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How about, "My preferred post-apocalyptic world to live in if I had to choose one:"

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2022
by pryrt (Abbot) on Jan 24, 2022 at 20:06 UTC
    Not all tech-failure worlds end up with a central Hunger-Games-style elite, so I think the following might be additional categories And the most horrific of all
    • A world where Perl doesn't exist or work

    perldigious: Remember that when TPTB convert the poll quest idea to the actual poll, they don't always get the addenda from the quest's replies. Thus, I recommend editing the original node with any additional suggestions that you want to include. Also, you might want to include links for the ones you provided, like I did for mine. Spoiler allows for easy copy/paste of the ones so far:

    <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread>

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    edit: added the horrific perl-less world!

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      These are some good additions, I may try to combine some in to a single choice, for example "Nuclear/Asteroid Fallout". I'll update the original post in a bit and add links as suggested.

      I'd add the non-existent Perl option, but I don't want to bias the poll to an obvious choice. :-P

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2022
by hippo (Archbishop) on Jan 24, 2022 at 18:15 UTC

    If ever a poll was crying out for a "None of the above" option, this must surely be it.

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      True, this poll would have to fall in the "you must chose one" category. :-)

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        Alien killer robot zombie apes might kindly beg to differ . . .

        Edit: Well, maybe not "kindly". Probably more like "GRAH PUNY HYOOMAN WRONG BRAAAANZ OOP OOP. . . "

        The cake is a lie.
        The cake is a lie.
        The cake is a lie.

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2022
by choroba (Cardinal) on Jan 24, 2022 at 20:13 UTC
    • Planet of the Apes
    • Mad Max

    map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]
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      Both good additions. :-)

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2022
by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Jan 25, 2022 at 03:19 UTC
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      The Nazis winning WWII is more of a nightmare alternate history dystopia than strictly "post-apocalyptic" where humanity/society has been almost totally destroyed and is just trying to survive in the aftermath.

      It sounds like On the Beach would fall in to the post nuclear fallout category, and The Last Man on Earth in to the Zombie category, so I think those are covered.

      I've never actually heard of On the Beach and I'm a big Gregory Peck fan, so I might have to see if I can stream that someplace. I have seen the original The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price, which definitely fits the usual Vincent Price type of film. :-)

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        Well ... if Nazis won we'd have Hitler dead and his "personality cult" denounced by 1950 followed by softening the regime, a temporary tightening of screws in 60s and Umstrukturierung near the end of 80s followed by fall and dissolution of the Reich. Little would be known about the long cleaned up concentration camps.

        Jenda
        1984 was supposed to be a warning,
        not a manual!

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2022
by hv (Prior) on Feb 11, 2022 at 18:40 UTC

    Whatever happened to ".. and they all lived happily ever after". That's the post-apocalypse world I want. :(

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2022
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 24, 2022 at 20:20 UTC
    • The Metaverse
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