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A poll where I have a definite opinion

Do you unwind cinnamon rolls as you eat them?

This was quite a relief, since I don't have any idea whether the United States will be in one piece 20 years from now, nor whether whichever condition it ends up in will be a good thing.

Guessing about the future

Poll #4730

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

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What effect do you think the Tea Party will have?

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A disasterous move towards the right
6 (40.0%)

Not much-- they're too disorganized and ill-informed
6 (40.0%)

A useful effort to limit taxes
1 (6.7%)

A much needed regeneration of American politics
1 (6.7%)

Other (please explain in comments)
0 (0.0%)

I wish to complain about this poll
0 (0.0%)

Something to click
1 (6.7%)

I'm inclined to think that they'll get a few people in who will be so inept that the Tea Party will be discredited. On the other hand, I may just be tired of panicking.

So many people think they're getting it just right......

From Fluent Self:

That ever-present voice in your head tells you that that people who push harder than you (or at all) are shameless, manipulative, highlighter-wielding self-promoting sleazeballs.

And the people who do less than you … well, they’re obviously just over-sensitive wallflowers who don’t know the first thing about promoting things.

Basically, no matter what you do (or don’t do, as the case may be), I can guarantee the following two scenarios:

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1. There are going to be people who will think your marketing style is too aggressive, and others who will think it’s too subtle, and all of them will tell you that you’re doing it wrong.
2. You will be interacting with other people whose too-aggressive or too-subtle marketing style will really get on your own nerves, and you’ll be tempted to tell them that they’re doing it wrong.

The piece starts out with similar competing certainties about keeping kosher.

Link thanks to Relsqui in a discussion of Only date grown-ups. And that last link is thanks to shadesong.