Americans, Less Sex because of the internet

Can you relate? Do you find you socialize less in the real world? Do you watch less Tv?
Do you go out less? Do you have LESS SEX? :shrug:

Some Americans giving up friends, sex for internet: survey
20/09/2007

One in five Americans say they're having less sex to spend more time on the internet, text messaging and similar technologies, a new survey suggests.


CBC News
Even higher ratios of U.S. adults are choosing digital technology over television and friends, while the majority say they could not go a week without being connected to the internet, according to the survey released Wednesday.

The survey of 1,011 American adults, conducted by advertising agency JWT, suggests Americans are becoming increasingly dependent on digital technology. It also suggests that the time spent using these tools is coming at the expense of other activities.

While slightly more than half (55 per cent) of the respondents said they could go without connecting online "for a few days," only about a fifth (18 per cent) said they could abstain for a week, the survey found.

Similarly 48 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement: "If I cannot access the internet when I want to, I feel like something important is missing."

When asked how their online habits have affected other activities, almost half of respondents (47 per cent) said they spent less time watching television. More than a quarter (28 per cent) said they spent less time socializing face-to-face with friends, while one-fifth of respondents said they are having less sex.

 

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I feel bad for those bastards.

 

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Anyone who believes surveys and polls should have their heads examined.

Baron Max

 

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I believe it. My son spends more time talking to his girlfriend in a pretend world online than on the phone. I'm hoping he gets laid less.

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You don't like it if your kid gets laid?

 

We should take a poll to see how many agree with you.

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i'd deffinitely go crazy without the internet

 

I thought that you already were!

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you have a point

 

Some Americans have more sex because of the internet. Most porn is shot in california. Hence I suspect lots of people there are having more sex with the growth of the internet, and its backbone; porn.

 

Yep, my bloody internet connection!

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I'd like to see exactly how the questions were worded though.
I spend more time online than having sex, but the two aren't related. I also don't read newspapers or watch the news on tv so the net's pretty much my media source. It's easier to access than the library so it's great for factual material on a great range of subjects. If you count all this lack of venturing out towards the part about 'less socialising', I'd pretty much have to conclude you can make statistics say whatever the hell you want. Quite frankly there are very few people I'd desire social interaction with anyway.

 

am I supposed to?

 

I have sex almost everyday and I spent just enough time surfing ... ballanced life

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we are talking about sex with another human being.

 

Why would you?

 

I wouldn't care much if I thought he was mature enough. If I knew his girlfriend was on birthcontrol, I would worry even less.

 

heh, it's not much him having sex as it is the possibility your son might get stuck with an unplanned kid/ fucked up marriage

 

Sometimes I have too much sex and don't get to hang out with the internet.

 

Why are you insinuating he's gay?

 

how horrible.