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Question #7ยท18 August 2026ยทrevealed

A friend spent hours cooking for you. The food is bad. They ask if you like it.

264 people in 10 countries answered on 18 August 2026. 52% said Say you love it.

Say you love it51.9%
Be honest48.1%
264
votes on this question
8,342
votes since launch
10
countries
8.3s
median gut time
74%
predicted the majority
13.1
avg split-guess miss, points

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By country

Say you love itBe honest
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA 103
5446
Everywhere else 112
5248

By age

Say you love itBe honest
25 to 34 76
5446
35 to 44 62
4753
Everywhere else 47
5149

By profession

Say you love itBe honest
Software & IT 64
3961
Everywhere else 100
5644
Biggest gap: Software & IT put the winning answer at 39.1%, against 51.9% worldwide.
Most contrarian country: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA. Only 54.4% sided with the global majority.

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In a wisehumans poll of 264 voters across 10 countries (18 August 2026), 52% chose "Say you love it". Source: wisehumans.org/q/a-friend-spent-hours-cooking-for-you-the-food-is-bad

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Method

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.