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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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

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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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

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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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

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