The Comphrensive Poll About Destroying Pictures — MisterPoll Archive

Have you ever destroyed a good, quality picture of someone? (if no, skip the rest of the ?'s, please)

Yes		50.0% (3)
No		50.0% (3)

6 voters answered this question.

If so, what methods have you used to do so?

Fire		50.0% (1)
Trash Can		100.0% (2)
Trash Compactor		50.0% (1)
Trash Can, then Trash Compactor		50.0% (1)
Paper Shredder		0.0% (0)
Thrown out of car window		0.0% (0)
Flushed down the toilet bowl		0.0% (0)
Dug a hole and buried them		0.0% (0)
Other		50.0% (1)

2 voters answered this question.

How many pictures would you estimate you have destroyed?

1		50.0% (1)
1-10		50.0% (1)
10-20		0.0% (0)
20-50		0.0% (0)
50-100		0.0% (0)
100-500		0.0% (0)
500-1000		0.0% (0)
1000+		0.0% (0)

2 voters answered this question.

When you have destroyed pictures, why have you chosen to do so?

Mad at the person in the pictures		100.0% (2)
Didn't have room for the pictures		0.0% (0)
Got tired of looking at them		0.0% (0)
They're scanned onto my 'puter now, why keep 'em?		0.0% (0)
Bought photo album @ a yard sale with them in it		0.0% (0)
I work at a photo lab and they were unclaimed		0.0% (0)
They were in lost and found where I work		0.0% (0)
I swept them up at work		0.0% (0)
I was cleaning at work and found them		0.0% (0)
I found them in public and did it for fun		0.0% (0)
I found them & did it 4 privacy of person in pic		0.0% (0)
B/c I was bored		0.0% (0)
The picture had gotten damaged		0.0% (0)
It was floating in a public restroom toilet		0.0% (0)
A photo album of them was donated to the charity I'm with		0.0% (0)
A friend stuck a sticker pic to my toilet paper		0.0% (0)
My b.f. stuck a sticker pic to my toilet paper		0.0% (0)
A sticker pic was on the toilet paper in my stall		0.0% (0)
As a favor for a good friend during their break-up		0.0% (0)
As a favor for a stranger who asked me		0.0% (0)
A nerd/geek at school gave me their picture at school		0.0% (0)
Other		0.0% (0)

2 voters answered this question.

Which of those methods of picture disposal would you say was your fave?

Fire		66.0% (2)
Trash Can		33.0% (1)
Trash Compactor		0.0% (0)
Trash Can, then Trash Compactor		0.0% (0)
Paper Shredder		0.0% (0)
Thrown out of car window		0.0% (0)
Flushed down the toilet bowl		0.0% (0)
Other		0.0% (0)

3 voters answered this question.

Have you ever helped someone else destroy a picture?

Yes		25.0% (1)
No		75.0% (3)

4 voters answered this question.

If so, what was your role in helping them destroy the picture?

I held the pic they set on fire		0.0% (0)
They held the pic while I set it on fire		0.0% (0)
Cheerleader/Moral support		100.0% (1)
I emptied the trash after they threw it away		0.0% (0)
I flushed the toilet after they threw it in		0.0% (0)
I threw it in the toilet and they flushed it		0.0% (0)
They threw it in the toilet, I peed on it		0.0% (0)
They threw it in the toilet, I pooed on it		0.0% (0)
They threw it in the toilet, I changed my tampon		0.0% (0)
I threw it in the toilet and they peed on it		0.0% (0)
I threw it in the toilet and they pooed on it		0.0% (0)
I threw it in the toilet, they changed a tampon		0.0% (0)

1 voters answered this question.

What's the most sentimentally signifigant set of photos you've ever destroyed?

Wedding pictures		0.0% (0)
Prom pictures		0.0% (0)
Baby pictures		0.0% (0)
Old b/w family pictures		100.0% (1)

1 voters answered this question.

If you've ever burned pictures, why have you?

Mad at the person the picture was of		100.0% (1)
For fun		100.0% (1)
Didn't have room for them		0.0% (0)
To protect privacy		0.0% (0)
Boredom		100.0% (1)
Tired of looking at them		0.0% (0)
They had gotten damaged		0.0% (0)
They were in an album I bought @ a yard sale		0.0% (0)
As a favor for a friend		0.0% (0)
As a favor for a stranger		0.0% (0)
Other		0.0% (0)

1 voters answered this question.

If you've ever thrown pictures in the trash, why have you?

Mad at the person the picture was of		50.0% (1)
Didn't have room for them		50.0% (1)
Tired of looking at them		50.0% (1)
They had gotten damaged		0.0% (0)
They were in an album I bought @ a yard sale		0.0% (0)
I had to for job reasons		0.0% (0)
As a favor for a friend		0.0% (0)
As a favor for a stranger		0.0% (0)
Other		0.0% (0)

2 voters answered this question.

If you've ever flushed pictures down the toilet bowl, why did you?

Mad at the person the picture was of		100.0% (1)
For fun		0.0% (0)
Didn't have room for them		0.0% (0)
To protect privacy		0.0% (0)
Boredom		0.0% (0)
Tired of looking at them		0.0% (0)
They had accidentally fallen in the toilet		0.0% (0)
They were floating in a public toilet		0.0% (0)
They were stuck on my toilet paper		0.0% (0)
There wasn't any toilet paper or better options		0.0% (0)
Other		0.0% (0)

1 voters answered this question.

Sometimes when people do flush pictures down the toilet, they use the toilet on the pictures b/c they say it's all going the same place anyways plus it wastes water to flush them in clean water, but some people say that's cruel and disrespectful-which do you think?

Go ahead, it's all going the same place any ways		75.0% (3)
It's disrespectful to use the toilet on pictures		25.0% (1)

4 voters answered this question.

During which of the following situations would you think it would be ok to use the toilet on pictures you're flushing down the toilet bowl?

After a bad break-up		66.0% (2)
When it falls in the toilet before you use it		33.0% (1)
When you see it floating in a public toilet		33.0% (1)
When you flush it to protect someone's privacy		33.0% (1)
When you flush it as a favor for somebody		33.0% (1)
When you flush it b/c you don't have room for it		0.0% (0)
When you have to pee anyways		33.0% (1)
When you have to poop anyways		66.0% (2)
When you're changing your tampon any ways		33.0% (1)
I think it's only ok to do so if the toilet automatically flushes		0.0% (0)
Every situation where a picture is being flushed		33.0% (1)

3 voters answered this question.

Have you ever used the toilet on a picture?

Yes		20.0% (1)
No		80.0% (4)
I wouldn't have, so it doesn't count, but I didn't see it until I got done, so I did		0.0% (0)
I wouldn't have, so it doesn't count, but the toilet was autoflush and every other stall was full		0.0% (0)
I wouldn't have, so it doesn't count, but the picture fell in as I was using the toilet		0.0% (0)
I wouldn't have, so it doesn't count, but I tried to flush the pic out of my way, and it didn't go down, so I used the toilet on it		0.0% (0)

5 voters answered this question.

If you've ever used the toilet on a picture, which did you do?

Peed		100.0% (2)
Pooped		50.0% (1)
Changed my tampon		50.0% (1)
Changed my pad		50.0% (1)
Puked		50.0% (1)

2 voters answered this question.

If you've ever accidentally dropped a picture in the toilet, did you rescue it?

Yes		66.0% (2)
No		33.0% (1)
I fished it out & put it in the trash		0.0% (0)
I would've saved it, but the toilet was autoflush		0.0% (0)

3 voters answered this question.

If you have ever accidentally dropped a picture in the toilet, how did it happen?

Fell out of my pocket as I pulled my pants down		0.0% (0)
Fell out of my pocket as I pulled my pants up		33.0% (1)
Dropped it while I was showing it to someone while I used the toilet		0.0% (0)
Dropped it while I was showing it to someone while they used the toilet		0.0% (0)
Fell out of my purse as I looked for a tampon		0.0% (0)
Fell out of my purse as I looked for a pad		33.0% (1)
Fell out of my purse as I looked for something		0.0% (0)
It was in my purse was on the back of the toilet & the pic fell out of my purse as the toilet flushed		0.0% (0)
It was in my purse was on the back of the toilet & the pic fell out of my purse as I used the toilet		33.0% (1)
It was in my purse was on the back of the toilet & the pic fell out of my purse as I stood back up		0.0% (0)
Friend jokingly threw it to me while I used the toilet and it fell in		0.0% (0)
I jokingly threw it to my friend while they used the toilet and it fell in		0.0% (0)
Other		0.0% (0)

3 voters answered this question.

If you have a large number of pictures to destroy, which method would you most likely use?

Fire		25.0% (1)
Trash Can		75.0% (3)

4 voters answered this question.

If you have a picture to destroy that you don't want anyone to ever see, which method would you most likely use?

Paper Shredder		50.0% (2)
Fire		50.0% (2)
Flush It		0.0% (0)
Small trash can in bathroom stall		0.0% (0)

4 voters answered this question.

If you have a wallet size picture to destroy and there is a toilet and a trash can both close by, which one would you throw the wallet size picture in?

Trash		100.0% (3)
Toilet		0.0% (0)

3 voters answered this question.

Do you think under any circumstances that you would ever be able to use toilet paper that had a sticker pic stuck to it, a picture of someone printed on it, or if there wasn't any other paper available, actually wipe your butt with a regular picture?

I would be able to do that if I had to		0.0% (0)
I wouldn't be able to do that		0.0% (0)
I've already done that and will again if I have to		66.0% (2)
I've already done that once, but wouldn't again		0.0% (0)
It would depend on who the picture was of		0.0% (0)
If my underwear cost a lot and I had pooped I might, MIGHT be able to, otherwise there's no way I'd be able to do that		0.0% (0)
If my underwear cost a lot and I had pooped I'd do it, otherwise there's no way I'd be able to do that		33.0% (1)

3 voters answered this question.

Which is the more entertaining method to watch a picture be destroyed by?

Fire		33.0% (1)
Paper Shredder		33.0% (1)
Trash Compactor		0.0% (0)
Toilet		33.0% (1)

3 voters answered this question.

Have you ever thrown away photo albums that still had the pictures in them?

Yes, once I did throw one album away		0.0% (0)
Yes, more than once I have thrown one album away		25.0% (1)
I have thrown away multiple photo albums with the pics still in them once		0.0% (0)
I have thrown away multiple photo albums with the pics still in them more than once		0.0% (0)
Only because I had to clean out the lost and found at work when there was a photo album in it		0.0% (0)
No		75.0% (3)

4 voters answered this question.

If you've ever thrown away pictures, did you ever have to empty the trash with the pictures in it into a trash compactor or incinerator yourself, or been there when it happened?

Yes, into a compactor		0.0% (0)
Yes, into an incinerator		0.0% (0)
No, but I did sse the trash collectors put it into the truck and compact it		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my dad put the trash w/ the pics in it into the compactor		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my dad put the trash w/ the pics in it into the incinerator		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my mom put the trash w/ the pics in it into the compactor		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my mom put the trash w/ the pics in it into the incinerator		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my brother put the trash w/ the pics in it into the compactor		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my brother put the trash w/ the pics in it into the incinerator		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my sister put the trash w/ the pics in it into the compactor		25.0% (1)
No, but I was there when my sister put the trash w/ the pics in it into the incinerator		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my son put the trash w/ the pics in it into the compactor		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my son put the trash w/ the pics in it into the incinerator		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my daughter put the trash w/ the pics in it into the compactor		0.0% (0)
No, but I was there when my daughter put the trash w/ the pics in it into the incinerator		0.0% (0)
No, but I saw them in the compactor after they'd been compacted		0.0% (0)
No		75.0% (3)

4 voters answered this question.

If so, did it bother you to see that happen?

Not at all		33.0% (1)
A little, but that was just part of it, ya know?		66.0% (2)
Yes		0.0% (0)

3 voters answered this question.

If you had scanned in several large boxes of pictures that had been in frames and photo albums and were going to throw them all away after you got done, would you put the pictures back in the frames and albums to throw them away?

Yes		25.0% (1)
No		75.0% (3)

4 voters answered this question.

From the previous question, if you had the several boxes of pictures, frames and albums to throw away, would you mix them in with regular trash or throw the full boxes of them away by themselves?

Mix them in w/ regular trash		33.0% (1)
Throw the full boxes in by themselves		33.0% (1)
If there was room in a box I might put small trash in, but otherwise by themselves		33.0% (1)

3 voters answered this question.

From the previous 2 questions, in an instance such as that, would you be bothered if you had to throw the boxes of pictures, frames, and albums into a trash compactor or incinerator instead of a regular dumpster?

Not at all		33.0% (1)
Not unless I had to start the compactor or incinerator after I put them in		0.0% (0)
I'd prefer a regular dumpster, but whatever		0.0% (0)
I'd prefer a compactor to put the boxes in		33.0% (1)
I'd prefer an incinerator to put the boxes in		0.0% (0)
It would really bother me to have to use a compactor or incinerator in that situation		33.0% (1)

3 voters answered this question.

Lastly some demographic info, please... what age group are you in?

under 15 yrs old		25.0% (1)
16-18 yrs old		0.0% (0)
19-24 yrs old		25.0% (1)
25-35 yrs old		0.0% (0)
36-50 yrs old		25.0% (1)
50+ yrs old		25.0% (1)

4 voters answered this question.

...and what country/reigon are you from?

United States-Northeast		50.0% (2)
United States-Midwest		0.0% (0)
United States-Northwest		0.0% (0)
United States-Alaska		0.0% (0)
United States-Hawaii		0.0% (0)
United States-Southwest		0.0% (0)
United States-Southern Great Plains		0.0% (0)
United States-Northern Great Plains		0.0% (0)
United States-Southeast		25.0% (1)
United Kingdom-Wales		0.0% (0)
United Kingdom-Scotland		0.0% (0)
United Kingdom-Northern Ireland		0.0% (0)
United Kingdom-England		0.0% (0)
Ireland		0.0% (0)
Canada-Eastern Coast		0.0% (0)
Canada-Quebec		0.0% (0)
Canada-Hudson Bay area		0.0% (0)
Canada-Great Plains		0.0% (0)
Canada-Rockies		0.0% (0)
Canada-British Columbia		0.0% (0)
Canada-Northwestern Territories		0.0% (0)
New Zealand-North Island		0.0% (0)
New Zealand-South Island		0.0% (0)
New Zealand-Other		0.0% (0)
Australia-Tasmania		0.0% (0)
Australia-Victoria		0.0% (0)
Australia-New South Wales		0.0% (0)
Australia-Queensland		0.0% (0)
Australia-Northern Territory		0.0% (0)
Australia-Western		0.0% (0)
Australia-South		0.0% (0)
South Africa		0.0% (0)
Other-Europe		25.0% (1)
Other-Asia		0.0% (0)
Other-Africa		0.0% (0)
Other-South America		0.0% (0)
Other-Caribbean		0.0% (0)
Other-Bermuda		0.0% (0)
Other-Russian area		0.0% (0)

4 voters answered this question.

And finally, are you male or female?

Male		80.0% (4)
Female		20.0% (1)
F/M transgendered		0.0% (0)
M/F transgendered		0.0% (0)

5 voters answered this question.