyghur, Swiss French/German/Italian)
- »…« and ›…‹ (used in Danish, German)
- »…» and ’…’ (used in Finnish, Swedish)
- ”…” and ’…’ (used in Bosnian, Swedish)
- „…“ and ’…‘ (used in Macedonian)
- „…“ and ’…’ (used in Bulgarian)
- „…“ and ‚…‘ (used in Czech, German, Slovak, Slovene)
- „…” and «…» (used in Romanian)
- „…” and »…« (used in Hungarian, Polish)
- „…” and ’…’ (used in Serbian)
- „…” and ‚…’ (used in Dutch)
- 《…》 and 〈…〉 (used in North Korean, Tai Lue, Tai Le, Tibetan)
- 「…」 and 『…』 (used in Chinese, Japanese)
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