# What topic do we need a new poll about? -- Ideas gathering **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706 "2015-06-28T16:15:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/1 "2015-06-28T16:15:54Z")
Right now there are in-progress polls I have started on these topics: War/Military Movies Male Westerns Stars Female Westerns Stars Not quite polls but might as well be on: Emmy nominees for Dramas Favorite all-time TV shows ================================ What are some other topics that need polls to while away these lonely summer hours? A few possibilities: Best musicians by instrument Most annoying Pop Culture personas Best of the rising stars under 20 years of age What are some other burning issues? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/2 "2015-06-28T16:41:57Z")
How about a poll about what to poll about? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/3 "2015-06-28T16:48:21Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > How about a poll about what to poll about? Magnificent idea! See the OP for example. šŸ™‚ We might try to get into some **Godel ā€“ Escher ā€“ Bach** recursive themes even. We could just make this into a Junk Thread if bad goes to worseā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/4 "2015-06-28T17:01:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > How about a poll about what to poll about? Think outside the box, hereā€¦ how about a poll of things we _donā€™t_ want to have polls about? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/5 "2015-06-28T17:10:33Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Think outside the box, hereā€¦ how about a poll of things we _donā€™t_ want to have polls about? That might be a fun list, for sure! **Odors I have come to hate** , maybe? Speaking of which, how often in movies (or TV) do you try to imagine how that scene must smell? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/6 "2015-06-28T17:12:06Z")
My brain hurts! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/7 "2015-06-28T17:26:14Z")
Multiple choice poll of edible things currently growing in your yard. Iā€™ll leave it unsaid if this is a poll we want, or one we donā€™t want. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/8 "2015-06-28T17:32:31Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Multiple choice poll of edible things currently growing in your yard. > Iā€™ll leave it unsaid if this is a poll we want, or one we donā€™t want. That might depend on how much of the Animal Kingdom would be included. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/9 "2015-06-28T17:35:09Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > My brain hurts! Donā€™t laugh, but a list of possible reasons oneā€™s brain might hurt could be a topic worth exploring. Lobotomy? Failed suicide attempt? Falling parts of spacecraft? Sudden change in atmospheric pressure? ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/10 "2015-06-28T18:19:33Z")
We need more ā€œworstā€ polls than ā€œbestā€. Its way more interesting. Westerns and war movies, even fave tv shows? Sorry, but I canā€™t think of more boring topics. After a few pages it is not enticing to join in. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/11 "2015-06-28T18:59:21Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > That might depend on how much of the Animal Kingdom would be included. šŸ˜‰ Good point. Last week, a turtle dug a hole for a nest in my backyard. The day after, it was mostly filled in. I suspect there are eggs in it. I live on a lake, and there are multiple turtles that live there and like to sun themselves nearby. Yesterday, a duck laid an egg in my side yard. Not in a nest or anything, just in the grass kinda near my mango tree. This morning, the egg was gone. I suspect either an iguana (mixed messages online about whether they eat duck eggs) or a possum. This morning, a duck laid an egg in my side yard. Presumably the same duck. This time, under the mango tree. Guess weā€™ll see how this goes. Then thereā€™s the ackee tree. And a few random herbs. A few strawberries. And a little lettuce that hasnā€™t quite wilted in the summer heat, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/12 "2015-06-28T19:56:08Z")
As Iā€™ve said elsewhere, if you wanna do a favorite TV series poll, you have to break it down by decade and genre. Possible genres: Action/Adventure, Drama/Thriller, Sitcom, Game Show, Talk Show, Miniseries, Documentary (I watch A LOT of those). Otherwise, how could I possibly compare _ **The Sopranos** _ to \*\*_Hoganā€™s Heroes_ \*\* or _ **World War One** _? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/13 "2015-06-28T21:56:06Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > ā€¦ > Otherwise, how could I possibly compare _ **The Sopranos** _ to \*\*_Hoganā€™s Heroes_ \*\* or _ **World War One** _? If the question involves the shows you **like most** then the genre and decade arenā€™t major barriers to your liking them, as I see it. Judging them against some genre standard or decade norm (whatever that might be) could involve aspects of your taste other than plain **liking** the show as entertainment or information. But I have no problem with the level of depth you suggest ā€“ as long as somebody else does the grunt work to set it/them up to begin with. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/14 "2015-06-30T12:37:03Z")
Do you refuse to vote in this poll? Are you illiterate? Do you have trouble making minor decisions? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/15 "2015-06-30T12:50:54Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > Do you refuse to vote in this poll? > > Are you illiterate? > > Do you have trouble making minor decisions? šŸ˜ƒ Love them! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/16 "2015-06-30T13:46:23Z")
Man, you really love polls. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/17 "2015-06-30T14:23:41Z")
Iā€™d like to see a poll about which child stars have aged or developed professionally the best (and the worst would be interesting too). Doogie Howser? Opie? Blossom? Punky Brewster? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/18 "2015-06-30T14:39:59Z")
Whether liberals or conservatives pee in the shower more. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/19 "2015-06-30T23:41:15Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Donā€™t laugh, but a list of possible reasons oneā€™s brain might hurt could be a topic worth exploring. > > Lobotomy? Failed suicide attempt? Falling parts of spacecraft? Sudden change in atmospheric pressure? Ohh, big piece of brain hangin out of mā€™headā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706/20 "2015-07-02T00:39:38Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Iā€™d like to see a poll about which child stars have aged or developed professionally the best (and the worst would be interesting too). Doogie Howser? Opie? Blossom? Punky Brewster? This one has potential! Why not start a pre-poll thread for nominees? Some ideas I could list: Jodie Foster Kurt Russell Elizabeth Taylor (if you want the all-time type of list) Stevie Wonder Might be good to have a lower limit for their current ages. Maybe 40? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-topic-do-we-need-a-new-poll-about-ideas-gathering/723706.md?page=2)