samusaran253 Posted April 13, 2011 I just spent the last several hours making this amazing survey, please fill it out, it's completely anonymous. Also, please feel free to discuss the survey here and give me any feedback. Here's a link: http://www.kwiksurveys.com?s=ILEOGG_841a204c 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted April 13, 2011 What, no Discordianism or Church of The SubGenious choices for religion? ;^) Edit: Finished. That was an incredibly long survey. Any reason for its length? 0 Share this post Link to post
Quast Posted April 13, 2011 Jonathanland should be an internationally recognized country? Jonathanism should be recognized as a religion? What? 0 Share this post Link to post
PRIMEVAL Posted April 13, 2011 Finished. Not a bad survey. I'm not much into politics, but I think I knew about half of what you mentioned XP 0 Share this post Link to post
Mithran Denizen Posted April 13, 2011 That was the least fulfilling survey that I've filled out in years. Whether it was the length, the US-centricism, or the poor quality of the questions themselves, I can't say. 0 Share this post Link to post
elic Posted April 14, 2011 In the question about adults being able to have sex with whoever they want, does that include children? 0 Share this post Link to post
TropicalDeathPunch Posted April 14, 2011 Processingcontrol said:In the question about adults being able to have sex with whoever they want, does that include children? I think this falls under the child labor laws or something of the sort. Depends on the country in which one lives. I prefer coconuts. 0 Share this post Link to post
Marnetmar Posted April 14, 2011 http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1078511-Please-fill-out-my-socio-political-survey! 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted April 14, 2011 After a while it becomes painfully clear that the questions are being asked by someone who is quite immature, with a very limited focus. If I had to say something positive about this survey, then I suppose at least it isn't subtle in its bias. 0 Share this post Link to post
samusaran253 Posted April 14, 2011 Partition36 said:Any reason for its length? I wanted to cover just about every issue in today's society. 0 Share this post Link to post
Aliotroph? Posted April 14, 2011 samusaran253 said:I wanted to cover just about every issue in today's society. ROFL No. Not possible. Try again when you have a worldview bigger than whatever American suburb you inhabit. There really are a lot of terrible questions on there. 0 Share this post Link to post
Stupid Bunny Posted April 14, 2011 Yeah, the questions on this survey suggest a rather simplistic view of politics and society really. 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted April 14, 2011 samusaran253 said:I wanted to cover just about every issue in today's society. I'm not sure that's possible, and it felt like a lot of questions covered the same small set of issues, just from different angles. Also, not only do different societies have different issues, but different people have different sets of issues that are important to them. Maybe label/title the survey differently to specifically say it's America-centric, or take certain issues and try to generalize them to make them more accessible to multiple cultures. Basically, if you want this less American-centric, de-Americanize it. Also, maybe add a question for "what region of the world are you from?" or something like that so you can look at your data in a different way. 0 Share this post Link to post
Mr. T Posted April 14, 2011 Technician said:Too long. A lot of the questions were biased or retarded too, so I just answered neutral on them. 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted April 14, 2011 Processingcontrol said:In the question about adults being able to have sex with whoever they want, does that include children? I voted "strongly disagree" for that reason. There was another question that I also found ambiguous, which proposed that "the candidate who gets the most popular votes should win an election". I think this may have been asking about proportional representation (which I'm strongly in favour of) but it could also be interpreted as asking whether I'm in favour of a first-past-the-post voting system (which I'm strongly against). I voted strongly against because I can't agree with all the implications of the statement. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoomUK Posted April 14, 2011 I'm no anthropologist, but "White" and "Black" are not races. 0 Share this post Link to post
printz Posted April 14, 2011 Yes they are, unless you're being pedantic and calling them "brightness levels" (not even colors!).Partition36 said:America-centric,Lol what? Even though some questions talked about States, or wars waged by US, everything else is little different from other democratic states. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoomUK Posted April 14, 2011 printz said:Lol what? Even though some questions talked about States, or wars waged by US, everything else is little different from other democratic states. Even if some of the questions can be applied to non-US issues, it's unfair to ask the reader to answer them if they're not completely clued up about what they specifically refer to. The immigration problem in the UK may be quite different in facts and figures from the US/Mexico border debate. Saying "I agree" or "I disagree" or "I don't have a clue" doesn't accurately reflect what they might respond with if they knew the said facts and figures. tl;dr: some knowledge of US politics is required to contribute to this survey 0 Share this post Link to post
dew Posted April 14, 2011 13. Only people who choose universal healthcare over privatized healthcare should have to pay higher taxes i'm not sure what that means. in european systems it's usually the other way around and i'd have to google some articles about current healthcare topics in america to fully understand your inquiry. 17. A corporations sole purpose is to generate profit umm... you drop such an abstract topic in the middle of a slew of typical referendum questions (marijuana, guns, stem cells, abortions, etc). it disrupts the, um, pace. stack similar topics properly. 23. Eugenics research should be allowed this is horribly tacked on. don't invent issues where there are none just to have more questions. you even twist the wording after all the "...should be outlawed", i wouldn't be surprised if you got accidental "racist" answers, heh. 32. Gun laws are too strict dude... how exactly do you expect to interpret results for this one? people from different states/countries are answering, that means vastly different legislations, not just political views. 35. We should have a completely open border uh, we already do, because my country is surrounded by other schengen area countries. phrase it tighter. the topic seems to be immigration, so why not use the word itself? 37. The government should force all car manufacturers to make environmentally friendly vehicles um, would taxation of exhaust-gas emissions count as forcing or just incentive? quite vague as you can see. 38. Evolution should be taught in schools i know this is actually an issue in america, but europeans will just point at this and sneer. 53. Parents should be allowed to shove their religion down their children's throats um, biased much? phrase it as "Parents should be allowed to teach their religion to their children" or something. this is just a hilarious jab at the fundies. 58. It is necessary for the government to ban certain weapons (fully automatic guns, RPGs, claymores, etc.). anti-personnel land mines actually deserve their own question, seeing as most of the democratic world bans them entirely - except warring super powers (usa, russia, israel). 76. A peaceful and just all-powerful monarch is better than a corrupt and tyranical legislature huh.. is a benign cancer tumour better than a failing organ? why would i even want to answer this? 82. The Constitution should apply to teenagers what? 100... 120... 150... zzzzzzzzzzz... WAY too much questions, often very similar or superficial non-issues. 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted April 14, 2011 dew said:82. The Constitution should apply to teenagers what? The US constitution guarantees various rights to its citizens, but these rights are allowed to be violated in some cases in the case of minors. 0 Share this post Link to post
magicsofa Posted April 14, 2011 wait...it goes into the hundreds? no way I'm doing this... I have a special place in my heart for stupid surveys, but this one is too stupid 0 Share this post Link to post
Stupid Bunny Posted April 14, 2011 printz said:Yes they are, unless you're being pedantic and calling them "brightness levels" (not even colors!). I'd actually love to see a survey that asks you to choose your approximate brightness level (on a 0-255 scale of course) 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted April 14, 2011 I'm severely disappointed that Unitarian Universalism wasn't a choice for religion, especially considering other options were smaller, lesser-known religions. :( The rest of the survey was rather mediocre. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted April 15, 2011 The Callithumpians don't rate a mention either and since when has Anarchy been a system of government? 0 Share this post Link to post