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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
582

Have you gotten your free COVID tests?

  • Yes
  • No, I ordered them but they haven’t arrived yet
  • No, I haven’t ordered them yet but I plan to
  • No, I didn’t order them and don’t plan to
  • No, I don’t live in the US

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Have you gotten your free N95 masks?

  • Yes
  • No, I haven’t been to a store that has them yet, but I’ll get them eventually
  • No, I don’t plan to get them
  • No, other reason
  • No, I don’t live in the US

0 voters

583

Does everyone see lobotomyboy’s snack poll results as an enormous pie chart that doesn’t even fit on a laptop screen?

  • Yep, giant pie chart. I can only see about 40% of it.
  • Looks OK to me.
  • Other

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584

One genie offers to give you the ability to eat as much ice cream as you want with absolutely no health implications at all (weight gain, lactose intolerance, diabetes, etc.) A second genie offers you money to turn down the first genie’s offer. What is the minimum amount of money the second genie must offer you before you will accept the money instead of the ice cream thing.

  • $10
  • $100
  • $1000
  • $10,000
  • $100,000
  • $1,000,000
  • $10,000,000
  • $100,000,000
  • $1,000,000,000
  • No amount of money – I want the ice cream thing!

0 voters

585
  • Bread
  • Beard

0 voters

586

If you were a movie director, and given a no-questions-asked budget of $300 million, what kind of movie would you film?

  • Pixar-type animation
  • Historical movie or biopic
  • Action/adventure/thriller
  • Love/romance
  • Comedy
  • Science fiction/alternate world
  • other

0 voters

587

Followup to the comfort food poll:

The Boston Globe recently published a story citing 30 can’t miss winter comfort foods available at Boston-area restaurants. Which of the following are you hungry for?

  • Tater tot poutine
  • Stewed oxtail
  • Oasis Ginger Bomb Juice
  • Ma po tofu
  • Silken tofu stew
  • Chicken and waffles
  • Pastrami Reuben
  • Black olive and tomato bagels
  • Haitian spaghetti
  • Spaghetti Carbonara
  • Nine-hour French onion soup
  • Nutella and strawberry french toast
  • Ropa Vieja
  • Chocolate chunk cookie
  • Phó’ Dac Biet
  • Honey-glazed biscuits
  • Goat cheese croquettes
  • No thanks, I’ll finish off the rest of my ice cream stash
  • It was traitorous of the Globe to not list an example of good New England clam or seafood chowder

0 voters

588

Do you own an electric can opener?

  • Yes, because I or someone in my household is unable to open cans with a manual opener
  • Yes, because we open a lot of cans.
  • Yes, because it was a gift.
  • Yes, because I deserve nice things.
  • No, because I can’t afford one.
  • No, because I don’t open enough cans to really need one.
  • No, because I don’t have enough space for one
  • No, because I don’t want to waste the electricity (or pay for the electricity)

0 voters

589
Did you know that ice cream came in cans ?
  • Yes
  • No

0 voters

590

Your favorite artist, musician, writer, actor, celebrity, poet or director, etc. is suddenly caught in some sort of high-profile scandal (racism, abuse, crime, etc). What do you do?

  • Ditch his or her art; it’s tainted
  • Continue to consume the art; one must separate artist from art

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591
Day-to-day wardrobe:
  • I like to create a unique look every day
  • I have a rotation of a handful of outfits
  • I wear more or less the same outfit every day
  • Am I going out?

0 voters

592

Skills that I have made some semi-serious attempt at learning to do well but never quite got as good as I had hoped:

  • Learn another language
  • Juggling
  • Magic tricks
  • Playing an instrument
  • Poker
  • Singing
  • Computer programming
  • Photography
  • Creative writing
  • Drawing / painting
  • Woodworking
  • Ice skating
  • Chess
  • Cooking
  • Gardening
  • Baking
  • Roller skating / blading
  • Dancing
  • Sign language

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593

Skills that I have made some semi-serious attempt at learning to do well AND DID AWESOME!

  • Creative writing

  • Learn another language

  • Playing an instrument

  • Drawing / painting

  • Juggling

  • Baking

  • Chess

  • Computer programming

  • Cooking

  • Gardening

  • Magic tricks

  • Photography

  • Singing

  • Woodworking

  • Dancing

  • Ice skating

  • Poker

  • Roller skating / blading

  • Sign language

0 voters

594

When you stick your new registration sticker on your license plate you:

  • Scrape off the old sticker first
  • Just stick it on top of the old sticker
  • My state / country doesn’t use stickers

0 voters

595

As of today (Feb-4-2022), what do you expect to happen in Ukraine eventually?

  • Russia attacks
  • Russia withdraws; no war

0 voters

596

Favorite:

  • Kakuro
  • Wordle
  • Sudoku
  • Crossword Puzzles
  • Cryptics
  • Cryptograms
  • Kriss Kross

0 voters

597
  • Mayonnaise
  • Miracle Whip
  • Ew to both

0 voters

598
  • I have had COVID
  • I have not had COVID

0 voters

599

Which of these things have you heard of?

600

How many consecutive years of law-abiding, model-citizen life would it take for you to trust an ex-felon?

  • Less than 10 years
  • 10 years
  • 20 years
  • 30 years
  • 40 years
  • 50 years
  • Never

0 voters

601

Are you disappointed that the electric can opener poll didn’t have a choice for “I use a manual can opener because Alton Brown taught me how unhygienic the electric ones are.”

  • Yes
  • No

0 voters