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?

This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. Possible side effects of joining a collective or hive mind

• Instant communication
• Community
• Sense of purpose
• Loss of individuality
• Loss of free will
• Mutual trust

Resistance is futile.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's your fighting experience?
Choices:
I fight professionally - votes: 62 (1.9%)
I've been in a lot of fights - votes: 109 (3.3%)
Been involved in a few scrapes - votes: 1080 (32.9%)
I got hit but never really hit back - votes: 334 (10.2%)
Absolutely none - votes: 1701 (51.8%)
There were 3286 total votes.
The poll ended: December 11th 2021

The Way of the Leaf

This week's poll was a modified version of something jacob66 suggested. What are your violent tendencies?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What's your favorite poll?
Choices:
MangaUpdates polls - votes: 1009 (35.8%)
Poland - votes: 292 (10.3%)
Pole dancing - votes: 583 (20.7%)
Election polls - votes: 69 (2.4%)
Electric pole - votes: 128 (4.5%)
Pole arms - votes: 301 (10.7%)
The North Pole - votes: 440 (15.6%)
There were 2822 total votes.
The poll ended: December 4th 2021

Sorry, forgot fishing pole. And South Pole isn't an option because the North is objectively better since that's where Santa lives

This fun little poll was suggested by oddlyy. There's nothing serious about it.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: If you could rule the world completely and totally (instantaneously, at no death or personal cost), would you?
Choices:
No, that's too much work and pressure - votes: 1694 (51.3%)
Yes, I could make the world much better - votes: 1608 (48.7%)
There were 3302 total votes.
The poll ended: November 28th 2021

Wow, almost 50/50! Somehow this poll got more forum comments than the recent polls about offensive speech and artistic controversies

This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. You know all those 4X games where you control the world or a civilization? Would you want to do that in real life?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Would you rather be
Choices:
Deaf - votes: 2970 (89.6%)
Blind - votes: 344 (10.4%)
There were 3314 total votes.
The poll ended: November 20th 2021

So mute > deaf > blind