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/excited about my civic duty
Mar. 17th, 2010 01:31 pmSo I got my US Census yesterday and I was all nerdily super excited to fill it out and ~participate~, but then I actually opened it and was all :(
The questions were super disappointing, you guys. Idk, I guess I had built it up in my head like it would be the coolest questionnaire ever, but really. Like six questions mostly concerning the spelling of my name and my exact birthdate? Boooooooooooooring. Where are the questions about the color of your dog and if you do not have a dog, plz to explain why in exactly 100 words? Or like, how many shingles are on your roof (round to the nearest 5)? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I WAS HOPING TO ANSWER IN MY FIRST ONE, CENSUS PEEPS.
/single tear
tho it is probably for the best that i managed to repress my inner calvin and not respond with wildly inaccurate data
ANYWAY, to redeem my extreme disappoint, I propose we come up with a list of some census-type questions*. And then answer them**.
I'LL START
How many toes are contained in your household, animal life included? (Doll toe numbers optional.)
*not meme-type questions, jsyk
**these do not need to be answered truthfully by anyone, for obvious reasons. in fact, it's better for the lulz if they are not
i made the mistake of asking the SO how he thought our answers might change by the next census (before taking it, when i thought it would have better questions) and he starts going on about how hopefully things will be different in the country in ten years so we might even actually be married by then and this is not the first time he has brought this up and i'm like a;sjkha;oinasd what am i supposed to do with this what part of DNW do you not get? /peter pan complex awaaaaaaay
The questions were super disappointing, you guys. Idk, I guess I had built it up in my head like it would be the coolest questionnaire ever, but really. Like six questions mostly concerning the spelling of my name and my exact birthdate? Boooooooooooooring. Where are the questions about the color of your dog and if you do not have a dog, plz to explain why in exactly 100 words? Or like, how many shingles are on your roof (round to the nearest 5)? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I WAS HOPING TO ANSWER IN MY FIRST ONE, CENSUS PEEPS.
/single tear
tho it is probably for the best that i managed to repress my inner calvin and not respond with wildly inaccurate data
ANYWAY, to redeem my extreme disappoint, I propose we come up with a list of some census-type questions*. And then answer them**.
I'LL START
How many toes are contained in your household, animal life included? (Doll toe numbers optional.)
*not meme-type questions, jsyk
**these do not need to be answered truthfully by anyone, for obvious reasons. in fact, it's better for the lulz if they are not
i made the mistake of asking the SO how he thought our answers might change by the next census (before taking it, when i thought it would have better questions) and he starts going on about how hopefully things will be different in the country in ten years so we might even actually be married by then and this is not the first time he has brought this up and i'm like a;sjkha;oinasd what am i supposed to do with this what part of DNW do you not get? /peter pan complex awaaaaaaay
