This week's poll was brought to you by the milk empire (just kidding, it's our member Ruruskadoo). You like boba milk tea (the way I say it kind of reveals where I'm from) or other drinks that have milk? You have a preferred type of milk to drink?

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Question: How do you say GIF?

Choices:

• Jif (Soft G, like "gel" or the peanut butter brand) - votes: 560 (20.6%)
• Gif (Hard G, like "go") - votes: 1970 (72.6%)
• G.I.F. (Individual letters) - votes: 86 (3.2%)
• What? - votes: 96 (3.5%)

There were 2712 total votes. The poll ended: April 26, 2025

I was surprised how much conversation was in the comments around this topic. Go see it for yourself

This week's poll was suggested by thepol. How do you pronounce GIF?

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: What's your current living situation?

Choices:

• Living with parents - votes: 1343 (55.4%)
• Living with just partner / spouse - votes: 201 (8.3%)
• Living with partner / spouse + children - votes: 93 (3.8%)
• Living with children without partner / spouse - votes: 15 (0.6%)
• Living with unrelated roommates / housemates - votes: 186 (7.7%)
• Living alone - votes: 587 (24.2%)

There were 2425 total votes. The poll ended: April 19, 2025

Honestly, this question is better off as a survey with follow up questions. Oh well

This week's poll was suggested by Afiaki. What's your current living situation? This poll does not include every possible option, and I left out the "Other" option on purpose. Just choose the option that feels most relevant to you. For example, some of you have children but also are taking care of elderly parents.

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: Do you intentionally look up spoilers?

Choices:

• Always - votes: 230 (10.2%)
• Sometimes - votes: 1332 (59.1%)
• Never - votes: 690 (30.6%)

There were 2252 total votes. The poll ended: April 12, 2025

I usually look up spoilers like the plots of movies before I watch them. My friends dislike me for it, even though I don't reveal the spoilers to them.

This week's poll was suggested by Viki.kdrama. Do you try to look up spoilers? Would you flip to the end of a book and read the last chapter first? Do you look up movie summaries on Wikipedia before watching it? A paper by Nicholas Christenfeld and Jonathan D. Leavitt actually found that people tend to enjoy stories more with spoilers (some caveats, so read the paper yourself)

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: When do you rate a series?

Choices:

• After looking at the cover - votes: 17 (0.8%)
• After reading the first few chapters - votes: 211 (10.2%)
• About halfway through - votes: 227 (10.9%)
• After I finish reading it (e.g., series completion, catching up to translations, or deciding to drop it) - votes: 1292 (62.2%)
• I don't rate anything - votes: 330 (15.9%)

There were 2077 total votes. The poll ended: April 5, 2025

Would you change your initial rating after some time?

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This week's poll was suggested by Karonhioktha. At what point do you decide to give a series a rating? Do you do the metaphorical judging the book by its cover?

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: If the original is R19 (i.e., rated R), is it okay to adapt it into R15 (i.e., rated PG-13)?

Choices:

• Yes - votes: 703 (29.6%)
• No - votes: 1156 (48.6%)
• No opinion - votes: 519 (21.8%)

There were 2378 total votes. The poll ended: March 29, 2025

But sales are better when it's a broader audience...

This week's poll was suggested by Nyxsha. If the original source material was R19, is it okay for an adaptation to be R15? Would action movies be better if they could show blood?

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: Would you give a bad rating to a good series just because you didn't like the ending?

Choices:

• Yes, endings matter a lot - votes: 618 (24.5%)
• Maybe, depends on how much I liked the rest of the series - votes: 1442 (57.1%)
• No, I would give a fair rating even if I disagree with the ending - votes: 466 (18.4%)

There were 2526 total votes. The poll ended: March 22, 2025

Gotta stick that landing. Looking at you, Game of Thrones

This week's poll was suggested by our member Viki.kdrama. What if you liked the entire series all the way up to the ending? Maybe the protagonist didn't get with your preferred love interest or there was a deus ex machina. How would you rate it? Would you even bother recommending it?

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: How do you feel about endings that are ambiguous or open to interpretation?

Choices:

• Like them - votes: 353 (19%)
• Don't care - votes: 480 (25.8%)
• Dislike them - votes: 1028 (55.2%)

There were 1861 total votes. The poll ended: March 15, 2025 (5 minutes ago)

If you read from the comments of last week, people's opinions were quite different on this one

This week's poll was suggested by our member Ruruskadoo. You ever watch the movie Inception? How do you feel about that ending? Do you like the kind of ending that is open to interpretation?

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: What do you think of the usual air quality where you live?

Choices:

• Panacea - votes: 62 (2.9%)
• Great - votes: 337 (15.9%)
• Good - votes: 544 (25.7%)
• Okay - votes: 429 (20.3%)
• Meh - votes: 155 (7.3%)
• Could be better - votes: 260 (12.3%)
• Bad - votes: 167 (7.9%)
• Terrible - votes: 75 (3.5%)
• Cancer - votes: 85 (4%)

There were 2114 total votes. The poll ended: March 8, 2025

Now I'm curious on the difference between the public perception of your air quality in your location vs. what you feel like it is.

This week's poll was suggested by LazyReviewer, who thought "art quality" was "air quality."

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Previous Poll Results:

Question: Have you ever climbed a tree?

Choices:

• Yes, the taller the better! - votes: 724 (30.4%)
• Yes, but only short ones - votes: 1086 (45.6%)
• Nope, not interested - votes: 573 (24%)

There were 2383 total votes. The poll ended: March 1, 2025

Now I'm wondering how many of you even have public parks nearby