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What do you fear the most?

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Walking alone at night
  6% 34 votes
Becoming the victim of identity theft
  10% 59 votes
Safety on the Internet
  5% 33 votes
Being the victim of a mass/random shooting
  4% 23 votes
Public speaking
  16% 94 votes
Candlejack coming to kidnap me
  6% 36 votes
I doesn't afraid of anything
  23% 135 votes
Other - Spe
  26% 149 votes
563 total votes.
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  • Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
  • Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
  • This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday October 24 2014, @06:43PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Friday October 24 2014, @06:43PM (#109678) Journal

    "I fear . . . no man!" The Black Knight always triumphs!

    • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday October 24 2014, @09:32PM

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday October 24 2014, @09:32PM (#109741) Homepage

      I'm afraid of Black men.

      In conversation with them I just look at the floor and speak quietly while fidgeting and shuffling. I reply to everything they say with "Y-yes sir" and "N-no sir" and retract my head into my hunched shoulders as if I were a turtle made of chickenshit. If I see one coming down the hallway or sidewalk I duck into the first doorway or cross the street so I can avoid dialogue.

      But on the Internet, I am Mighty Whitey, a blonde and buff tough racist motherfucker who don't take no shit from nobody darker or scarier than a paper grocery bag.

      • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday October 25 2014, @08:23AM

        by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday October 25 2014, @08:23AM (#109837) Journal

        Alright, actually I am afraid of spe. I am not sure what "spe" is, but certainly sounds scary. The only thing more scary would be someone who could take the Black Knight and interpret race. That is scary. It bespeaks a mind so obsessed, so dominated, so inebriated, by trivial differences between human beings that it cannot respect, and yes, dear sir, I say RESPECT! Monty Python and the Holy Grail! Oh,

        Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say Ni at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.

        I would've voted for spe, if I knew what it was.

        • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Monday October 27 2014, @03:32AM

          by mhajicek (51) on Monday October 27 2014, @03:32AM (#110413)

          Secret Populace Eliminations, the executive branch of the NSA.

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          • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday October 27 2014, @04:05AM

            by aristarchus (2645) on Monday October 27 2014, @04:05AM (#110420) Journal

            But if it was an Acronym, it should have been in all capitals! So that can't be it. Or, maybe, that is what they want us to think!!

      • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday November 06 2014, @03:36PM

        by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday November 06 2014, @03:36PM (#113543)

        from nobody darker or scarier than a paper grocery bag.

        A brown paper grocery bag? Do they make them in any color other than brown?

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        • (Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Tuesday November 11 2014, @11:11PM

          by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Tuesday November 11 2014, @11:11PM (#115006) Journal

          This comment about bags actually encodes a significant and historical awareness of American race prejudice - especially as enforced by blacks against other blacks.
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_bag_party [wikipedia.org]

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          • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday November 12 2014, @03:28PM

            by tangomargarine (667) on Wednesday November 12 2014, @03:28PM (#115208)

            Oh! Thanks for the info.

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      • (Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Tuesday November 11 2014, @11:00PM

        by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Tuesday November 11 2014, @11:00PM (#114999) Journal

        I am most afraid that no one will understand your satirical commentary on innernetz racists.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @03:40PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @03:40PM (#111201)

      Sorry, but I just took your black knight with my white bishop. Check!

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by archfeld on Friday October 24 2014, @06:46PM

    by archfeld (4650) <treboreel@live.com> on Friday October 24 2014, @06:46PM (#109679) Journal

    Beyond big hairy spiders, I'm not really afraid of much for myself. What I fear is my parents or friends getting taken advantage of, my brother or his wife being targeted, one of the many nephews or nieces being snatched, or one of the many cops in my family being injured or killed on the job. Lets face it someone comes after me I can do something about it, or at least try, someone you love getting hurt you likely will have no recourse or ability to defend or assist, that scares me most of all.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 05 2014, @10:11PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 05 2014, @10:11PM (#113368)

      Of all those things, the chances of being killed or injured in a car accident is about 100x greater.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 17 2014, @03:48AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 17 2014, @03:48AM (#116581)

        Oddly enough, you are off by an order of magnitude. The most common event from all of those (assuming worst case scenario) is the death of a police officer. Surprisingly very few actually die on the job compared to other industries. Even landscapers die with greater frequency. Of those that do die, nearly 2/3 do while being the driver of a vehicle, folding over into the death by auto crash statistic. Comparing the numbers sans self-inflicted auto accidents, it looks to be police are far more likely to die on the way to work than at work, just like nearly every other profession. Kindnapping, the nebulous 'targeting' and the like are equally minimal.

        If you are to worry about something, worry about the most dangerous. In order of threat some examples: heart disease, cancer, loafing, smoking, drinking, driving, and then way at the end are dangerous jobs. If you fear for your police family members, tell them to stop drinking alcohol. That kills far more police officers than everything below it combined, and is something that they still do in large amounts. Luckily most are in shape and don't smoke. All that is left is the usual dietary things and to stop drinking entirely.

        Something tells me they wont stop their bad habits, nor the OP will change his preference to worry about the spectacular instead of the far more deadly mundane.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 24 2014, @06:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 24 2014, @06:48PM (#109681)

    That's my biggest fear right now.

    • (Score: 1) by maxim on Saturday October 25 2014, @06:58AM

      by maxim (2543) <maximlevitsky@gmail.com> on Saturday October 25 2014, @06:58AM (#109830)

      Mod parent up!!
      How is this troll?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27 2014, @03:37AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27 2014, @03:37AM (#110416)

        I know, I'm not one of the usual systemd trolls, and I was being serious.

      • (Score: 2) by caseih on Thursday November 06 2014, @04:20PM

        by caseih (2744) on Thursday November 06 2014, @04:20PM (#113562)

        Knowledge is power they say, and if the OP really does fear this, then I say he or she should educate themselves. Roll their own distro. Or switch to BSD. Or maybe, gasp, figure out what systemd actually is. I have a hunch that if the OP had never heard of systemd, he'd have merrily gone on his way using his favorite linux distribution and having no problems whatsoever even though systemd is running quite well on his machine (systemd has been in Fedora for years now... it was first started as a project back in 2010, nearly four years ago!). This really is a case of fear mongering. And it needs to stop. It's okay to have concerns and questions (like I say, educate yourself). But to fear? That's just stupid.

        • (Score: 2) by E_NOENT on Tuesday November 11 2014, @01:15AM

          by E_NOENT (630) on Tuesday November 11 2014, @01:15AM (#114695) Journal

          It's impossible, of course, to have a rational discussion about System D anymore--there is already a tremendous amount of fragmentation and tribal thinking.

          Sadly, there are still people out there who claim the prevalence of Android represents some sort of victory for FLOSS. In the same way they have also deluded themselves into thinking that a similar embrace/extend/extinguish coming from Red Hat in the form of System D is equally benign. Standardization trumps everything, they say.

          On the other side of the fence is a hodge-podge of well-meaning but ineffective restistors, with no central rallying point. Some are escaping to the BSDs (perhaps hurting their employment prospects), others are trying to create micro-fork distros, and others are just giving up.

          Both sides are convinced they're right, but the pro-System D side has the backing of corporate power. It's not difficult to tell who will "win" (hint: it's the same group that's responsible for a "greatest hits" of bad software, including Selinux, AppArmor, xinetd, rpm, GNOME3, Mono, pulseaudio, *Kit, and the rest).

          I'm sure Bill Gates (and others) are laughing with glee as the Linux world is dissolving. That image should be enough to generate quite a bit of fear!

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 21 2014, @01:35PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 21 2014, @01:35PM (#118470)

            Wait, there is a Debian fork without systemdFML? Excellent. Then there should be a Kbuntu fork too.

            Thanks for the idea!

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by bob_super on Friday October 24 2014, @09:10PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday October 24 2014, @09:10PM (#109726)

    "walking alone at night" is a decent fear for anyone depending on where they live.
    All the other options ? They are either statistically improbable (mass shooting), materialistic, or not even real.

    I'd say it's a pretty good record for our shitty civilization, that most fears in the list are so removed from basic life-sustaining issues.
    On the other end, it's pretty bad to see people obsess about those petty things, and ignore the real threats to well-being, whether inhaled, ingested, accidental, or self-inflicted...

    • (Score: 2) by zocalo on Saturday October 25 2014, @09:28AM

      by zocalo (302) on Saturday October 25 2014, @09:28AM (#109856)
      Exactly my thought when I first saw the story that led to this poll. Many of the things that we are most afraid of are apparently things that can't actually do us any physical harm, and what damage they can do (psychological, financial, etc.) can almost certainly be limited and/or shrugged off with a suitably thick skin and a little forethought. Not sure whether that's a sign of progress or a sad reflection on how neurotic some us are getting...

      Now "Spe" on the otherhand, well that really freaks me out and completely stopped my inner Grammar Nazi in its tracks after reading the previous option. I had to have a stiff drink just to click on the option and another one before I could manage to click "Vote"... ;)
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      • (Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday October 26 2014, @08:22PM

        by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 26 2014, @08:22PM (#110318)

        what damage they can do (psychological, financial, etc.) can almost certainly be limited and/or shrugged off with a suitably thick skin and a little forethought.

        The ongoing long term economic decline finally catches me, so there's me and my family, homeless and jobless and no medical care. In the long run thats probably how I'm going out. In the long run thats probably the end game for "most of us" here on SN, just the date will vary a little bit. Glad to know it only takes a little forethought to avoid that, wouldn't want to think too much.

        Watching my country turn into a real world implementation of 1984 / brave new world isn't all that much of a picnic either.

        • (Score: 2) by zocalo on Sunday October 26 2014, @09:41PM

          by zocalo (302) on Sunday October 26 2014, @09:41PM (#110347)
          Becoming a victim of the on-going financial decline wasn't one of the default options I was referrring to though, was it? The only two options that potentially could result in a tangible financial loss are the second two; identity theft and safety on the Internet, both of which have a wide range of options to at least limit any damage. That these came out as the biggest fears in the *original survey* (that presumably led to SN posting the poll), over much more damaging and likely eventualities such as those you suggest, was my whole point.
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          • (Score: 2) by VLM on Monday October 27 2014, @11:29AM

            by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 27 2014, @11:29AM (#110468)

            Oh I was thinking about the fun of the "other" option.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27 2014, @03:40PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27 2014, @03:40PM (#110556)

          > Watching my country turn into a real world implementation of 1984 / brave new world isn't all that much of a picnic either.

          UK? Australia? NZ? USA? Canada? Hong Kong? It's as though the former British Empire has gone mad all at once.

      • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday October 30 2014, @06:52PM

        by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday October 30 2014, @06:52PM (#111636)

        I read "Other: Spe" as a continuation of the joke where anyone who invokes Candlejack suddenly disappears mid-se

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  • (Score: 2) by shortscreen on Saturday October 25 2014, @05:12AM

    by shortscreen (2252) on Saturday October 25 2014, @05:12AM (#109818) Journal

    >Walking alone at night
    I've always worked night hours so walking alone at night feels pretty ordinary.
    >Becoming the victim of identity theft
    "Identity theft" Argh. Would this mean something similar to the events depicted in Single White Female? I'm not afraid of such a thing.
    >Safety on the Internet
    I've been using the internet for two decades and can't recall being injured on it even once.
    >Being the victim of a mass/random shooting
    Too unlikely. Besides, there are worse ways to go than being shot.
    >Public speaking
    Meh. I might get sweaty or stutter but that can happen when talking to just one person.

    What generally does worry me is disfunctional law enforcement and legal systems. My dad taught me "just because everyone else can get away with something doesn't mean I will." But trying to play by the rules doesn't protect you in an environment of "three felonies a day," SWATing, civil forfeiture, and politically motivated prosecutions.

    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday October 26 2014, @09:15PM

      by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 26 2014, @09:15PM (#110338)

      Safety on the Internet

      I've been using the internet for two decades and can't recall being injured on it even once.

      I recently sat thru the world's most boring online class about hazardous substances in the workplace for corporate CYA reasons.

      If you don't fear this kind of mind numbing drudgery, oh you will... eventually.

    • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday October 28 2014, @01:07PM

      by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday October 28 2014, @01:07PM (#110834) Homepage Journal

      But trying to play by the rules doesn't protect you in an environment of "three felonies a day," SWATing, civil forfeiture, and politically motivated prosecutions.

      SWATing, civil forfeiture, and politically motivated prosecutions are indeed real dangers, but the "three felonies a day" is utter bullshit. If you actually check that web page that seems to have started it, NONE of the activities are something that a normal person would do, and are things that those in the niche specialties should know are illegal.

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      • (Score: 2) by shortscreen on Tuesday October 28 2014, @05:56PM

        by shortscreen (2252) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @05:56PM (#110918) Journal

        "Three Felonies a Day" was the title of a book. And are you saying that there are NOT plenty of laws that people violate inadvertently? Not the DMCA, CFAA, copyright infringement, traffic laws, sexting, local ordinances, etc. ? In my city replacing a light switch requires a building permit, and shifting into neutral while driving downhill is illegal (how do you get from one gear to another without passing through neutral?)

        • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Wednesday October 29 2014, @12:47PM

          by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Wednesday October 29 2014, @12:47PM (#111122) Homepage Journal

          Yes, a book that isn't posted on the internet or in my local library but there is an excerpt on the web. I'd no more buy this book than I'd buy one of the "UFOs are real!" books. It's a stupid waste of money.

          Just because something is in a book doesn't mean it's not bullshit. Chariots of the Gods, anyone?

          Traffic offenses are not felonies unless you're drunk or otherwise incredibly stupid and actually kill someone. Local ordinances are NOT felonies. The CFAA is the computer fraud and abuse act; you can't inadvertently break it, you have to be deliberately spreading malware, DoSing, attempting fraud, etc. unless you're a particularly stupid white hat. You also aren't going to "accidentally" infringe copyright, you know damned good and well that those burned CDs you're selling out of your trunk can put you in prison. Sexting isn't illegal unless the sender or recipient is a minor.

          I'll bet you're afraid of ebola and terrorists, too. Grow a spine.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 31 2014, @06:50PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 31 2014, @06:50PM (#111996)
          Not sure where you live but in most places you don't need permits to do electrical work on your own house. At a business you can get a "maintenance" permit that allows you to do things like replace, but NOT install new, switches and plugs. New runs in a business or public place always require a permit.

          Hopefully a bit of TIL on soylent!
    • (Score: 2) by mendax on Friday November 21 2014, @02:32AM

      by mendax (2840) on Friday November 21 2014, @02:32AM (#118364)

      Safety on the Internet

      I've been using the internet for two decades and can't recall being injured on it even once.

      Well, I once got a bad case of carpal tunnel syndrome from typing too fast and too often. Does that count?

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  • (Score: 2) by Zinho on Saturday October 25 2014, @01:43PM

    by Zinho (759) on Saturday October 25 2014, @01:43PM (#109899)

    I can't believe all of the comments saying that people don't know what "spe" means. For the uninitiated, it's a reference to the Candlejack meme. [knowyourmeme.com] The joke is that once someone mentions Candlejack's name he appears and kidnaps them, so their internet post cuts off mid-word.

    The last entry (cut off by Candlejack kidnapping the poll submitter) was obviously supposed to be:

    Other - Speci

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    • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday October 27 2014, @01:02PM

      by Thexalon (636) on Monday October 27 2014, @01:02PM (#110488)

      I'm reminded of the final words of General John Sedgewick: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist-"

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27 2014, @02:13PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27 2014, @02:13PM (#110515)

      > Candlejack meme

      That is the stupidest thing I've heard all week.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27 2014, @04:34PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27 2014, @04:34PM (#110575)

      Yeah, nobody really got my Candlejack joke, and I guess nobody noticed the "Pretty Cool Guy" meme either, which is my favorite to use IRL.

      Also, you messed up the last entry, it was supposed to say:

      Other - Specif

      • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday November 06 2014, @03:42PM

        by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday November 06 2014, @03:42PM (#113547)

        I guess nobody noticed the "Pretty Cool Guy" meme

        I'm guessing that's one of those that only really makes any sense if you also have the image for context. Like "asshole guy," "slight pothead guy," "angry-looking guy staring at you over a pint of beer" and those ones? They also rely on the idea that everybody has pretty much the exact same moral values to work.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 23 2014, @07:25AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 23 2014, @07:25AM (#119049)

          I think the "Pretty Cool Guy" meme is the one that starts with "I think halo is a pretty cool guy."

    • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday October 28 2014, @02:06AM

      by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @02:06AM (#110729) Journal

      The odd part is I never knew that candlejack became a meme. I immediately knew the character from Freakazoid as I am a fan of the show. At first I thought it was an obscure reference but surprised to find that it was also a meme.

      • (Score: 1) by Translation Error on Tuesday October 28 2014, @08:38PM

        by Translation Error (718) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @08:38PM (#110973)

        I immediately knew the character from Freakazoid as I am a fan of the show.

        You mean you like the show. A fan would know that its name is Freakazoid!.

        • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday October 28 2014, @09:55PM

          by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @09:55PM (#110989) Journal

          Relax-o-vision made me too lax.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @03:52PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @03:52PM (#111209)

      After reading the linked page, I guess it's because few here are frequent readers of 4-chan.

  • (Score: 2) by Foobar Bazbot on Saturday October 25 2014, @04:03PM

    by Foobar Bazbot (37) on Saturday October 25 2014, @04:03PM (#109962) Journal

    If we ever have safety on the internet, it will mean the end of:

    • systemd trolls
    • Candlejack jokes
    • goatse
    • /. beta

    Well, considering that last one, maybe it'

  • (Score: 2) by Appalbarry on Saturday October 25 2014, @11:13PM

    by Appalbarry (66) on Saturday October 25 2014, @11:13PM (#110102) Journal

    Hold on - gotta check out what Fox news is telling me to fear this week.

    Seriously. I fear our government (here in Canada). I fear the largest corporations who seem to be destroying and depleting our environment. I fear the brain dead idiots who keep electing the governments that allow such things even though they are in fact the people who get hurt most.

    And, I guess, I fear that too many people run around being terrified by insanely unlikely threats, and won't or can't take the time to separate fact from fiction.

    No! VACCINATIONS!

    Yeah, that's the ticket!

    • (Score: 1) by takyon on Sunday October 26 2014, @05:19AM

      by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday October 26 2014, @05:19AM (#110177) Journal

      Ebola Terrorists.

      They came from Africa.

      They destroyed our freedoms.

      Playing everywhere 2015.

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      • (Score: 2) by WizardFusion on Monday October 27 2014, @01:29PM

        by WizardFusion (498) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 27 2014, @01:29PM (#110496) Journal

        "African Ebola Terrorists, using Obamacare and staying as illegal immigrants."

        I think that sums up Fox News

        • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Monday October 27 2014, @02:48PM

          by DECbot (832) on Monday October 27 2014, @02:48PM (#110534) Journal

          You skimmed over a bit too quickly.

          "Godless Mexican Ebola Terrorists from Africa, steal jobs, use Obamacare, intend to vote Democrat, dodge taxes, collect Social Security, and remain illegal while committing crime, selling drugs, and corrupting our youth."

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          • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Monday October 27 2014, @02:51PM

            by DECbot (832) on Monday October 27 2014, @02:51PM (#110536) Journal

            Dammit, I forgot to add that they also commit wire fraud/identity theft in Eastern Europe.

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          • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday October 28 2014, @10:28PM

            by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @10:28PM (#110993)

            You left out the part about the Godless Mexican Ebola Terrorists being secretly Muslim Communists too.

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          • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday October 29 2014, @02:48AM

            by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Wednesday October 29 2014, @02:48AM (#111044)

            "Gay Godless Mexican Ebola Terrorists from Africa, steal jobs, use Obamacare, intend to vote Democrat, getting married, dodge taxes, collect Social Security, and remain illegal while committing crime, selling drugs, and corrupting our youth."

            FTFY

            Although I probably still missed something.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @03:58PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @03:58PM (#111211)

              You forgot to add child porn. Wait, make that communist child porn.

            • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday October 29 2014, @06:11PM

              by LoRdTAW (3755) on Wednesday October 29 2014, @06:11PM (#111287) Journal

              Although I probably still missed something.

              Stealing our white women

    • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Monday October 27 2014, @11:30PM

      by JNCF (4317) on Monday October 27 2014, @11:30PM (#110694) Journal

      Yup, "my government" was the most obvious missing option on this poll.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 19 2014, @02:49AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 19 2014, @02:49AM (#117491)

        The thing I actually fear is that people stop fearing the Government, grant it additional "one time"/"special"/"emergency" powers, and that they get abused to directly interfere with my life. Examples include:
          - monitoring my bank account for wealth balance rather than income balance
          - warrantless wiretap of my E-mail/phone/whatever
          - general disrespect of my privacy/property/random-searches
          - general restrictions of my freedom (curfew, etc.)

    • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday October 28 2014, @01:13PM

      by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday October 28 2014, @01:13PM (#110836) Homepage Journal

      Indeed. They fear mass shootings, being shot by random strangers, ebola, terrorists, and all sorts of other things that the odds of happening are close to zero, yet they drive like suicidal maniacs and 40,000 of them and their innocent victims die on the highways every year.

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  • (Score: 2) by tynin on Sunday October 26 2014, @03:56AM

    by tynin (2013) on Sunday October 26 2014, @03:56AM (#110158) Journal

    Given everything, the thought of nuclear war still itches in the back of my mind. Sure the fallout is scary, but the impending longterm major blackouts make it much worse. Could even bring about chaos and ruin on a global scale.

    Speaking of global scale... massive meteor strike. I have a recurring nightmare that happens every year or so. We find out that some specific landmass is going to get hit, and that it isn't going to hit in the ocean. I always load up all my scuba tanks/gear and get to the ocean, hop in my boat, get out far enough that I can get down deep. I sit down there, waiting. Till it happens... the ROAR. Tearing energetic sounds, quaking in heat. The ROAR sharply grows till I wake up covered in sweat.

  • (Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Sunday October 26 2014, @09:59AM

    by Magic Oddball (3847) on Sunday October 26 2014, @09:59AM (#110201) Journal

    If you can, you might want to change "walking alone at night" over to "being attacked while walking alone at night" and "Internet safety" to whatever it is people worry about (I'm really not sure about that one).

    I'm going to have to vote 'other' anyway: when it comes to safety, the things that I'm the most afraid of are my house catching fire with my family/pets inside, or somebody trying to break in while we're at home. If I can get modern double-paned windows/frames and have the wiring redone, though, I think those fears would probably fade.

    • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Monday October 27 2014, @04:07AM

      by mhajicek (51) on Monday October 27 2014, @04:07AM (#110423)

      Getting old, weak, and feeble minded is seriously my greatest fear. A very close second is being on the wrong side of a person or organization with legal power.

      --
      The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
      • (Score: 1) by Buck Feta on Tuesday October 28 2014, @04:47PM

        by Buck Feta (958) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @04:47PM (#110899) Journal

        They say the mind is the second thing to go.

        --
        - fractious political commentary goes here -
      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday November 14 2014, @01:39AM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 14 2014, @01:39AM (#115737) Journal

        Getting old, weak, and feeble minded is seriously my greatest fear.

        Fortunately, this will come to pass. A bit of patience and with a clear (washed up?) mind you won't feel the fear any more. Trust me, I kn...
        Um... huh... err... what were we talking about?

        --
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Uncle Bob on Sunday October 26 2014, @04:17PM

    by Uncle Bob (4636) on Sunday October 26 2014, @04:17PM (#110264)

    They are the most evil vicious monsters on the planet.

    • (Score: 1) by Translation Error on Tuesday October 28 2014, @08:41PM

      by Translation Error (718) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @08:41PM (#110975)

      They are the most evil vicious monsters on the planet.

      I thought that was children.

      • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday October 28 2014, @10:35PM

        by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @10:35PM (#110994)

        No, these are adults with the same moral reasoning as small children:
        1. If I want it, it's mine.
        2. If I'm done with it, I can throw it any which way and it's your job to clean up the mess.
        3. I am in no way responsible or culpable for any of my actions.
        4. If you don't do my bidding, I'll throw such a temper tantrum that you'll decide that doing what I tell you is easier than dealing with the tantrum.

        --
        The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
    • (Score: 2) by SuperCharlie on Tuesday November 04 2014, @03:37AM

      by SuperCharlie (2939) on Tuesday November 04 2014, @03:37AM (#112856)

      Tip of the hat to you. I posted nearly the same thing.

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by malloc_free on Monday October 27 2014, @12:45AM

    by malloc_free (3034) on Monday October 27 2014, @12:45AM (#110388) Journal

    Nothing worse than having a bunch of code that was hacked together, that does not look nice or may not be particularly efficient, but works, be replaced by much better code... that fuckin' segfaults. Or some other shit. OK I know you should refactor in increments, version control means you can effectively wind back whenever you want, and good unit tests prove that functions are working as expected, but it still gives me the willies. Refactoring someone else's code is, of course, even worse.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by mendax on Monday October 27 2014, @04:32AM

    by mendax (2840) on Monday October 27 2014, @04:32AM (#110427)

    I fear getting involved in the criminal justice system. It is grossly unfair to the defendant. The only thing scarier than being involved in it is being wrongly accused and then convicted of the crime. It happens with disturbing regularity.

    It must be said that most people who are sentenced by the courts are guilty of the crimes they're accused of. But too many innocent people are convicted. The Constitution was intended to produce a criminal justice system that erred on the side of caution and let the guilty go free so that no innocent person be wrongly convicted. Well, that has always been just a pipe dream. But occasionally there is a "not guilty" verdict such as with O.J. Simpson's murder trial or Michael Jackson's child molestation trial. That's one of the cases where the system worked as it was supposed to. However, O.J. was guilty as sin because the evidence amply pointed to it even if the gloves didn't quite fit (they shrank). The same can be said about Michael Jackson. Children almost never lie about being sexual abuse at the hands of an adult unless they're coached into doing so.

    --
    It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 30 2014, @07:29PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 30 2014, @07:29PM (#111643)

      It must be said that most people who are sentenced by the courts are guilty of the crimes they're accused of.

      Must it? How can we know that's true?

      That's one of the cases where the system worked as it was supposed to. However, O.J. was guilty as sin because the evidence amply pointed to it

      So uh, it didn't work then. It's when evidence does exist that we're supposed to be stuffed away in a meat lock—I mean, uh, 'correctional facility', where the food is like brakepads and the officers randomly decide your few possessions are suddenly forbidden and steal them—you know, the types of things that make you say, "well durn, I guess I shouldn't'a dunnit. From now on, I am totally flying straight."

      Children almost never lie about being sexual abuse at the hands of an adult unless they're coached into doing so.

      And of course, that never happens, because children are wise old beings who know when you're asking leading or trick questions.

  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday October 27 2014, @01:16PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Monday October 27 2014, @01:16PM (#110491)

    Drunk drivers. The simple fact is that they're the greatest single threat to my person, and probably will be until such time as completely automated driving becomes ubiquitous. I've come awfully close to being taken out by several because they think it's a great idea to go 90+ mph straddling multiple lanes of the highway.

    --
    The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
    • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Saturday November 01 2014, @12:12PM

      by isostatic (365) on Saturday November 01 2014, @12:12PM (#112174) Journal

      69% of us road deaths are nothing to do with drink drivers

      In the uk it's 90%, why do yanks have such a problem with drink driving when your beer is so awful?

      Again in the uk, of you die in a road accident, 10% chance drink driving was involved, and only a 30% chance it was someone else drink driving. I.e. If you're not drunk, and you die in a road accident, the chances are about 3% it was alcohol related.

      • (Score: 2) by chromas on Monday November 03 2014, @09:24PM

        by chromas (34) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 03 2014, @09:24PM (#112752) Journal

        why do yanks have such a problem with drink driving when your beer is so awful?

        Did you expect drunk drivers to have good judgment in the beer aisle?

  • (Score: 1) by Webweasel on Monday October 27 2014, @09:37PM

    by Webweasel (567) on Monday October 27 2014, @09:37PM (#110669) Homepage Journal

    I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

    --
    Priyom.org Number stations, Russian Military radio. "You are a bad, bad man. Do you have any other virtues?"-Runaway1956
    • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday October 28 2014, @01:20PM

      by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday October 28 2014, @01:20PM (#110840) Homepage Journal

      Great Dune reference, glad you posted it.

      "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me"

      --
      mcgrewbooks.com mcgrew.info nooze.org
  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by gman003 on Tuesday October 28 2014, @02:48PM

    by gman003 (4155) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @02:48PM (#110866)

    My greatest fear is fear itself.

    Specifically, other people's fear, and the things they do because they're afraid. I'm more afraid of being shot by a cop responding to a hoax report of a mass shooting than I am of being shot in a mass shooting. I'm more afraid of the quarantines being thrown at ebola than I am of any disease. I'm more afraid of the draft than of North Korea. I'm more afraid of the NSA, TSA and other 3LAs than I am of ISIS or al-Qaeda.

    Oh, and I'm also afraid of wasps. Fuck wasps.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @04:03PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @04:03PM (#111215)

      Oh, and I'm also afraid of wasps. Fuck wasps.

      I think wasps are much less dangerous if you don't try to fuck them.

    • (Score: 2) by SuperCharlie on Sunday November 02 2014, @02:14AM

      by SuperCharlie (2939) on Sunday November 02 2014, @02:14AM (#112307)

      Having dealt with Texas Red Wasps (pinky-sized body demons with wings, that will chase you down), I can tell you a badminton raquet is quite effective in decapitating those bastards.

    • (Score: 1) by manpeach on Thursday November 06 2014, @09:10PM

      by manpeach (1359) on Thursday November 06 2014, @09:10PM (#113657)

      Wasps are Assholes
      http://www.funnyphoto.co/pic/777 [funnyphoto.co]

  • (Score: 2) by e_armadillo on Tuesday October 28 2014, @06:01PM

    by e_armadillo (3695) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @06:01PM (#110920)

    with CowboyNeal after a large, bean heavy, Mexican food feast. Duh!

    --
    "How are we gonna get out of here?" ... "We'll dig our way out!" ... "No, no, dig UP stupid!"
  • (Score: 1) by Chillgamesh on Tuesday October 28 2014, @08:03PM

    by Chillgamesh (4619) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @08:03PM (#110966)

    i fear my boss coming into my cubicle while i'm typing this

  • (Score: 2) by cosurgi on Tuesday October 28 2014, @08:19PM

    by cosurgi (272) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @08:19PM (#110968) Journal

    until I experience it.

    --
    #
    #\ @ ? [adom.de] Colonize Mars [kozicki.pl]
    #
  • (Score: 1) by SplawnDarts on Tuesday October 28 2014, @09:10PM

    by SplawnDarts (3962) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @09:10PM (#110979)

    Most of the journalim and comments around the original study ( http://chapman.edu/wilkinson/research-centers/babbie-center/survey-american-fears.aspx [chapman.edu] ) have suggested these fears are irrational. But walking alone at night is a rational fear, at least for people in some places. For example, if you live in Oakland (it's not fair to pick on Detroit EVERY time) then the violent crime rate is about 2% per year. That's murders, rapes, armed robberies, aggravated batteries etc. Assuming a 75 year life, that gives you a probability of about 88% you'll be a victim sometime during your life and an expectation that you'll be victimized an average of 1.5x times.

    Given the negative impact that being a victim of any of those crimes could have on your life, it seems to me pretty reasonable to avoid the enviroments where it could happen - including walking alone at night.

    • (Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday October 28 2014, @11:27PM

      by Arik (4543) on Tuesday October 28 2014, @11:27PM (#111001) Journal
      DC would be another place to mention to avoid picking on Chicago.

      The fact is that while the US in general has a low and falling crime rate, certain areas are essentially war zones.

      A lot of these fears are very situational. We may guess that few soylentils hail from the bad parts of a major city, but we dont know that any particular one does not. If you have a large bank account that you have spent a lot of time building, the worry of identity theft makes perfect sense. If you do not, and live in the Imperial Capital, you're probably much more worried about being gang-raped and stabbed to death.
      --
      If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 08 2014, @03:30AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 08 2014, @03:30AM (#113975)

      Being alone is perfectly safe. It's when you think you're alone but you're not that's dangerous. No one got murdered, raped or mugged by the void.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 21 2014, @01:32PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 21 2014, @01:32PM (#118468)

        That you know of

        dun dun duuuun

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @12:02AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @12:02AM (#111012)

    Fear itself.

    • (Score: 1) by evk on Friday October 31 2014, @10:29AM

      by evk (597) on Friday October 31 2014, @10:29AM (#111829)

      Yes, that's my "other". I fear a world ruled by fear.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @12:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 29 2014, @12:10AM (#111014)

    Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia can cause lots of pain to the patient and everyone close to them.

  • (Score: 2) by bart9h on Wednesday October 29 2014, @06:34PM

    by bart9h (767) on Wednesday October 29 2014, @06:34PM (#111297)

    oh, wait..

  • (Score: 1) by srobert on Thursday October 30 2014, @04:22AM

    by srobert (4803) on Thursday October 30 2014, @04:22AM (#111436)

    I told my boss, "don't ask me to speak in front of a large group of people, and I won't ask you to go skydiving." I've done both. I'd choose the latter every time.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 31 2014, @03:15PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 31 2014, @03:15PM (#111927)

      Your boss could just have answered: "Well, I don't care if you ask me to go skydiving. I'll just say no. After all, it's not as if I'd lose my job for that."

  • (Score: 1) by ephony-in-transition on Saturday November 01 2014, @07:38PM

    by ephony-in-transition (4852) on Saturday November 01 2014, @07:38PM (#112249) Journal

    I fear the most of having my individuality raped by the feminists.

  • (Score: 2) by SuperCharlie on Saturday November 01 2014, @09:45PM

    by SuperCharlie (2939) on Saturday November 01 2014, @09:45PM (#112265)

    White men in business suits are BY FAR the most dangerous creatures on earth.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 05 2014, @11:03AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 05 2014, @11:03AM (#113198)

    falling in love. For when its over, the sense of loss, i cannot stand it.

    • (Score: 2) by WizardFusion on Friday November 07 2014, @03:14PM

      by WizardFusion (498) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 07 2014, @03:14PM (#113831) Journal

      It is better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.

    • (Score: 1) by timbim on Monday November 10 2014, @12:11AM

      by timbim (907) on Monday November 10 2014, @12:11AM (#114374)

      Seriously man... I hate it.

  • (Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Saturday November 08 2014, @07:51PM

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Saturday November 08 2014, @07:51PM (#114099)

    They can take away my Freedom and Constitutional rights without a valid cause. If some cop wanted to be a dick, and I have encountered more than a few of these Gestapo types over the years, they could haul my ass to jail on some trumped up or bogus charge, seize my car and assets and generally fuck up my life and future employment prospects.

    Unless you have video/audio proof of what really happened a cops testimony will always be given more weight than a citizen's. And even then the DA will add charges of Wire tapping to whatever BS they are already charging you with.

    And lets not forget a cop could also just shoot me and say he thought I was reaching for a gun. They get paid leave until they are cleared of all wrong doing and I would still be dead.

    And remember; Never refer to a cop as a "pig".

    Pigs are intelligent, cute and useful creatures (bacon!!) who don't deserve that kind of insulting comparison.

    --
    "Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 10 2014, @07:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 10 2014, @07:42PM (#114596)

    From opening an over old, stale, rotten SN poll . . .

  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday November 11 2014, @03:21PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday November 11 2014, @03:21PM (#114856) Journal

    I fear we wont have any more interesting polls.

    How about:
    Features you would most like to see added/removed from SN:
    * Removing the subject line from posts
    * Adding a reason for story rejection
    * Addition of customizable slashboxes
    * Removing the poll altogether
    * Some other request I will list below
    * Bacon

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 12 2014, @10:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 12 2014, @10:12PM (#115349)

    was one of the guys who wrote one of these metaphors...

    - 1 - Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.
    - 2 - He was as tall as a 6′3″ tree.
    - 3 - Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
    - 4 - From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you’re on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30.
    - 5 - John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
    - 6 - She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
    - 7 - The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
    - 8 - He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
    - 9 - Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
    - 10 - She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
    - 11 - The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife’s infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM.
    - 12 - The lamp just sat there, like an inanimate object.
    - 13 - McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.
    - 14 - His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
    - 15 - He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.
    - 16 - Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.
    - 17 - Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.
    - 18 - The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn’t.
    - 19 - Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.
    - 20 - The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
    - 21 - They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan’s teeth.
    - 22 - He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River.
    - 23 - Even in his last years, Grand pappy had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it hadrusted shut.
    - 24 - He felt like he was being hunted down like a dog, in a place that hunts dogs, I suppose.
    - 25 - She was as easy as the TV Guide crossword.
    - 26 - She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs.
    - 27 - The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.
    - 28 - The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.
    - 29 - “Oh, Jason, take me!” she panted, her breasts heaving like a college freshman on $1-a-beer night.
    - 30 - It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.
    - 31 - It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.
    - 32 - He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.
    - 33 - The politician was gone but unnoticed, like the period after the Dr. on a Dr Pepper can.
    - 34 - Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put in any pH cleanser.
    - 35 - Her date was pleasant enough, but she knew that if her life was a movie this guy would be buried in the credits as something like “Second Tall Man.”
    - 36 - The thunder was ominous-sounding, much like the sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play.
    - 37 - The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola crayon.
    - 38 - She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again.
    - 39 - Her pants fit her like a glove, well, maybe more like a mitten, actually.
    - 40 - Fishing is like waiting for something that does not happen very often.
    - 41 - They were as good friends as the people on “Friends.”
    - 42 - Oooo, he smells bad, she thought, as bad as Calvin Klein’s Obsession would smell if it were called Enema and was made from spoiled Spamburgers instead of natural floral fragrances.
    - 43 - The knife was as sharp as the tone used by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.) in her first several points of parliamentary procedure made to Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) in the House Judiciary Committee hearings on the impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton.
    - 44 - He was as bald as one of the Three Stooges, either Curly or Larry, you know, the one who goes woo woo woo.
    - 45 - The sardines were packed as tight as the coach section of a 747.
    - 46 - Her eyes were shining like two marbles that someone dropped in mucus and then held up to catch the light.
    - 47 - The baseball player stepped out of the box and spit like a fountain statue of a Greek god that scratches itself a lot and spits brown, rusty tobacco water and refuses to sign autographs for all the little Greek kids unless they pay him lots of drachmas.
    - 48 - I felt a nameless dread. Well, there probably is a long German name for it, like Geschpooklichkeit or something, but I don’t speak German. Anyway, it’s a dread that nobody knows the name for, like those little square plastic gizmos that close your bread bags. I don’t know the name for those either.
    - 49 - She was as unhappy as when someone puts your cake out in the rain, and all the sweet green icing flows down and then you lose the recipe, and on top of that you can’t sing worth a damn.
    - 50 - Her artistic sense was exquisitely refined, like someone who can tell butter from I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.
    - 51 - It came down the stairs looking very much like something no one had ever seen before.
    - 52 - Bob was as perplexed as a hacker who means to access T:flw.quid55328.com\aaakk/ch@ung but gets T:\flw.quidaaakk/ch@ung by mistake.
    - 53 - You know how in “Rocky” he prepares for the fight by punching sides of raw beef? Well, yesterday it was as cold as that meat locker he was in.
    - 54 - The dandelion swayed in the gentle breeze like an oscillating electric fan set on medium.
    - 55 - Her lips were red and full, like tubes of blood drawn by an inattentive phlebotomist.
    - 56 - The sunset displayed rich, spectacular hues like a .jpeg file at 10 percent cyan, 10 percent magenta, 60 percent yellow and 10 percent black.

  • (Score: 1) by stroucki on Thursday November 13 2014, @03:43AM

    by stroucki (108) on Thursday November 13 2014, @03:43AM (#115398)

    Cowboy Neal! Whatever! Just make this poll go away!

  • (Score: 2) by novak on Thursday November 13 2014, @04:22AM

    by novak (4683) on Thursday November 13 2014, @04:22AM (#115409) Homepage

    I'm afraid of Miniluv, and most specifically, room 101.

    --
    novak
  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday November 13 2014, @06:29AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday November 13 2014, @06:29AM (#115443) Journal

    I am afraid that this poll will never go away. Ever. I am afraid of this. Please take this poll away. For victory.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by e_armadillo on Thursday November 13 2014, @11:08PM

    by e_armadillo (3695) on Thursday November 13 2014, @11:08PM (#115691)

    New poll, please. Seriously . . .

    --
    "How are we gonna get out of here?" ... "We'll dig our way out!" ... "No, no, dig UP stupid!"
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 14 2014, @07:05PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 14 2014, @07:05PM (#116015)

      It's almost a month!

      Can we have at least one pool per week.
      Why does it take that long to change the pools?
      Is it the lack of good submitted pools?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 17 2014, @08:41PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 17 2014, @08:41PM (#116936)

        It's almost a month!

        I assume English is not you mother tongue. But I will try to help you as best as possible.

        Can we have at least one pool per week.

        Usually one pool is enough provided you maintain it properly. Building multiple pools is a waste of money.

        Why does it take that long to change the pools?

        You never need to change a pool completely unless the water is very, very dirty (dead animals festering, feces contamination, ethanol-fueled has a swim in it etc.) You run the filter continuously checking the filter back pressure hourly and back flushing the filter as necessary. Heavy use of shock also kills the algae helping to halt its growth. It will take a few weeks to clear up a very brown pool but it is possible. Of course you can "change the pool" but it boils down to what is cheaper: water or electric?

        Is it the lack of good submitted pools?

        I have yet to see someone submit a pool. But I will add a few of my thoughts on pools: I prefer inground pools for maintenance and looks but their high cost of construction is a deterrent. Plus once a pool is dug, that land is usually lost indefinitely. With an above ground you can at least remove it in a days worth of work provided you don't have a large deck surrounding it. An inground also requires a locking fence in most jurisdictions to prevent children from drowning in them. Another drawback of aboveground pools is you need to make sure you remove most of the water during the winter to prevent the ice from expanding and buckling of the frame. You must also remain vigilant after the winter has thawed as the lack of water will allow vegetation to grow and puncture your liner. It is a tradeoff you must decide.

        Oh, you mean P-O-L-L. Well then ... I have no fucking clue.

  • (Score: 2) by quitte on Friday November 14 2014, @10:04PM

    by quitte (306) on Friday November 14 2014, @10:04PM (#116053) Journal

    I thought my vote needed clarification

  • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Tuesday November 18 2014, @05:50AM

    by DECbot (832) on Tuesday November 18 2014, @05:50AM (#117125) Journal

    I fear we will never see a new poll.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 18 2014, @10:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 18 2014, @10:03PM (#117419)

    I fear that this poll will go on forever!!!!!!!!!......... and ever.......... and ever......

    • (Score: 2) by Hyper on Friday November 21 2014, @01:26PM

      by Hyper (1525) on Friday November 21 2014, @01:26PM (#118467) Journal

      This is the poll that never ends,
      it goes on and on my friends,
      someone started posting on it
      now we are whinging on it just because...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 18 2014, @10:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 18 2014, @10:08PM (#117420)

    How to submit a poll? Maybe put in the FAQ. Or a drop down on the submission choice list.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 21 2014, @12:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 21 2014, @12:49PM (#118457)

    Not the political group or invisible man in the sky believers themselves, more that effect they have on our laws our lives and our society. People fear them here. Not because individually they are a threat. More due to that as a group they are changing our lives for the worse.