RP#15 - Immigration

[Matyuv]

Welcome to the Random Poll topic!
[this was originally done by Shawn I believe and it was going quite well but apparently he left or ran out of ideas, I don't know]

I plan to create 3-4 polls a week and keep track of the results in the first post. Feel free to suggest subjects for polls!

RP#1 - Why do people marry?
They love each other - 8 votes
They have a child - 5 votes
They are idiots - 4 votes
To get some sort of benefit and then divorce - 4 votes
To create a family - 2 votes
Their family/friends want or force them to - 1 vote

RP#2 - It's better to be...
Clever and Ugly - 10 votes
Good-looking and stupid - 8 votes

RP#3 - How do you eat gummy bears?
Bite the head off first - 4 votes
Bite the limbs off first - 1 votes
Just put the whole bear in your mouth and chew it - 7 votes
I don't - 2 votes

RP#4 - You find a wallet with a significant amount of money, let's say, 5 thousand euros. You'd
...bring it to the police and hope they find the owner - 4 votes
...keep it to yourself - 12 votes
...walk away and let someone else decide - 2 votes

RP#5 - What do you thing about Barack Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
He deserves it. - 0 vote
His politics are a step forward for peace but he certainly didn't deserve it yet. - 8 votes
In no case would he ever deserve it. - 4 votes

RP#6 - What do you think of the execution of British national Akmal Shaikh in China?
He had it coming. - 3 votes
He shouldn't have been executed because of his supposed mental illness. - No votes
In no case should he have been executed. - 5 votes

RP#7 - Should weed be legalized in your country?
Yes. - 8 votes
No. - 8 votes
It already is, and I think that's fine. - No votes
It already is, and I think that's wrong. - 2 votes

RP#8 - Tea or coffee?
Tea. - 10 votes
Coffee. - 3 votes
None. - 3 votes

RP#9 - Does Xenon suck?
Yes. - 6,797,900,000 votes
No. - 1 vote
Yes, but not what Hunchman does. - 6,797,900,001

RP#10 - Is assisted suicide immoral?
Yes. - 3 votes
No. - 9 votes
What is immoral? - 4 votes
What is suicide? - 2 votes

RP#11 - Have you made New Year's resolutions?
Yes - 3 votes
Yes, but I already failed - 2 votes
No - 11 votes


RP#12 - Do you often eat at McDonald's and the like?
Yes - 10 votes
No - 6 votes

RP#13 - What's your position on global warming and anthropogenic climate change?
Global temperatures are rising, and industrial CO2-emissions is a key factor - 8 votes
Global temperatures are rising, but we have nothing to do with it - 2 votes
Global temperatures aren't rising. Global warming is a sham - 0

RP#14 - How many times do you usually sneeze in a row?
1 - 4 votes
2 - 4 votes
3 - 5 votes
4 - 2 votes
5 - 0 votes
>5 - 0 votes

[Xenon]

I think people get married for a combination of reasons to be honest. Perhaps the most significant would be the first option because, generally, the idea of marriage is to secure a long-lasting, healthy relationship and to stake unity 'officially'.

It does obviously depend on the person though - people get married for different reasons.

[Hunchman801]

Edit: Hunch, apparently polls aren't working, I get the following error:

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Hope you can fix it!

Damn it, I had to search through scores of source files to fix that one. It should work now

[PluMGMK]

I voted for the first three.

[Acarr]

They are idiots and don't realise what they are doing! tbh I can't be bothered to explain myself. :/

[Matyuv]

Damn it, I had to search through scores of source files to fix that one. It should work now

Great ^^

the idea of marriage is to secure a long-lasting, healthy relationship

Well you don't really have to be married for that do you?

[PluMGMK]

It's preferable, I guess.

[Cairnie]

I'm with Xenon on this one - it can happen for all sorts of reasons but if the couple like really wants to and they are certain they won't divorce then it's up to them. The worst thing is to go through all that with the weddings, kids etc only for the couple to divorce.

[Xenon]

Yes, people are taking advantage of the right to divorce by just marrying willy-nilly.

Well you don't really have to be married for that do you?

No but becoming married complements and validates the relationship.

[Cairnie]

My parents didn't marry until I was 8 years old and at the time I thought they already were just because they were together. When people do have kids and are able to look after them, most people are just glad that the parents are together unlike the wankers that frequently show up on Jeremy Kyle.

[Rsandee]

I choosed the first one.

[Phoenixan]

I chose the first option.

Really, marriage is more-so just a permanent bond, as I see it. If you want to spend your life with someone, you create such a bond in a declarative manner. Marrying for the soul purpose of procreation (as I see done by so many in Utah (hint hint @ a certain prominent religion)) is simply a stupid option, however. Plus I don't see the purpose of creating large families anymore, besides being selfish. The human race is already successful enough. We don't need more whiny brats filling the planet to suck the Earth dry of every pleasure and resource.

Though, divorce does void that entirely, so I find you really have to live with someone first rather than jump into it to avoid that.

[#Rubber mark#]

I think it's a mix of:

• They love each other
• Because their parents/friends/whoever want or force them to
• To get legal, social, economical or whatever benefits out of it (and divorce when there's nothing left)

[spiraldoor]

I voted for the first three options. I was also around eight when my parents got married.

Marrying for the soul purpose of procreation (as I see done by so many in Utah (hint hint @ a certain prominent religion)) is simply a stupid option, however. Plus I don't see the purpose of creating large families anymore, besides being selfish. The human race is already successful enough. We don't need more whiny brats filling the planet to suck the Earth dry of every pleasure and resource.

I disagree. More people in the world means a greater number of talented people, which means better stuff in general. For example, if the earth's population doubled, that would mean approximately double the number of A-grade game developers, scientists and so on.

[Tobbe]

Your fantastic brain never ceases to amaze me, spiral!

[neo]

Hahaha. I picked Pregnant with child already, don't know what they are doing, and to get benefits from it. Mostly I believe they don't know what they are doing. There are some draw backs to marrying, HALF. HALF HALF HALF. But either way, I would have to be VERY sure of a girl if I was to marry her.

[Matyuv]

New poll

[spiraldoor]

Your fantastic brain never seizes to amaze me, spiral!

I take it you mean "ceases"?

~Sweet irony. This is going in my signature.

[PluMGMK]

Marrying for the soul purpose of procreation (as I see done by so many in Utah (hint hint @ a certain prominent religion)) is simply a stupid option, however. Plus I don't see the purpose of creating large families anymore, besides being selfish. The human race is already successful enough. We don't need more whiny brats filling the planet to suck the Earth dry of every pleasure and resource.

I disagree. More people in the world means a greater number of talented people, which means better stuff in general. For example, if the earth's population doubled, that would mean approximately double the number of A-grade game developers, scientists and so on.

It would also mean double the idiots, which is bad.

[Cairnie]

Yes but it could also mean plenty more thugs, rapists, pedophiles and so on. I'm not saying every single child will grow up to be a nobody but some do.

Glad to see someone agreeing with me on the fact that we don't need so many more babies right now, at least in the UK anyway. As much as I'd like my sister to get a new home with her boyfriend, I don't appreciate it being built on top of every single bit of grass left.

I chose clever BTW on the new poll