Surveys
FictionDaily likes to tap into the collective consciousness with surveys. Please leave a comment interpreting the data–that is, what you think they mean.
Fiction Daily Survey 2, Results (August 2010, 23 respondents)
1. What are you?
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| Reader |
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21.7% |
5 |
| Writer |
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4.3% |
1 |
| Neither |
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0.0% |
0 |
| Reader and writer |
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47.8% |
11 |
| Reader and writer and neither |
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26.1% |
6 |
2. On your commute to and from work, for five days straight, all traffic lights turn yellow as you approach them. How do you interpret this?
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| I should get going on all those projects I want to complete. |
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26.1% |
6 |
| The jig is up: they know everything. |
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30.4% |
7 |
| I need more hobbies. |
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43.5% |
10 |
3. Finish this sentence: “Sex must…
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| 1.be amazing 2.the new popular body wash from AXE. 3.always be followed by citrus. 4.last no longer than the half-time break! 5.be. 6.be great. 7.happen occasionally for sanity to be maintained. 8.mean something. 9.out. 10.happen. 11.be consensual. 12.sometimes mean everything is continuing. 13.I’d finish it if you had written ‘should’. Or perhaps I can say Sex must have no musts. there you go. “Sex must have no musts.” now must looks like a silly word. must. 14.happen soon. 15.occur more often. 16.look awfully strange to alien abductors. 17.prevail. 18.be like getting lost in a Rothko or else it’s not worth it. 19. be regular. 20. be better than television. 21. end in two orgasms. 22. end. 23. pass muster.Find… |
| 4. Which statement do you agree with most? |
| I choose my race |
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91.% |
2 |
| The state is a leviathan. |
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31.8% |
7 |
| If hate is when I want something to not exist, love is when I want something to exist. |
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59.1% |
13 |
| 5. What’s worrying you right now? |
1.this question 2.why am I doing this when I should be working…. 3.How can I possibly answer this question without appearing to be a cretin? 4.The state of my next story. 5.Worry. 6.Paying my rent, and my rash. 7.ultraconservatives. 8.gis. 9.fringe benefits. 10.secrets… 11.My future career options. 12.My brother. Writing. Money. 13.my stomach. 14.everything. 15.old age sickness and death. 16.That I will never be able to live in the moment. Like right now. 17.my cat’s hair is everywhere. 18.That I will get a nosebleed from the dry air on this plane. 19. my anxiety. 20. that sometimes television is better than sex. 21. wedding. 22. My life. 23. dental decay.
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Fiction Daily Survey 1, Results (March 2010, 18 respondents)
| 1. Check your gender. |
| Male |
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66.7% |
12 |
| Female |
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27.8% |
5 |
| GLBT |
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0.0% |
0 |
| Gender doesn’t exist. |
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5.6% |
1 |
| 2. Which of the following images best represents your self? |
| A cardboard box, open at the top. |
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16.7% |
3 |
| A set of old wooden stairs in a beautiful but decimated house. |
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44.4% |
8 |
| A tight-rope walker. |
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38.9% |
7 |
| 3. This statement is a lie. |
| True. |
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22.2% |
4 |
| False. |
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16.7% |
3 |
| Stop it. I know what you’re doing. |
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61.1% |
11 |
| 4. Absolute truths exist. |
| True. |
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22.2% |
4 |
| False. |
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77.8% |
14 |
| 5. What image best represents our age? |
| A smashed pomegranate. |
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22.2% |
4 |
| A robotic dog. |
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38.9% |
7 |
| A downed power line. |
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38.9% |
7 |
1.The sky is blue 2.There are no square circles. 3.I am typing. 4.Noses continue to grow one’s whole life. I have two of them. 5.phone are annoying 6.i like dave. 7.Is. 8.No. 9.Albrecht Durer produced masterful prints in which crosshatching creates the illusion of space and objects. 10.I am “smarter” than most people. 11.I’m hungry 12.As long as there is consciousness, someone somewhere will find (meaning consider) some thing beautiful. 13.The more you get done, the more there is to do. 14.I have a red wine hangover and this survey is not helping. 15.birds can fly. 16.The authentic self is an illusion. 17.Your mom. 18.A female flea makes one egg every hour for her entire life, which is three months.
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