This week's poll was modified from something that icassop suggested. What's your opinion on machine translations?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you feel when looking back at your childhood?
Choices:
Happy and nostalgic - votes: 1684 (60.2%)
Sad and regretful - votes: 1115 (39.8%)
There were 2799 total votes.
The poll ended: February 12th, 2022 8:36am PST

Awww, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed youth

This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. How good was your childhood?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Have you ever gone abroad (to a different country)?
Choices:
Yes, many times - votes: 817 (24.6%)
Yes, several times - votes: 1146 (34.5%)
Only once - votes: 495 (14.9%)
Never - votes: 859 (25.9%)
There were 3317 total votes.
The poll ended: February 5th, 2022 10:09am PST

If we were to do a true survey, it would include origin and destination countries. Maybe some people just travel more? Or in the case of Singapore, it's just a simple drive out of the city to get into another country.

Earlier today, we put out a new version of the site that changed most of the back-end code. If you experience any weirdness, please post in this thread:

https://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=131253

This week's poll was suggested by Lisj. Have you ever left your home country (maybe moving, for school, or just vacation)? My most recent trip was to Singapore in 2019 for my cousin's wedding.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you gamble?
Choices:
Yeah, mostly slot machines - votes: 45 (1%)
Yeah, mostly card or dice games - votes: 92 (2.1%)
Yeah, mostly sports betting - votes: 48 (1.1%)
Yeah, mostly horse racing (or something similar) - votes: 10 (0.2%)
Yeah, mostly bingo - votes: 11 (0.2%)
Yeah, mostly mahjong (or something similar) - votes: 34 (0.8%)
Yeah, mostly lottery or scratchcards - votes: 278 (6.3%)
Do gacha games count? - votes: 1038 (23.5%)
Do loot boxes count? - votes: 156 (3.5%)
I gamble, but none of the above - votes: 154 (3.5%)
None at all - votes: 2555 (57.8%)
There were 4421 total votes.
The poll ended: January 30th, 2022 10:41pm PST

I still play Fire Emblem Heroes

This week's poll was inspired by a work-related conference I recently attended at Las Vegas. It took 25 minutes to walk from the Bellagio (my hotel) to the Venetian (conference site).

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Favorite genre of music?
Choices:
Polka - votes: 13 (0.5%)
Soul / R&B (includes blues) - votes: 96 (3.5%)
Metal - votes: 350 (12.6%)
Rock - votes: 573 (20.6%)
Reggae - votes: 8 (0.3%)
Punk - votes: 65 (2.3%)
Pop - votes: 480 (17.3%)
Latin - votes: 17 (0.6%)
Jazz - votes: 109 (3.9%)
Hip hop / rap - votes: 178 (6.4%)
Funk - votes: 27 (1%)
Country - votes: 34 (1.2%)
Electronic - votes: 265 (9.5%)
Art music (e.g., Western classical) - votes: 126 (4.5%)
Religious - votes: 31 (1.1%)
Traditional / Folk - votes: 61 (2.2%)
Other - votes: 347 (12.5%)
There were 2780 total votes.
The poll ended: January 22nd 2022

My favorite piece of classical music is Tchaikovsky's violin concerto

This week's poll is about your favorite musical genre (prompted by a similar suggestion by jacob66). We haven't done this poll for over a decade, so maybe tastes have changed. The list of genres was taken from this Wikipedia article, so don't get made at me that your favorite didn't make it onto the list. If your favorite is considered a subgenre within a listed choice, just pick that choice (such as indie is under rock).

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How good was 2021 for you?
Choices:
I don't know - votes: 166 (4.9%)
Worst year ever... - votes: 312 (9.2%)
Not great - votes: 1119 (33%)
Average - votes: 1071 (31.6%)
Pretty good - votes: 618 (18.2%)
Great! Best year ever! - votes: 103 (3%)
There were 3389 total votes.
The poll ended: January 15th 2022

Meh

I should've done this poll last week, but I forgot

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Would you participate in extreme sports (i.e., bungee jumping, paragliding, BMX, street luge, etc)?
Choices:
No - votes: 1758 (64.2%)
Yes - votes: 980 (35.8%)
There were 2738 total votes.
The poll ended: January 8th 2022

Most of us are not adventurous and willing to risk neck and limb

This poll was inspired by something jacob66 suggested (although his suggestion was about "exotic entertainment devices," which isn't as well defined). Extreme sports has a Wikipedia article!

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's your ideal alignment for an antagonist?
Choices:
Lawful Good - votes: 184 (5.7%)
Neutral Good - votes: 105 (3.2%)
Chaotic Good - votes: 414 (12.8%)
Lawful Neutral - votes: 121 (3.7%)
Neutral - votes: 196 (6.1%)
Chaotic Neutral - votes: 559 (17.3%)
Lawful Evil - votes: 823 (25.5%)
Neutral Evil - votes: 368 (11.4%)
Chaotic Evil - votes: 463 (14.3%)
There were 3233 total votes.
The poll ended: January 2nd 2022

Chaotic Good beat Neutral Evil?

This week's poll was suggested by Crowned_Cumber. We did a similar poll half a year ago for protagonists, so this time it's all about the antagonist.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Does the morality of the author affect your enjoyment / consumption of their work?
Choices:
No - votes: 1496 (55.9%)
Yes - votes: 1178 (44.1%)
There were 2674 total votes.
The poll ended: December 25th 2021

Pretty even split down the middle.

And Merry Christmas!

This week's poll, suggested by F_J, is very similar to one we did a couple of months ago. Instead of scandals or controversies though, the focus is on morality or the agenda the author is trying to push.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Would you become part of a collective consciousness / hive mind?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 586 (19%)
No - votes: 2506 (81%)
There were 3092 total votes.
The poll ended: December 19th 2021

Could one argue that the mass media is already creating a lower form of collective consciousness?