This week's poll was suggested by NoKissNoLife. Would having a good virtual/digital life be enough to satisfy you? Would escaping from this physical reality be enough?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: At what age are you going to stop acting for the future (saving money, climbing corporate ladder, eating right, exercising, raise family, etc) and focus on enjoying yourself and be in the moment?
Choices:
20 years old - votes: 600 (20.1%)
30 years old - votes: 376 (12.6%)
40 years old - votes: 385 (12.9%)
50 years old - votes: 458 (15.4%)
60 years old - votes: 529 (17.8%)
70 years old - votes: 218 (7.3%)
80+ years old - votes: 413 (13.9%)
There were 2979 total votes.
The poll ended: March 26th, 2022 9:13am PDT
Live in the moment right from the start?
Humble Bundle is offering another bundle of manga by Kodansha. You'll get a bunch of DRM-free digital volumes of manga based on a tier system. There's a dropdown labeled "Adjust Donation" to change the split on where your money goes, as some of it goes to charity.
Here's what you can get:
Princess Jellyfish vols 1-9
To Your Eternity vols 1-13
Parasyte vols 1-8
Space Brothers vols 1-36
Knights of Sidonia vols 1-7
Your Lie in April vols 1-11
A Condition Called Love vols 1-6
Kounodori: Dr. Stork vols 1-15
Witch Hat Atelier vols 1-4
My Boy in Blue vols 1-8
Our Precious Conversations vols 1-5
Blue Lock vols 1-3
The Quintessential Quintuplets vols 1-7
Blue Period. vols 1-3
Check it out here: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/awardwinning-manga-2022-kodansha-comics-books
FYI: This is not sponsored, and I'm spreading the news on my own volition
This week's introspective poll was suggested by jacob66 A lot of our lives are spent with the future in mind, such as saving up money for retirement or climbing the corporate ladder. When will that stop?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Which group of people is happier and/or more satisfied with their life?
Choices:
Smart people - votes: 627 (19%)
Dumb people - votes: 2667 (81%)
There were 3294 total votes.
The poll ended: March 19th, 2022 3:12pm PDT
So should we be dumber?
This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. Forrest Gump?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What types of comics do you mostly read nowadays?
Choices:
Japanese manga - votes: 2113 (51%)
Korean manhwa - votes: 893 (21.5%)
Chinese manhua - votes: 108 (2.6%)
English webtoons - votes: 63 (1.5%)
English comics - votes: 38 (0.9%)
Equal mixture of some choices above - votes: 897 (21.6%)
Other - votes: 32 (0.8%)
There were 4144 total votes.
The poll ended: March 12th, 2022 11:36pm PST
Good thing "manga" is in our name
This week's poll was suggested by swordfish307. Are people still mostly reading manga? Or has the uptick of webtoons changed your habits?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you customize your character for games that allow you to change your appearance?
Choices:
Default choices - votes: 122 (4.1%)
Make it look like myself - votes: 251 (8.5%)
An ideal version of myself - votes: 542 (18.2%)
Match an existing person or character - votes: 81 (2.7%)
How I wish my significant other looked - votes: 173 (5.8%)
Whatever looks good - votes: 1654 (55.7%)
Random - votes: 147 (4.9%)
There were 2970 total votes.
The poll ended: March 5th, 2022 10:42am PST
Of course you wouldn't want to look ugly
This week's poll was suggested by Ceiye. It's kinda relevant to me because I started playing Lost Ark, which has decent (oversexualized) character customizations. I've seen some Youtube videos from The Spiffing Brit where he does absurd character creation stuff.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What hurts more?
Choices:
Stubbing your toe - votes: 2192 (63.6%)
Hitting your funny bone - votes: 618 (17.9%)
Banging your knee against the table - votes: 634 (18.4%)
There were 3444 total votes.
The poll ended: February 26th, 2022 10:07am PST
Imagine walking around in the dark while barefoot
This week's poll was suggested by F_J. We all know that stepping on LEGOs hurts the most.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Opinion on machine translations in scanlations
Choices:
Always hate them - votes: 1744 (56.1%)
They're fine - votes: 795 (25.6%)
Love them! - votes: 67 (2.2%)
I don't care - votes: 503 (16.2%)
There were 3109 total votes.
The poll ended: February 19th, 2022 9:38am PST
If you actually knew the source language and compared it with the MTL, you might be appalled
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.
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