When you read a survey question, do you assume the creator of the question is refering to themselves?

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Galomorro

posted 19-Apr-2008 10:40pm

Maybe... not sure.

LindaH

posted 19-Apr-2008 10:48pm

No. I make up scenarios all the time. I don't usually associate them with the person who wrote the survey, I'm inclined to think that people are just being creative, giving people something to ponder.

Melf

posted 20-Apr-2008 5:31am

I see who wrote it. It's not something I think about, to be honest.

Crayons

posted 20-Apr-2008 10:43am

I just answer it, if it's rather specific like "If you were dating someone and they looked through your text messages on your phone that wasn't really yours but it looked exactly like the one your uncle had because it was a 2 for 1 deal so you must have switched at the Christmas party because you were drunk and you didn't realize there was so much alcohol in your eggnog and all of a sudden your girlfriend sees all the messages from various hookers and you learn that day that your uncle isn't who you thought he was and now your girlfriend left a huge red hand shaped mark on your left cheekbone in her fit of rage but you explained the situation and proved it so she loves you again and she said she was pregnant so you need to take care of the child which you're okay with because you've always wanted one and you wouldn't mind marrying the girl at some point and maybe you'll propose but how do you get the hand shaped red mark from when she slapped you last week to keep from turning into a bruise because it hurt really bad and she's taking karate and when you go out you don't want everyone to know that you had a fight because you were always a perfect couple and your friends would laugh at you and you don't trust them because they grew up with you since 2nd grade when you moved in and they poured chocolate milk from those little cartons over your head and then you were friends so what would you do?" Then it might be a real situation.

cloudhugger

(reply to Crayons) posted 20-Apr-2008 11:38am

Not if me or Linda wrote it

LindaH

(reply to cloudhugger) posted 20-Apr-2008 12:30pm

Occasionally mine will be totally hypothetical and fictitious. Occasionally.

Enheduanna

posted 20-Apr-2008 1:02pm

Sort of; I usually figure it's based on something in their own lives, unless it's explained in a way that makes it clear that it isn't.

Melf

(reply to Crayons) posted 20-Apr-2008 1:15pm

Ok, that's either Fealix or Verouge...

bill

posted 20-Apr-2008 7:13pm

I think surveys can tell you a lot about the creator, but not necessarily in a direct way (it's not specifically their life, but just something that they are thinking about). It kind of shows you how they think too.

kcthedog

posted 20-Apr-2008 10:33pm

Sort of, I assume the creator was inspired directly and is needing to prove a point or wants a general conscensus of how everyone else feels about a situation.

I think that that is pretty much the point of createing a survey to acess the validity of an idea or to explore a new idea.

kcthedog

(reply to LindaH) posted 20-Apr-2008 10:35pm

> Occasionally mine will be totally hypothetical
> and fictitious. Occasionally.

Occasionally?

kcthedog

(reply to Crayons) posted 20-Apr-2008 10:38pm

> I just answer it, if it's rather specific
> like "If you were dating someone and they
> looked through your text messages on your
> phone that wasn't really yours but it looked
> exactly like the one your uncle had because
> it was a 2 for 1 deal so you must have switched
> at the Christmas party because you were drunk
> and you didn't realize there was so much
> alcohol in your eggnog and all of a sudden
> your girlfriend sees all the messages from
> various hookers and you learn that day that
> your uncle isn't who you thought he was and
> now your girlfriend left a huge red hand
> shaped mark on your left cheekbone in her
> fit of rage but you explained the situation
> and proved it so she loves you again and
> she said she was pregnant so you need to
> take care of the child which you're okay
> with because you've always wanted one and
> you wouldn't mind marrying the girl at some
> point and maybe you'll propose but how do
> you get the hand shaped red mark from when
> she slapped you last week to keep from turning
> into a bruise because it hurt really bad
> and she's taking karate and when you go out
> you don't want everyone to know that you
> had a fight because you were always a perfect
> couple and your friends would laugh at you
> and you don't trust them because they grew
> up with you since 2nd grade when you moved
> in and they poured chocolate milk from those
> little cartons over your head and then you
> were friends so what would you do?" Then
> it might be a real situation.

What you smoki'n girl...............?

LindaH

(reply to kcthedog) posted 20-Apr-2008 10:45pm

Yeah. Sometimes I make totally made up ones.

kcthedog

(reply to LindaH) posted 20-Apr-2008 10:47pm

I knew that! You make so many !

JessicaWoman99

posted 21-Apr-2008 12:50am

Yes and no , yes sometimes it refers to them and maybe it does not in other cases

cloudhugger

(reply to bill) posted 21-Apr-2008 9:55am

I have written surveys that really have nothing to do with me. I was a bit shocked that people were actually giving me advice about what to do. Making judgements it was my issue when it was something random I pulled out of the news to see a conscensus about what others thought. I thought it was pretty funny and I was making sure it wasn't just me. I find it quite interesting the answers.

bill

(reply to cloudhugger) posted 21-Apr-2008 10:43am

So, you're not pregnant?!

cloudhugger

(reply to bill) posted 22-Apr-2008 7:33am

And I am not a teen.

bill

(reply to cloudhugger) posted 22-Apr-2008 8:14am

alas

Melf

posted 22-Apr-2008 8:37am

This makes me think of the pole dancing survey...