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Inktober Day 10 • Sweep
Most Homoerotic Moment: Round One Match One of Thirty-Two
"Call me Barbara"
"That's my Yolanda"
10-10-25 "Sweep"
When a poll is targeted toward a specific group of people and includes a button for people NOT in that group, often the "show results" button is chosen far more than any of the other options.
Example question: Iowa residents, how many pigs/hogs do you own?
I own less than a thousand hogs (0.8%)
I own 1000–4999 hogs (6.4%)
I own more than 5000 hogs (3.6%)
I don't live in Iowa, show results (89.2%)
Is the "show results sweep" phenomenon annoying to you?
Yes; I have no problem understanding the results, it just annoys me
Yes; I don't like having to do math to understand the results
Yes; I don't know HOW to do the math to understand the results
Yes; it's hard for me to comprehend the results
Yes, other
No, I can still generally understand the relevant results just by looking at the
No, I actively do the math (in my head or on paper) to see accurate results
No, I can't really tell what the results are but this doesn't bother me
No, other
Complicated answer
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Inktober 2025 - Day 10 - Sweep
"Vimes stared blankly at what was in front of them. “Okay,” he said. “The gravel and rocks, yes, I can see that. Shame about all the rubbish. It always turns up, doesn’t it…”
“Yes,” said Lu-Tze. “It’s part of the pattern.”
“What? The old cigarette packet?”
“Certainly. That invokes the element of air,” said Sweeper. “And the cat doings?” “To remind us that disharmony, like a cat, gets everywhere.”
“The cabbage stalks? The used sonky?” “At our peril we forget the role of the organic in the total harmony. What arrives seemingly by chance in the pattern is part of a higher organization that we can only dimly comprehend. This is a very important fact, and has a bearing on your case.”
“And the beer bottle?” For the first time since Vimes had met him, the monk frowned. “Y’know, some bugger always tosses one over the wall on his way back from the pub on Friday nights. If it wasn’t forbidden to do that kind of thing, he’d feel the flat of my hand and no mistake.”"
– Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
