# Test poll

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359 "2020-06-10T13:06:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/1 "2020-06-10T13:06:54Z")

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It’s been too long, want to make sure I can still remember how.

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### Author: ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/2 "2020-06-10T13:36:09Z")

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I thought the question was rather vague. 😃

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### Author: ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/3 "2020-06-10T13:48:04Z")

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Surely 5 is a typo?

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### Author: ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/4 "2020-06-10T13:58:17Z")

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Other: XLII

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### Author: ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/5 "2020-06-10T14:10:05Z")

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I chose ‘other’  
My personal choice was not listed.

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### Author: ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/6 "2020-06-10T14:50:58Z")

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These test threads are always the best!

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### Author: ![rmcdonald](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rmcdonald/32/304_2.png) [@rmcdonald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rmcdonald)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/7 "2020-06-10T14:52:00Z")

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:smack:

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### Author: ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/8 "2020-06-10T15:07:39Z")

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I chose 3 because I’m a middle-of-the-road kind of person.

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### Author: ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/9 "2020-06-10T15:14:42Z")

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Other!

My response to actual poll questions is almost always ‘other’. Which, since most of them don’t give the option, generally comes down to ‘refuse to answer’.

Unless it’s a legally-required USDA survey. Then it comes down to ‘use the paper version and scrawl things in the margins.’

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### Author: ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/10 "2020-06-10T15:22:08Z")

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Other…I will not vote for a number, I am a free man!

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### Author: ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/11 "2020-06-10T15:38:23Z")

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Hell, I’m just glad one of the polls I did today worked.

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### Author: ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/12 "2020-06-10T16:00:28Z")

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Who’s the idiot that chose “5”?

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### Author: ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/13 "2020-06-10T16:26:29Z")

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I was in a blue mood, so I voted for “2”.

If the poll had 50 different options, would the bar graph have 50 colors, or would it start repeating?

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### Author: ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/14 "2020-06-10T19:11:59Z")

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I refuse to participate in any poll which is so blatantly sixist.

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### Author: ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/15 "2020-06-10T19:16:50Z")

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1.

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### Author: ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/16 "2020-06-12T14:25:30Z")

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In the movie “Emperor of the North,” Lee Marvin was the character “A Number 1.” So I chose 1, even though I am _not_ Lee Marvin.

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### Author: ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/17 "2020-06-12T14:45:23Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I refuse to participate in any poll which is so blatantly sixist.

Thread winner.

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### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359/18 "2020-06-12T22:55:12Z")

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73, obviously.
