Surviving the World

A Photocomic Education by Dante Shepherd

Big Question Results

The following big questions were voted upon by STW readers with final results as posted.

BIG QUESTION #1
65.2% - never need sleep again for the rest of your life
34.8% - have a pet who will age at the same rate as you for the rest of your life

BIG QUESTION #2
64.2% - gills
35.8% - bionic liver

BIG QUESTION #3
At what percentage of content of fruit (by volume) can dessert no longer be considered dessert?
4.9% - Fruit is not dessert
0.5% - Greater than 0% fruit
1.1% - >10% fruit
1.7% - >20% fruit
3.6% - >30% fruit
2.3% - >40% fruit
7.8% - >50% fruit
3.3% - >60% fruit
5.2% - >70% fruit
5.1% - >80% fruit
7.7% - >90% fruit
55.7% - Fruit can be dessert

BIG QUESTION #4
44.2% - A cat with the personality and attitude of a dog
55.8% - A dog with the indoor, self-sufficiency of a cat

BIG QUESTION #5
36.5% - Professional athlete who only plays for one year but is a moderate contributor to a team that wins the championship
63.5% - A great Hall-of-Famer who never got close to winning the championship

BIG QUESTION #6
47% - Complete anarchy in place of the present social and civil structure
53% - Political campaigns that last longer than two years

BIG QUESTION #7
68.7% - Be imprisoned for life on Mars
31.3% - Discover and then be eaten by a new alien species

BIG QUESTION #8
49.4% - Proficiency in a language
50.6% - Proficiency in math

BIG QUESTION #9
64.2% - A rock
35.8% - A hard place

BIG QUESTION #10
37.4% - Roll around in that delicious smelling probably dead unknown thing
62.6% - Avoid a bath

BIG QUESTION #11
7% - Living in the era of tall ships
15% - Living now
78% - Living in the era of space ships

BIG QUESTION #12
48.1% - Hopes
51.9% - Dreams

BIG QUESTION #13
How best is each month?
1st - October (Average month rank = 3.68)
2nd - December (Average month rank = 5.24)
3rd - May (Average month rank = 5.60)
4th - November (Average month rank = 5.67)
5th - September (Average month rank = 5.68)
6th - June (Average month rank = 6.18)
7th - April (Average month rank = 6.33)
8th - July (Average month rank = 7.04)
9th - March (Average month rank = 7.36)
10th - August (Average month rank = 7.77)
11th - January (Average month rank = 8.35)
12th - February (Average month rank = 9.09)

BIG QUESTION #14
What is the appropriate order for the following terms, if acronym quality not apply?
1st - (M)ath (Average month rank = 2.31)
2nd - (S)cience (Average month rank = 2.39)
3rd - (E)ngineering (Average month rank = 3.23)
4th - (A)rt (Average month rank = 3.47)
5th - (T)echnology (Average month rank = 3.57)

BIG QUESTION #15
22.2% - Drained of blood by a vampire
0.7% - Eaten by a zombie
3.7% - Eaten by a werewolf
21.0% - Cursed by a witch
17.9% - Possessed by a demon
34.5% - Haunted by a ghost

BIG QUESTION #16
43.1% - Insanely hot because of chemistry
56.9% - Not actually hot, just terrifying to your tastebuds, as they are peppers that have died and now haunt the mortal coil

BIG QUESTION #17
Bang, marry, kill:
Chemistry: 42.6% Bang, 28.3% Marry, 29% Kill
Physics: 43.1% Marry, 32% Kill, 24.9% Bang
Biology: 39% Kill, 32.4% Bang, 28.6% Marry

BIG QUESTION #18
43.5% - Happiness
56.5% - Wisdom

BIG QUESTION #19
Why do black olives come in cans while green olives come in jars?
Some answers are presented here.

BIG QUESTION #20
53.1% - Getting superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive snowman
46.9% - Getting superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive reindeer

BIG QUESTION #21
49.9% - Santa is real . . . but so is Krampus
50.1% - Santa isn't real, neither is Krampus

BIG QUESTION #22
The more important new year:
40.5% - Calendar New Year
59.5% - Academic New Year

BIG QUESTION #23
Can you be trusted with time travel?
46.8% - Yes
53.2% - No

BIG QUESTION #24
31.9% - Pie in the sky
23.4% - Cake in the lake
44.7% - Dessert in the turret

BIG QUESTION #25
23.1% - Ego
37.5% - Super-ego
39.4% - Id

BIG QUESTION #26
26.9%
- Omniscience
25.0% - Flight
11.0% - Invisibility
37.1% - Never feeling tired ever again

BIG QUESTION #27
Make a decision: given a scale ranging from ideality to practicality, what is the balance that a political leader should have / should govern by?

41.58% Ideality, 58.42% Practicality (+/- 20.19)

BIG QUESTION #28
?%
- Express 'affection' with a perfectly placed hairball or vomit clump
?% - Express 'affection' with a perfectly placed dead mouse