The board is
- English only
- English only but let’s lighten up a bit, we’re just having fun here
- Not English Only
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What is your favorite Star Trek series?
- Star Trek (the original series)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Star Trek: Discovery
- Star Trek: Picard
- Star Trek: Lower Decks
- Star Trek: Prodigy
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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(There’s a lot of them; I hope I didn’t leave one out.)
- Ford
- Lincoln
- wait, are these cars or US presidents
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What was the first thing you thought of when you saw the above poll?
- Cars
- US Presidents
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Do you think your first thought would have been different if Lincoln was listed first?
- Yes
- No
- I don’t know. Maybe.
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While we’re on the subject of cars (or are we?), which defunct car brands have you ever owned?
- Pontiac
- Oldsmobile
- Saturn
- Saab
- Mercury
- Plymouth
- DeSoto
- Eagle
- AMC/Rambler
- Hummer
- Nash
- Hudson
- Studebaker
- Packard
- Triumph
- Morris
- Scion
- Geo
- Some other defunct brand I didn’t have room for because we’re only allowed 20 options (and I know the poll is rather biased towards American brands)
- None – either all the car brands I’ve ever owned still exist, or I’ve never owned a car before
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- Edsel
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Are you a better parent than your own parents were?
- No, my parents set the bar very high.
- I think I’m about on par with my parents.
- I’m definitely at least a better parent than one of my parents.
- Yes, I’m a much better parent than either of my parents ever were.
- I have no parents to compare myself to.
- I don’t know; I don’t see any way to quantify such a thing.
- I don’t have any children, yet.
- I don’t have any children, nor will I ever, so we’ll never know.
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Poll dearths and explosions:
- Surprise me
- I find them curious
- Do not surprise me
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- I know what a “poll dearth” is
- I don’t know what a “poll dearth” is
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At which of these now-defunct restaurant chains did you ever eat? (Choose all that apply)
- Burger Chef
- Cheeseburger in Paradise
- Chi-Chi’s
- Howard Johnson’s
- Red Barn
- Sambo’s
- ShowBiz Pizza Place
- Steak and Ale
- Sweet Tomatoes / Souplantation
- Lum’s
- None of these
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Continuing the trend of defunct things, which now defunct airlines have you ever flown on?
- Continental
- Northwest
- US Airways/USAir
- America West
- AirTran
- Aloha Airlines
- Eastern
- Pan Am
- TWA
- British Midland
- Sabena
- Swissair (Note: the original Swissair went under in 2002. The airline currently branded as “Swiss International Airlines” is a completely different airline)
- Alitalia
- Ansett Australia
- Spanair
- Mexicana
- Varig
- Other
- None of the above
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- Lincoln
- Booth
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In the poll above were you thinking of:
- That incident at the theater
- Characters in Suzan-Lori Parks’ play “TopDog/UnderDog”
- Seating options
- Other
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Let’s make it about seating options. You’re at an old fashioned drive-in, with car hops and all that. Where would you prefer to eat your meal?
- A Lincoln, parked outside the restaurant, with one of those trays that attaches to the window.
- A booth, inside the restaurant.
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There’s an old-fashioned drive-in called Doumar’s in Norfolk, Virginia. I recommend everyone who goes to that city try it at least once.
Carry on.
Do you think you will heed this recommendation?
- Absolutely
- If I’m in the area, sure
- I don’t see it ever happening but you never know
- Doubtful, even if the opportunity comes up
- Never, my hinduism forbids it
- Absolutely not, my atheism forbids it
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- I SWEAR it was “C’est n’est pas une pipe”, and obviously I must have been transported to an alternate universe where it’s now “Ceci n’est pas”
- The Mandela effect is bullshit, De La Rue, you’re just misremembering it
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I’ve actually been to Doumar’s and loved it!
- I, too, have been to Doumar’s and loved it
- I have been to Doumar’s but didn’t love it
- I have never been to Doumar’s
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Do you ever find a poll with the results already showing and not allowing you to vote?
- Yes I have
- No, I haven’t
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Do you live somewhere that ordering “chicken fingers” at a Chinese food place is going to get you a very different food than ordering chicken fingers at a pizza place?
- No
- Yes
- Yes and I want to point out that at some Chinese food places they stick the word golden or lemon in the title before the word chicken, but others don’t. How curious
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