This week's poll was suggested by 8-3. Assuming you've read manga for a while, you've probably had some older favorite series. How do those compare to the series you're currently reading?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Transported to the world of your favorite manga character, you discover he/she is on a quest to kill you. Failure means death. You will...
Choices:
Just try to keep running away - votes: 1240 (31.5%)
Nothing I can do, as they're too powerful - votes: 438 (11.1%)
Give them a good fight, but lose in the end - votes: 325 (8.3%)
Kill them instead. Your own survival is the most important! - votes: 1484 (37.7%)
Kill yourself, so they won't have dirt on their hands - votes: 93 (2.4%)
Willingly sacrifice yourself, so they may live - votes: 359 (9.1%)
There were 3939 total votes.
The poll ended: September 22nd 2018
Looks like it's split down the middle in the kill or be killed
This week's poll was suggested by Desert. It's a what-if question about how you'd act to your favorite character if their goal was to kill you, and failure meant their own death
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you follow mangaka on social media? (Twitter, Pixiv, etc)
Choices:
No - votes: 3040 (73.2%)
Yes - votes: 1111 (26.8%)
There were 4151 total votes.
The poll ended: September 15th 2018
More of you than I expected.
This very simple poll was suggested by Karonhioktha. It's pretty self-explanatory
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Is the first chapter enough to know if you'll like a series?
Choices:
Never, I always need multiple chapters - votes: 796 (15.1%)
Nah, barely ever - votes: 1018 (19.3%)
50/50 chance - votes: 1931 (36.6%)
Yes, most of the time - votes: 1414 (26.8%)
Yeah, always - votes: 110 (2.1%)
There were 5269 total votes.
The poll ended: September 8th 2018
Gotta rope you in with that first chapter! It's like how the opening sentence of the book needs to grab the attention of the reader.
This week's poll was suggested by punchmanga. Do you think reading the first chapter is enough to evaluate a series? Do you judge a book by its cover?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you have or think you have a mental health condition?
Choices:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - votes: 284 (5.4%)
Panic attacks - votes: 82 (1.6%)
Psychosis - votes: 15 (0.3%)
Eating disorders - votes: 79 (1.5%)
Dissociative disorders - votes: 28 (0.5%)
Borderline personality disorder - votes: 69 (1.3%)
Depression - votes: 867 (16.6%)
Autism - votes: 235 (4.5%)
Bipolar - votes: 80 (1.5%)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - votes: 180 (3.4%)
Anxiety disorders - votes: 613 (11.7%)
Alcohol / Substance abuse - votes: 47 (0.9%)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - votes: 40 (0.8%)
Schizophrenia - votes: 37 (0.7%)
None - votes: 1588 (30.4%)
Other - votes: 162 (3.1%)
Multiple - votes: 814 (15.6%)
There were 5220 total votes.
The poll ended: August 31st 2018
Hopefully you guys seek out assistance!
This week's poll was suggested by jacob66. This is more to bring awareness to the issue and see some solidarity with the manga-reading community. Do not feel like you need to post a comment about your own situation if you aren't comfortable discussing it. Your choice in the poll cannot be tied back to you.
Edit: Added "Other" and "Multiple" as choices
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Do you wear glasses?
Choices:
No, but I had laser eye surgery - votes: 156 (2.3%)
No, I've never needed them - votes: 1448 (21.6%)
No, but I wear contacts - votes: 261 (3.9%)
No, but I probably should - votes: 580 (8.6%)
Yes, but only for specific things (driving, reading, etc.) - votes: 1113 (16.6%)
Yes, all the time - votes: 3161 (47%)
There were 6719 total votes.
The poll ended: August 25th 2018
I'm surprised that so few people wear contacts. And I'm also surprised how many people have bad vision...
This week's poll was suggested by juliarox214. Do you wear glasses? Or maybe you used to?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Is your room clean?
Choices:
No, but it's not my fault! It's my roommate's fault! (or spouse, partner, pet, etc) - votes: 246 (4.5%)
No, I prefer it to be messy - votes: 986 (18.2%)
No, but I'll clean it soon - votes: 1662 (30.7%)
Yes, for now... - votes: 1642 (30.3%)
Yes, all the time! - votes: 884 (16.3%)
There were 5420 total votes.
The poll ended: August 18th 2018
More common to be less clean. Typical
This poll suggestion was given by Pikapu almost 8 years ago. Do your consider your room clean? Up to you to decide!
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: What condiments do you put on your eggs?
Choices:
Soy sauce - votes: 508 (8.2%)
Ketchup - votes: 605 (9.7%)
Pepper - votes: 662 (10.6%)
Salt - votes: 2256 (36.3%)
Tabasco - votes: 153 (2.5%)
Salsa - votes: 117 (1.9%)
Sriracha - votes: 120 (1.9%)
Other condiment - votes: 389 (6.3%)
I take my eggs plain - votes: 854 (13.7%)
I don't eat eggs - votes: 558 (9%)
There were 6222 total votes.
The poll ended: August 11th 2018
Most eggs, I like it with salt. But with hard boiled eggs, I actually prefer soy sauce.
This week's tasty (?) poll was suggested by Transdude1996. Do you use condiments on your eggs? And if so, what? Unfortunately, you can only choose one, so pick wisely. Just assume your favorite type of eggs, whether that be hard boiled, poached, sunny side up, etc.
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Robot uprising?
Choices:
The robots will lose - votes: 297 (6.9%)
Robots will live side-by-side with humans - votes: 959 (22.4%)
Humanity will kill itself before that happens - votes: 1337 (31.2%)
Humanity will be destroyed by another force before that happens - votes: 332 (7.8%)
Humanity will never make sentient robots - votes: 535 (12.5%)
Robots will win and enslave us - votes: 263 (6.1%)
Robots will win and eradicate us - votes: 559 (13.1%)
There were 4282 total votes.
The poll ended: August 3rd 2018
I realized that there was no option that they already enslaved us. Maybe something like the Matrix...
Another fun poll by VawX. Do you think sentient robots will take over the world?
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Previous Poll Results:
Question: Opinion on how advertisements will spoil the content of the movie (or other form of media)
Choices:
I will less likely get that product - votes: 511 (15.7%)
I will get the product but dislike the advance spoiler - votes: 634 (19.5%)
I will more likely get that product - votes: 161 (4.9%)
I will skip the product - votes: 171 (5.3%)
I don't care - votes: 1355 (41.6%)
I go on a media blackout before important releases - votes: 423 (13%)
There were 3255 total votes.
The poll ended: July 28th 2018
Greetings all,
It's a few days late, but I just wanted to say Happy Birthday MU! It's hard to believe that it's been such a long time. I know I don't do this usually, but this birthday is special. Read on to find out why...
Some interesting facts from when the site was founded:
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In 2004, cell phones were still just barely in their infancy. Flip phones were the norm, and the first iPhone wouldn't be released until 2007, almost 3 years later.
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There were no javascript or css frameworks. There were no php frameworks. PHP 5 was only released 7 days earlier on July 14th. Wordpress was only recently founded. (This site is primarily written in PHP, JavaScript and CSS. Imagine what 14 year old code looks like under the covers...)
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IE6, Netscape 7.2, Firefox 1.0, and Safari 1.2 were the primary browsers. Chrome wouldn't launch for another 4 years in 2008. Developing this site usually involved having IE6 and Netscape open, and ensuring that every change (written in notepad) worked in both browsers. Those were the days ...
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Facebook was founded in February. Google is at $85 a share. Social media site Digg launches. World of Warcraft launches. Reddit and YouTube aren't launched till a year later. Twitter doesn't launch until 2006. MySpace was only launched in the previous year.
Fourteen years before 2004 was 1990. In that year, the first website was launched at CERN. The first web-browser was created by Tim Berners-Lee. The Internet was fourteen years old when MU was created, and it's been exactly fourteen years now since then. After today, there will officially be more time since MU was created and now than between the time the Internet started and MU began.
How long can she go? Here's for another 14!
Manick
