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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

When the only questions to surveys are:

Do you prefer:

  1. A horse kick to the nuts

  2. Stabbed in the eye with a hot poker

You can say: 72% of people prefer being kicked in the nuts by a horse.

There is no “I’d rather have chicken” option.

So a few answering or not will make no difference when the options are restricted to funneling the answer they want to the top.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I remember there used to be an internet joke site that included "the most accurate web poll ever" in which a significant majority votes that they wanted a car that burst into flames when you signal left more than anything in the world. In second place was a goiter.

    When you click the link to take the poll, those were easily the best presented options as answers to the question "What do you want most in the world?"

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