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Should the name of this forum change from Sex to The Ministry of Love?

Yes!
6 (16.2%)
No!
2 (5.4%)
I have a better idea!
1 (2.7%)
meh.
8 (21.6%)
I prefer SLI
15 (40.5%)
19th Century Chartered Accountancy
5 (13.5%)
Not SLI!
0 (0%)

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Proposed change of forum name
« on: May 25, 2011, 02:42:49 PM »
Should the name of this forum change from 'Sex' to 'The Ministry of Love'?

The poll will be open for awhile. If anyone does in fact have a better idea, it may be edited in later. Which is why you can change your vote.
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2011, 03:27:34 PM »
Well, there was SLI back in the day...
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2011, 03:43:26 PM »
Yah, I like SLI better.
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2011, 05:00:46 PM »
A note: "meh" should be removed, as I imagine a number of people who don't care one way or the other would probably prefer SLI if it gets changed at all. 'cuz Miniluv is silly.
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2011, 05:52:36 PM »
By the way, SLI is Sex, Love and Intimacy, for those not in the know.
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2011, 05:59:08 PM »
Quote from: 007bistromath on May 25, 2011, 05:00:46 PM
A note: "meh" should be removed, as I imagine a number of people who don't care one way or the other would probably prefer SLI if it gets changed at all. 'cuz Miniluv is silly.

I'd prefer to keep a vote of "meh" present -- why should someone be forced into a preference?
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2011, 06:35:02 PM »
We could change it to something either horrifying or bland to keep out the lookie-loos

How about "Diverticulitis: Dietary Feedback" or "19th Century Chartered Accountancy"
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2011, 07:29:06 PM »
Quote from: Cytherea on May 25, 2011, 05:59:08 PM
I'd prefer to keep a vote of "meh" present -- why should someone be forced into a preference?
If you truly have no preference, just don't vote. I mean, unless you write-in "I protest this fraud" every time there's a real election, what do you need a null option for? :p
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2011, 07:47:00 PM »
Sometimes I like null options.
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2011, 08:38:23 PM »
Is having a "meh" vote really on your nerves that much?
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2011, 09:36:07 PM »
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None of you have actually *read* Nineteen-Eighty-Four, have you?

Ministry of Love. Sounds sexy. IT ISN'T.
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2011, 10:36:23 PM »
Quote from: 007bistromath on May 25, 2011, 07:29:06 PM
If you truly have no preference, just don't vote. I mean, unless you write-in "I protest this fraud" every time there's a real election, what do you need a null option for? :p

There is actually a substantive difference between a vote of "meh" and not responding. "Meh" means "I have read the proposed change and find all proposed options acceptable enough to go on with." ... "No response" is more likely to mean, "I have not read this, have no idea what's happening, and may be surprised by the results".

Not to mention, you can't see how answers are currently trending unless you pick an answer and submit it. :P

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None of you have actually *read* Nineteen-Eighty-Four, have you?

Ministry of Love. Sounds sexy. IT ISN'T.

Hahaha, yeah, I thought that was part of the amusement of the title. XD
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2011, 12:52:48 AM »
Quote from: Cytherea on May 25, 2011, 10:36:23 PM
Hahaha, yeah, I thought that was part of the amusement of the title. XD

Well, it's better than Ministry of Peace. Or Minipax, as we like to call it around the office.

"19th Century Chartered Accountancy".... is that the new "Ugandan Relations"?
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2011, 01:46:39 AM »
Quote from: Cytherea on May 25, 2011, 10:36:23 PM
Not to mention, you can't see how answers are currently trending unless you pick an answer and submit it. :P

Er...yeah you can.  To the right of the final option it says "View results."  If you click that it shows how the voting is going.
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2011, 05:40:07 AM »
Quote from: EnsoMu on May 25, 2011, 06:35:02 PM
We could change it to something either horrifying or bland to keep out the lookie-loos

How about "Diverticulitis: Dietary Feedback" or "19th Century Chartered Accountancy"

And then some poor historian whose passion is Victorian economics and small business practices is going to be simultaneously disappointed and mortified...
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2011, 05:43:23 AM »
Quote from: Tamsin on May 26, 2011, 05:40:07 AM
And then some poor historian whose passion is Victorian economics and small business practices is going to be simultaneously disappointed and mortified...

Or, more likely, pleasantly surprised.
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2011, 05:51:50 AM »
How's about we name it Steve, b/c well...it looks like a Steve (or perhaps a Kenneth)
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2011, 07:52:51 AM »
Quote from: TGU on May 26, 2011, 01:46:39 AM
Er...yeah you can.  To the right of the final option it says "View results."  If you click that it shows how the voting is going.

Really? How did I never see that before? O_o Now I feel dumb. Ah, well. Thanks! :D
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2011, 01:58:07 PM »
Quote from: EnsoMu on May 26, 2011, 05:51:50 AM
How's about we name it Steve, b/c well...it looks like a Steve (or perhaps a Kenneth)

We can't name it Steve.  Steve's Mom was the name of the theater arts printer at school.  If this forum becomes Steve, I'll get all confused and accidentally put school things in sex and sex things in school!
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Re: Proposed change of forum name
« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2011, 02:21:05 PM »
Quote from: Bunner_MKII on May 25, 2011, 09:36:07 PM
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None of you have actually *read* Nineteen-Eighty-Four, have you?

Ministry of Love. Sounds sexy. IT ISN'T.

That's why it would be perfect.
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