Simple question, simple answer. Should Ireland legalise same-sex marriage? Yes 56%No 37%Don’t know 6% I always wonder about those “don’t knows”. They’re the ones I want to probe deeper and find out why they’re waffling.
Category Archive: Pointless Poll
Jan 29 2013
I think I got an A-
I took the Are You a Humanist? test, and only scored 90%. They’re not going to drum me out of the group, are they? Unfortunately, the results don’t tell me on which of the questions I fell short of the humanist ideal. I suspect one might have been where I said my purpose was to …
Jan 19 2013
North Dakota, chickenshit capitol of the world (plus a bonus poll!)
Professors Molly Secor-Turner and Brandy Randall of North Dakota State University were recently awarded a $1.2 million federal grant. Good news, right? The state should be happy, the university should be happy. NDSU is turning it down and returning the money. WHY? Because this is a grant to provide comprehensive sex education to teenagers in …
Jan 16 2013
An airport poll
Who else cringes when they have to fly into Reagan National Airport? I do. And then there’s that boring statue of the evil old fart near the roadway…ick. How about naming an airport after a liberal hero? There’s a poll to do just that. Should SFO be renamed in honor of Harvey Milk? Yes, great …
Jan 11 2013
A petition is a kind of poll, isn’t it?
First, go read Amy Roth’s summary of the situation: there is a small group of Mabusesque obsessive haters who have been harassing a number of vocal atheists for the past few years. I know; I’m one of their targets, and I can tell you, these people are really screwed up and pathologically focused on hating …
Jan 04 2013
Polling for an excuse
The Pickens County School Board has been informed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation that their habit of opening public meetings of a secular institution is illegal. Their response? A pointless poll, of course! Do you think prayer should be allowed at school board meetings? Yes 20% No 80% If ever I’m arrested for jaywalking …
Dec 11 2012
A pointless poll and a real long shot
Senator Jim DeMint is stepping down from his office in South Carolina. This means that Governor Nikki Haley gets to appoint a replacement. I have no confidence at all in Haley, and I think this is an absurdly unlikely long shot, but some people are pushing to have her nominate Herb Silverman, an intelligent, competent …
Nov 26 2012
Malala deserves it
I agree with Nonstampcollector. Vote for Malala Yousafzai for TIME's Person of the Year.
Nov 19 2012
A Bad Faith poll
The New Humanist has a yearly Bad Faith award, given to the person who exemplifies the worst of faith in the previous year. We’ve come off a bad year here in the US, and I thought for sure we’d see the slate filled with idiots from this one country…but this poll demonstrates that fools and …
Nov 06 2012
A poll for true skeptics!
Yay! You’ve all been waiting to prove your worth as real members of the skeptic movement, and here’s your chance: vote on this poll! Do you believe Bigfoot exists? 34% Yes 66% No Awesome. I feel pretty damn skeptical now, voting on the existence of a ridiculously improbable giant ape with a long history of …
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