Happy New Year!

This week's poll was suggested by 8-3. How do you like to know the time while outside?

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Question: If a story had multiple adaptations, which would you experience first?
Choices:
Manga - votes: 1250 (36.6%)
Novel - votes: 142 (4.2%)
Anime - votes: 702 (20.6%)
Live action - votes: 32 (0.9%)
Video game - votes: 29 (0.8%)
Whichever was the original - votes: 1260 (36.9%)
There were 3415 total votes.
The poll ended: December 31st, 2022 2:20pm PST

Are there any adaptations better than the original?

This week's poll was suggested by Midlife_otaku and ForeignerChan. If there was a story that you had never experienced before and it has multiple adaptations, how would you choose which one to indulge in first? I guess I could've put down Broadway show or split up TV shows with movies, but oh well

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Which was the first console that you played on?
Choices:
Commodore 64 - votes: 109 (3.3%)
Sega (Genesis, Dreamcast, etc.) - votes: 263 (8%)
Atari (2600, 5200, etc.) - votes: 216 (6.5%)
Nintendo (NES, SNES, 64, GameCube, GameBoy, Wii, Switch, etc) - votes: 1729 (52.4%)
Sony (PlayStation) - votes: 523 (15.8%)
Microsoft (XBOX) - votes: 108 (3.3%)
Other - votes: 103 (3.1%)
I've never played any gaming console - votes: 249 (7.5%)
There were 3300 total votes.
The poll ended: December 24th, 2022 11:31am PST

Nintendo tends to be kid-friendly!

This week's poll was suggested by Karonhioktha. Most of us have played video games. Which was your first console system? I believe the first I ever played was a friend's Game Boy

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Have you ever had a crush on a teacher?
Choices:
Yes, and something happened - votes: 98 (2.5%)
Yes, but nothing happened - votes: 1286 (32.9%)
Nope - votes: 2524 (64.6%)
There were 3907 total votes.
The poll ended: December 17th, 2022 11:12pm PST

Those 98 people... hmmm...

This week's poll was suggested by hkanz. There's a type of series where the main concept is a relationship between a teacher and a student. You ever encounter that in real life? Or it's just a fantasy?

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Question: If you could live in a manga, what genre would it take place in?
Choices:
Action - votes: 38 (1.2%)
Adventure - votes: 188 (6%)
Comedy - votes: 168 (5.4%)
Drama - votes: 13 (0.4%)
Ecchi - votes: 110 (3.5%)
Fantasy - votes: 581 (18.6%)
Gender Bender - votes: 154 (4.9%)
Harem - votes: 235 (7.5%)
Hentai - votes: 180 (5.8%)
Historical - votes: 42 (1.3%)
Horror - votes: 13 (0.4%)
Martial Arts - votes: 69 (2.2%)
Mecha - votes: 44 (1.4%)
Mystery - votes: 32 (1%)
Psychological - votes: 47 (1.5%)
Romance - votes: 360 (11.5%)
School Life - votes: 51 (1.6%)
Sci-Fi - votes: 124 (4%)
Slice of Life - votes: 401 (12.8%)
Smut - votes: 115 (3.7%)
Sports - votes: 25 (0.8%)
Supernatural - votes: 118 (3.8%)
Tragedy - votes: 24 (0.8%)
There were 3130 total votes.
The poll ended: December 10th, 2022 10:55am PST

Anything with a low chance of dying

This week's poll was suggested by gambitdragon. In 2015 we had a poll about what genre your life would be. This week's poll is more about wish fulfillment and what genre you would like it to be.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Biggest problem with low quality scanlation?
Choices:
Bad English or grammar - votes: 1274 (36.6%)
Poor font choice and typesetting - votes: 173 (5%)
Bad cleaning of the raws - votes: 80 (2.3%)
No SFX translation - votes: 33 (0.9%)
Small or low quality images - votes: 355 (10.2%)
Misleading or incorrect translations - votes: 1568 (45%)
There were 3483 total votes.
The poll ended: December 3rd, 2022 4:49pm PST

You may not know it's a wrong translation though...

This week's poll was suggested by Afiaki. I feel like scanlation quality has generally been getting better over the years at least

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Have you ever encountered a "Karen"?
Choices:
What's a "Karen"? - votes: 410 (13.2%)
I've only seem videos or articles about them - votes: 1188 (38.2%)
I've seen them accosting someone I don't know - votes: 348 (11.2%)
A friend or neighbor of mine was accosted by one - votes: 173 (5.6%)
I've been accosted by one - votes: 625 (20.1%)
"I find that kind of labelling hurtful and unfair. I demand to speak the manager!" - votes: 363 (11.7%)
There were 3107 total votes.
The poll ended: November 26th, 2022 12:46pm PST

Some people named Karen are nice!

This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. I'm sorry to all the people who are actually named Karen.

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: At what point do you think a battery is low and needs charging?
Choices:
90% - votes: 117 (2.3%)
80% - votes: 52 (1%)
70% - votes: 73 (1.4%)
60% - votes: 193 (3.7%)
50% - votes: 234 (4.5%)
40% - votes: 459 (8.9%)
30% - votes: 978 (18.9%)
20% - votes: 1537 (29.8%)
10% - votes: 1312 (25.4%)
0% - votes: 209 (4%)
There were 5164 total votes.
The poll ended: November 12th, 2022 10:50pm PST

All these risk takers!

Yes, there was a gap of a week without a poll. Personal things came up

This week's poll was suggested by Stellar Sovereignty. At what point does the level your battery get low enough that you'd strongly consider charging it?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Pancakes or waffles?
Choices:
Pancakes - votes: 1082 (30.3%)
Waffles - votes: 1025 (28.7%)
I like both equally - votes: 1085 (30.3%)
I dislike both - votes: 154 (4.3%)
No opinion - votes: 230 (6.4%)
There were 3576 total votes.
The poll ended: November 5th, 2022 10:26am PDT

Looks like pancakes barely scrape by

This week's poll was also suggested by saraneon. Do you prefer pancakes or waffles?

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: How do you pronounce IKEA?
Choices:
Eee-kee-ah - votes: 708 (15.6%)
Ai-kee-ah - votes: 2814 (62.2%)
Eee-kay-yah - votes: 412 (9.1%)
Ai-kay-yah - votes: 110 (2.4%)
Ai-kay-ee-aye - votes: 18 (0.4%)
Some other pronunciation - votes: 327 (7.2%)
What's IKEA? - votes: 137 (3%)
There were 4526 total votes.
The poll ended: October 29th, 2022 11:58am PDT

Apparently the Swedish pronunciation wasn't even an option. Shows how well I know it hahaha

This week's poll was suggested by saraneon and Afiaki. This is not sponsored, although IKEA actually is on my mind since I'm moving soon...

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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you donate anything?
Choices:
I donate nothing - votes: 754 (31.9%)
I volunteer mostly - votes: 138 (5.8%)
I donate old belongings sometimes - votes: 575 (24.3%)
I donate small amounts of money sometimes - votes: 652 (27.6%)
I regularly give a set amount - votes: 216 (9.1%)
I contribute most of my available resources to charity - votes: 27 (1.1%)
There were 2362 total votes.
The poll ended: October 22nd, 2022 11:33am PDT

Hopefully all of us will eventually be in a financial position where we are fortunate enough to give to others