Yougov has some very odd ideas about weekends

by Nonions

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  1. I’m actually surprised there wasn’t an “all of the above” option.

  2. I’ve heard it’s a way to combat people clicking at random. It’s deliberately outlandish.

    I don’t know if this is true or not.

  3. Reassuring to see that the civil service is still run by raving lunatics

  4. Funnily enough I survived a head on crash in Pyongyang because I was adjusting the air con in my car on the way to my new house I bought for the duathlon to celebrate my child having a child, then sat down to relax with some Xbox after all that.

    Oh yeah, and we were filming the whole thing for Netflix.

  5. I think one of the options I get is “visited mount McGrath in Alaska”

    Which would be difficult given that it’s in Canada

    It’s always “watched TV” though

  6. You got far more interesting options than my last survey. Mine featured “watching TV” (nope), “Going to the pub” (nope) and “Visited grandchildren” (nope – I don’t have any kids and I’m only 43).

    I think they’re expecting you to click on one of them (hopefully not “survived a head-on collision” because I hope you weren’t in one! Good grief), but I’m even more boring than that because I don’t even watch TV any more.

  7. I’ve apparently failed one of their quality control surveys recently and I don’t why.

    First question was whether I watched telly at the weekend. I did so I selected MOTD on BBC One.

    The next section was to select all the game companies I’ve heard of. I clicked all the ones I’ve heard of.

    Then I got told I failed one of their quality control surveys and says my account could be paused? Was I too quick or something?

    Definitely noticed the lack of surveys the past year or so.

  8. To check if you are paying attention.

    Anyone who ticks two of the dudd answers will be automatically disqualified usually

  9. Or some very specific things they want to survey people about.

  10. Imagine if you actually had just got back from North Korea and got screened out.

  11. Thanks to using my car’s central air conditioning, I survived a head-on crash in Pyongyang the other day.

  12. Well I’d be stuck. There’s no “all of the above” option.

  13. I love the fact that they specify *central* air conditioning.

  14. Mine makes me idly want to vist McGrath, Alaska, just so that the next time I can tick the box. It’s apparently only got a population of 301 though, so probably not set up for YouGov based tourists.

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