Hung up on an Internet Poll

I’m way behind schedule and trying to plow through email; I’m amused to see about 7 people sending me a link to this PBS poll and urging me to participate. It’s an internet poll. It’s meaningless. But people are seemingly invested in it.

And funnily enough Pianogirl forwarded me an email from a liberal friend of hers urging her liberal friends to take part in it…as though this actually matters. I’m just surprised.

Clearly, people are really, really invested in having their opinions validated by others – somewhere, anywhere – even if it’s with a silly internet poll. Doesn’t that smack of insecurity? Interesting, to me, anyway.

So…go vote if you want!