Poll: Compare Amongst Yourselves

[thefourthvine]

makesmewannadie is visiting me, and we got to talking, as we often do. (Okay. Full disclosure: the actual challenge would be making us shut the fuck up.) And one thing we talked about reminded me of a poll I'd considered posting lo these many moons ago, to test a hypothesis that I can't very well tell you beforehand. (Bias is death to informal and statistically skewed LJ polls, my friends.)

So, first, let me just say: hey, it'd be cool if you'd take this poll. I would love you and stuff.

Second - when I say "your friends list," I mean the portion of your friends list that you read regularly - your default reading filter, if you have one, or the whole list if that's how you read. (If you don't read your friends list at all, this poll is not going to be a good fit for you.) My point is, I want you to consider the people you know the best. (Which is not to say you necessarily know them well, of course.) And when I say "the average," I mean your own personally assessed average of this trait over your friends list.

And, seriously, there are no bad answers here. I'm only wondering where you fit into your own mental picture of your friends list for these particular variables. I know you may not have great data for all these questions; just give me your first reaction, and I will of course love you forever.

ETA: Please don't go back to change your answers after you've finished the poll and seen the results! (Unless you think of something you want to add to the text box, or you've decided shoes are more important than almost-cock. Those questions are weighty and take long consideration; I understand that.)



[Poll #931955]

Comments

[ldthomps.livejournal.com]

I haven't looked at other people's answers yet, but my general understanding is that Most folks feel like they're poorer, harder working, more ethical, etc., than Most Everybody Else. On the other hand, friends lists are made of people whom, most probably, we view as Like ourselves, so. Hunh! Interesting! I shall await answers, and the unveiling of your hypothesis and how this all informs it!

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

That's the interesting part of it - sure, Every Person might think he's poorer, smarter, more ethical, etc. than Everybody Else, but our friends list - we actually know something about them, about their lives. And we select them for ourselves. So I'm predicting the results will be - well, different.

*unreasonably fascinated*