Yet Another Survey For “Wait Wait”

[cahwyguy]

I’m surprised no one has written about this yet, but CNN is highlighting a survey that is sure to show up on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. According to a survey done by Harris Interactive for Intel, 46% of the women questioned said they'd be willing to forgo sex for two weeks, rather than give up their Internet access. Men? Only 30% of the men surveyed

Comments

[whalejudge]

It's not hard to agree to forgo sex rather than the internet. I'm not getting any sex, anyway.

Sex Poll

[anonymous]

'...for women 35 to 44 years old, jumped to 52 percent."

For men who are sleeping with those women, the number would likely be >90%.

What's to give up?

[anonymous]

yeah, I find the whole thing to be BS. How many people do you know who actually have sex even once every two weeks to start with?? I'm with a steady woman for years and I'm lucky if it's once a month! Maybe, MAYbe ten percent of the people I know have sex that regularly -- and I'm no hermit, I'm in the music business. Geez. I wish.

[fauxklore]

I, for one, use my net access far more often than I have sex. So the survey results make sense in that context.

I think it also matters how long you are asking people to give things up for. If you're talking, say, up to a year, I'd give up sex. But, if you meant for the rest of my life, I'd live without the net.

[elasticity]

Exactly. Anyone who has sex as much as I use the interwebs (or is even physically capable of doing so) would need professional help!