Something to pass along to your middle-schoolers: Normal kids don't drink.
Only 20 percent of Boulder, Colo., teens say they drank alcohol before age 13, according to a new study, meaning that normal middle-schoolers there don't drink.
Also, 60 percent of teens surveyed by the Boulder Valley School District said it's wrong for teens to drink. Of course, from the news story I saw, there's no way to know how many of those teens were lying out of fear of getting in trouble.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Something to consider
Fully half of the U.S. population has below-average intelligence. If you don't believe me, Google it.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
People who watch wrestling really aren't normal
USA Today says the most-watched show on cable last week was "WWE Raw," with 5.7 viewers.
Put another way, only 1.9 percent of the population tuned in.
Put another way, 98.1 percent didn't.
Put another way, only 1.9 percent of the population tuned in.
Put another way, 98.1 percent didn't.
People who watch 'American Idol' aren't normal
People who watch "American Idol" aren't normal, and I can prove it, too!
USA Today says "Idol" was the mosted-watched show on broadcast TV the week ending April 6, with 26.1 million viewers.
So, how can you say that people who watch the No. 1 show in the country aren't normal?
Well, the U.S. Census Bureau says there are 303.8 million Americans.
That means only 8.6 percent of the population watched the No. 1 show of the week.
If you define normal as whatever most of the population believes or does, then people who watch "Idol" aren't normal.
I'm not saying "Idol" is a bad show. I'm saying that, technically, people who watch the show aren't normal. I'm saying that, technically, people who don't watch "Idol" are in the majority and, by one definition of the word, are normal.
So, why's it a big deal in the media when someone gets voted off?
Beats me, because, if you look at the numbers, it's pretty clear that 91.4 percent of the U.S. population don't give a poop. One theory, though, is that some people still haven't figured out there's no such thing as mass media anymore.
Years ago, there was, of course.
Wikipedia -- yeah, I know, it's not really an authoritative source, but stay with me on this -- Wikipedia says 82.6 percent of households tuned in to watch Elvis Presley's first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" back in 1956. This year's Super Bowl drew 43.1 percent of households, but that means 56.9 percent of Americans, what you might call the normal ones, didn't watch the game.
I'm not saying that's good or bad. I'm just saying.
USA Today says "Idol" was the mosted-watched show on broadcast TV the week ending April 6, with 26.1 million viewers.
So, how can you say that people who watch the No. 1 show in the country aren't normal?
Well, the U.S. Census Bureau says there are 303.8 million Americans.
That means only 8.6 percent of the population watched the No. 1 show of the week.
If you define normal as whatever most of the population believes or does, then people who watch "Idol" aren't normal.
I'm not saying "Idol" is a bad show. I'm saying that, technically, people who watch the show aren't normal. I'm saying that, technically, people who don't watch "Idol" are in the majority and, by one definition of the word, are normal.
So, why's it a big deal in the media when someone gets voted off?
Beats me, because, if you look at the numbers, it's pretty clear that 91.4 percent of the U.S. population don't give a poop. One theory, though, is that some people still haven't figured out there's no such thing as mass media anymore.
Years ago, there was, of course.
Wikipedia -- yeah, I know, it's not really an authoritative source, but stay with me on this -- Wikipedia says 82.6 percent of households tuned in to watch Elvis Presley's first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" back in 1956. This year's Super Bowl drew 43.1 percent of households, but that means 56.9 percent of Americans, what you might call the normal ones, didn't watch the game.
I'm not saying that's good or bad. I'm just saying.
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