The Stupid Polls thread (Part 2)

A person thinks they are a nice person, but in reality, its possible they are just really not.

  • Absopositively yes
  • I dont know, nice people are just being nice people, and they don’t think they are being an asshat
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Seems like you neglected to include the choice: My rage is an endless and timeless pit of oblivion where I go to ruminate whenever the slightest inconvenience presents itself.

But maybe I’m just being critical…

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flips notepad open Mitch seems to think rage has a timeless and endless quality to it, making me wonder if my theory is more about how anger shapes time in general. a few potential biases, he’s an angry bb that one, I may want to inquire into his theories further.

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Table or booth at a restaurant.

  • Table - versatile, accessible, potentially nicer view
  • Booth - comfortable, less noise, sound proof
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I do enjoy a booty but it also depends on who I’m hanging with :joy:. Sometimes it’s better to be at a table

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It’s a shame booths don’t have roll away shutters and a roof to hermetically seal the diner/s in. I would love that, especially if my food was teleported into the booth.

Yes, I’m a huge introvert.

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I didn’t realize a booty was a choice! I’m down for that.

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Haha. A booth for the booty please.

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Japanese place near me has its booths closed in with walls, and you go in/out through a beaded doorway. The wall opposite the doorway is just a big, frosted window that lets light in from outside.

I mostly love it but I think the waitstaff forgets about you sometimes.

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I eat pizza with a knife and fork.

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:winking_face_with_tongue::winking_face_with_tongue:. Oops…now that’s funny.

I like what you did there Mel @mxelle :rofl:

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judging-you-cringe

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:rofl::rofl::rofl: :joy::joy::joy: :rofl::rofl::rofl: :pink_heart:

Yes, it’s a complete sentence TS police.

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This seems to be the only drawback. Sounds dreamy. It’s an issue for me to be somewhere noisy like a restaurant because I can’t concentrate at all and I kind of shut down and dissociate from the room and my guests. I start to get anxious and fidget and it just doesn’t work for me. When a restaurant says ā€˜bright vibe and lively’ I know for sure I’m not booking there. My nervous system only vibes with sedate and calm and placid in public. Apart from sports venues funnily enough, I’m into that being florid and juicy.

I was out with my best friends for dinner recently and it was a fairly loud restaurant and I just had to tell them I was struggling to concentrate with the noise and distractions and that I was really sorry if I was acting strange and quiet. My other best friend at the table has actual diagnosed ADHD and was the same, she just shut down and withdrew. And my last friend in our group was drunk and loud and brash and her eyes were rolling sideways. What a team together we made. And this is why I prefer eating at home in my pyjamas. :joy:

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Yes yes yes. I knew there was another pizza diva out there. And such good company to be in.

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Yesssssss, this is the best :joy:
The only thing better is to eat together at home in comfy cloths (guests rarely have a pj when they visit me :face_with_hand_over_mouth:)

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I have spare slippers for guests :face_with_peeking_eye:

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I have spare everything for guests :see_no_evil_monkey: Just in case (of whatever possibly could happen :joy:)

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I’m not sure if you have ADHD like your friend does, but I do, and I react very similarly to the both of you in those kind of situations. Restaurants are hit or miss for me.

I think it’s why I gravitate towards baseball and (real) football in sport. Long stretches of calm, perhaps a bit of tension, with occasional outbursts of joy or dismay. It even happens with me in those arenas just because of all the people.

American football is the biggest offender for being ā€œtoo muchā€ for me when it comes to sport. I went to my first in-person game about two years ago, and I was ready to leave within the first quarter of the game. Constant flashing lights, blasting music in 15 second intervals…not a second of quiet. I used to love American football but that experience really soured me on it.

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Happened to me at Wembley stadium - Lionesses Vs USWNT . We were very high up, higher than I’ve ever been seated there, it was about 96,000 attendance and very loud, lots of noise and tension around the stadium. Honestly I was a bit scared and very uncomfortable. I just wanted to go home from the very start. I choose my seats now more carefully and also weigh up whether I would just rather see it on TV than in the stadium :stadium:

I’m not sure about the ADHD thing either, but I strongly suspect I have a neuro divergent brain, just not sure what. I’ve had too many other health issues this year to approach a Dr on this, but 2026 might be the year I tackle exploring ADHD diagnosis.

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