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Poll: Have you tried "Dubai chocolate"?
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have you tried "Dubai chocolate"?".

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Géraldine Fourrier
Géraldine Fourrier  Identity Verified
Frankrijk
Local time: 18:18
Lid 2023
Engels naar Frans
??? Jan 6

This is surreal.

Edith van der Have
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Andrei Albu
Marta Riosalido (X)
Claudio Machado Junior
AllegroTrans (X)
 
Edith van der Have
Edith van der Have
Nederland
Local time: 18:18
Lid 2016
Engels naar Nederlands
+ ...
Have you tried oatmeal for breakfast? Jan 6

That question is just as relevant to the translators community.

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Andrei Albu
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Marta Riosalido (X)
Claudio Machado Junior
AllegroTrans (X)
Peter Simon
 
Gregor Trebec
Gregor Trebec
Slovenië
Local time: 18:18
Engels naar Sloveens
+ ...
:D Jan 6

yes, and i bought like 7 packs for my relatives.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 17:18
Lid 2007
Engels naar Portugees
+ ...
No Jan 6

I am hype-allergic!!!

Daryo
Zea_Mays
Liena V.
 
AllegroTrans (X)
AllegroTrans (X)  Identity Verified
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Local time: 17:18
Frans naar Engels
+ ...
This is more than surreal Jan 6

Géraldine Fourrier wrote:

This is surreal.


WHY are ProZ site staff wasting time and effort posting up these "poll questions" when the site is deteriorating? - fake jobs appearing on the jobs board and constantly reaching us through our profiles, jobs asking us (and even children as young as five) to record our voices to train AI (and who knows what else?), jobs asking us to take photos of food and the interiors of private business premises, jobs asking asking us to disclose third-party private data, fake freelancer profiles...the list goes on and on and yet many of these job ads are allowed to stay on the site in spite of contravening Rule 1.1. of the job posting rules.

PROZ, GET A GRIP !!!

[Edited at 2026-01-06 18:46 GMT]

[Edited at 2026-01-06 18:48 GMT]


Gregor Trebec
Jennifer Levey
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Jéssica Gomes
expressisverbis
Carmen Valentin-Rodriguez
Michael Newton
 
IrinaN (X)
IrinaN (X)
Verenigde Staten
Local time: 11:18
Engels naar Russisch
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They don't Jan 6

AllegroTrans wrote:

Géraldine Fourrier wrote:

This is surreal.


WHY are ProZ site staff wasting time and effort


That's the problem.


writeaway
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
AllegroTrans (X)
Philip Lees
María Domínguez Camba
Maria Laura Curzi
 
writeaway
writeaway  Identity Verified
Frans naar Engels
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Maybe AI is in charge Jan 6

So many poll 'questions' are now so inane/ridiculous that I'm beginning to wonder if AI is in charge.



Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Daryo
Carmen Valentin-Rodriguez
AllegroTrans (X)
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Philip Lees
María Domínguez Camba
 
Daryo
Daryo
Local time: 17:18
Servisch naar Engels
+ ...
It looks Jan 6

Géraldine Fourrier wrote:

This is surreal.


Exercice de style #1
Mais non, voyons, c'est seulement un hommage déguisé au surréalisme. Un de plus. Jamais trop tard pour fêter le centenaire?

Exercice de style #2
C'est l'Ignorance Augmentée qui a décidé comme une grande de tirer un pied de nez à ses supposés 'contrôleurs'?

Exercise in Style #3
It looks very 'real' to me - I mean the fact that this life-changing poll question was asked here couldn't be more 'real'.

As for the 'reality' of the poll results, that's another matter – apparently I have voted in lots of past polls, but my (otherwise still alive and kicking) memory must have developed some very selective memory holes as I can't remember any of these 'votes of mine', not even having voted in this poll 10 minutes ago.

Exercise in Style #4
Later - gone for a coffee break.


P.L.F. Persi (X)
IrinaN (X)
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
expressisverbis
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Maria Laura Curzi
 
expressisverbis
expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 17:18
Engels naar Portugees
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Disrespectful to us as translators Jan 6

Géraldine Fourrier wrote:

This is surreal.


I would call it something else: disrespectful to us as translators.
While lighthearted polls can sometimes help engage a community, translators—and this website itself—are currently dealing with serious technical and professional issues.
In that context, off-topic polls like this make little sense and can feel dismissive of the work we do every day.
It would be far more valuable to focus on real challenges, technical issues affecting this platform, and concrete ways to support the community professionally, rather than on topics that are completely unrelated to the profession.
Repeated polls of this kind reflect a lack of seriousness and responsibility on the part of those running the forum, with or without AI assistance.


Carmen Valentin-Rodriguez
AllegroTrans (X)
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Sabrina Bruna
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Philip Lees
 
Zea_Mays
Zea_Mays  Identity Verified
Italië
Local time: 18:18
Engels naar Duits
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at least 2 years late Jan 6

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

I am hype-allergic!!!


Moreover when the hype is long outdated meanwhile. Was there such a long waiting list of proposed polls?


 
Oscar Núñez Alfaro
Oscar Núñez Alfaro  Identity Verified
Costa Rica
Local time: 10:18
Lid Oct 2026
Engels naar Spaans
+ ...
I have! Jan 7

I have tried it, but professionally speaking, I have tried better ones.

 
Philip Lees
Philip Lees  Identity Verified
Griekenland
Local time: 19:18
Grieks naar Engels
Other Jan 7

WARNING: thread merge.

Is "Dubai chocolate" a slang term for some kind of unconventional sexual preference or practice?


Alex Lichanow
The Shredder
expressisverbis
Maria Laura Curzi
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Duitsland
Local time: 18:18
Engels naar Duits
+ ...
Of course Jan 7

Philip Lees wrote:

WARNING: thread merge.

Is "Dubai chocolate" a slang term for some kind of unconventional sexual preference or practice?


Look it up on Urban Dictionary at your own risk.


The Shredder
expressisverbis
Philip Lees
Maria Laura Curzi
Daryo
 
Jennifer Levey
Jennifer Levey  Identity Verified
Chili
Local time: 13:18
Spaans naar Engels
+ ...
Rule 34 ... Jan 7

... clearly applies here.
'Rule 34' ...? You can look that up in Urban Dictionary as well.
JL


 
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