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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on April 25, 2005, 04:40:54 am

Title: CNN Irony
Post by: Sandwich on April 25, 2005, 04:40:54 am: Look here: http://www.cnn.com/virtual/2001/code/clickability2/mp_templates/etmp2006.html

You can cycle through the Daily, Weekly, and Monthly lists, but in all cases, this story (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/22/text.iq/index.html) comes out on, or close to, the top of the "Most Emailed" articles list. :lol:

But that's not all! In the article, there's a line that reads:

[q]Nine out of 10 people thought colleagues who answered messages during face-to-face meetings were rude, while three out of 10 believed it was not only acceptable, but a sign of diligence and efficiency.[/q]

So, 9 out of 10 people think it's rude, while the other (???) 3 out of 10 think that it's not only acceptable, but commendable!

:wakka:
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 25, 2005, 04:47:40 am: Possibly the three out of ten were checking their e-mail at the time, and so answered yes to both questions by accident?
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: karajorma on April 25, 2005, 05:01:55 am: Maybe they were suffering from more than just a 10 IQ point drop :D
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: Swamp_Thing on April 25, 2005, 08:46:29 am: Quote
E-mails 'hurt IQ more than pot'

Say what?? :wtf: :nervous: :blah: :lol: :lol:
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: Fineus on April 25, 2005, 08:50:23 am: I read that.. apparently using Email and phone text services causes a noticable drop in your IQ.

I'm kinda curious as to how that comes about. It seems no different to using a word processing package etc.
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: aldo_14 on April 25, 2005, 08:55:55 am: IM GOIN 2 PUB, BRB N 5 MNS SV ME KBAB, K?
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: Rictor on April 25, 2005, 08:56:52 am: damn, beat me to it!
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: Nuclear1 on April 25, 2005, 11:17:14 am: Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14
IM GOIN 2 PUB, BRB N 5 MNS SV ME KBAB, K?

Bingo.
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: kasperl on April 25, 2005, 11:21:27 am: I can actually read that, my IQ must be in the low 70's or something.
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: Grug on April 25, 2005, 11:29:34 am: lol.

What's wrong with that anyway? :p
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: karajorma on April 25, 2005, 01:31:52 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Kalfireth
I read that.. apparently using Email and phone text services causes a noticable drop in your IQ.

I'm kinda curious as to how that comes about. It seems no different to using a word processing package etc.

I think they're talking about an effective drop in IQ caused by people constantly stopping work to check email etc.

I assume they mean that the lack of concentration caused by e-mail is much higher than that caused by lack of sleep or even smoking pot. Quite how that is translated to IQ points is beyond me :)
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: Flipside on April 25, 2005, 01:50:53 pm: We have a hell of a problem with Teenagers writing in Textspeak, which is fine for texts, but when you get a Finance report with lines on it like....

'2 Balence u need 2 sutract outgong frm incum', I start worrying... these are the people that work out my wages!
Title: Re: CNN Irony
Post by: kode on April 25, 2005, 04:08:31 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
Look here: http://www.cnn.com/virtual/2001/code/clickability2/mp_templates/etmp2006.html

You can cycle through the Daily, Weekly, and Monthly lists, but in all cases, this story (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/22/text.iq/index.html) comes out on, or close to, the top of the "Most Emailed" articles list. :lol:

But that's not all! In the article, there's a line that reads:

[q]Nine out of 10 people thought colleagues who answered messages during face-to-face meetings were rude, while three out of 10 believed it was not only acceptable, but a sign of diligence and efficiency.[/q]

So, 9 out of 10 people think it's rude, while the other (???) 3 out of 10 think that it's not only acceptable, but commendable!

:wakka:

but rude isn't an opposite of acceptable, diligence or efficiency. one can be efficient and diligent and still be rude. so basically, they think the people are *******s, but efficient *******s.
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: Hippo on April 25, 2005, 04:21:50 pm: 12 out of 10 emails i get are from forums... :nervous:
Title: Re: Re: CNN Irony
Post by: Sandwich on April 25, 2005, 04:40:43 pm: Quote
Originally posted by kode

but rude isn't an opposite of acceptable, diligence or efficiency. one can be efficient and diligent and still be rude. so basically, they think the people are *******s, but efficient *******s.

"Rude" and "acceptible" may not be opposites, but they are pretty much exclusive, especially when you're asking about someone's opinion on human behavior.
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: Ghost on April 25, 2005, 04:44:50 pm: Maybe the '3 out of ten' were on their cell phones when answering.
Title: CNN Irony
Post by: Flipside on April 25, 2005, 05:05:10 pm: If you are doing 2 things at once, you are only applying 50% of your concentration to each, therefore doubling the chance of making a stupid mistake. I can't see how that can be efficient.
Title: Re: Re: Re: CNN Irony
Post by: kode on April 25, 2005, 05:05:14 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich

"Rude" and "acceptible" may not be opposites, but they are pretty much exclusive, especially when you're asking about someone's opinion on human behavior.

I for one accept peoples right to be rude. I'm quite brusque myself, so I tend to overlook other peoples character flaws until I punch them in the face.

but then again, it could be that while they think it's rude, they accept it because they while eventually suffer brain damage from that iq loss (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/22/text.iq/index.html) they will have.