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Question #15·26 August 2026·revealed

A friend shows up at your door without calling first. Nice surprise or rude?

116 people answered on 26 August 2026. 58% said Nice surprise.

Nice surprise57.8%
Rude42.2%

Self-selected poll · 116 votes. Answer today’s question

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116
votes on this question
7
published country breakdowns
62%
of 78 predictors called the winner
12.5
avg split-guess miss, points

By country

Nice surpriseRude
🇺🇸 USA 39
5149
Everywhere else 49
6139

By age

Nice surpriseRude
25 to 34 45
6040
35 to 44 25
6040
Everywhere else 17
5347

By profession

Nice surpriseRude
Software & IT 27
6337
Everywhere else 31
5842

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In a wisehumans poll of 116 voters (26 August 2026), 58% chose "Nice surprise". Source: wisehumans.org/q/a-friend-shows-up-at-your-door-without-calling-first

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Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.