“Would you rather have a new iPad or a new partner? One in ten men have said that they would opt for the iPad – a new poll has revealed,” Tom Shepherd reports for Express.co.uk.
“The research has come from online casino RoxyPalace.com, who posed the question to bachelors on their site and found that 11 percent of them would much rather get hold of a brand new iPad than a potential new love interest,” Shepherd reports. “The same poll also showed that three percent of men said that they would happily ditch their current partner if it meant getting hold of the new gadget.”
Shepherd reports, “Women held a far more social perspective, as 84 percent answered that they would rather have a new partner than the iPad… A spokesman for RoxyPalace.com said, ‘Many women joke about becoming football widows when the season is in full swing but it seems some men are willing to take things a step further and are happy to steer clear of relationships all together to spend more time with their beloved toy.'”
Read more in the full article here.
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Bull pucky.
Agreed. The headline is misleading, it’s not simple, one-night stand sex that they’d prefer an iPad over, it’s a new relationship.
The article, never mind MDN’s summary, doesn’t mention sex once. Sure, with a new relationship comes sex (one hopes), but there’s enough effort and money involved that getting an iPad is a lot easier… and cheaper overall, too 🙂
The “one hopes” quip made me chuckle 🙂
The article, never mind MDN’s summary, doesn’t mention sex once.
Same thing with MDN’s impossible headline that Liquid Metal was replacing Gorilla Glass on the next iPhone. Hallucinations about here today.
LISTEN EVERYONE: Did you forget to put on your AFDBs today? (Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanies). Are you under the influence of an alien intelligence? Is that why MDN headlines and post threads aren’t making sense today? Are we under attack?! OMG. We’re under ATTACK!!! 😉
Even worse, these are results from an poll at an online casino’s website–in other words, not a statistically valid random sampling of the general population.
Really this is only somewhat valid for people who a) are online gamblers, b) chose to go to this site in particular, and c) chose to respond to the poll.
Granted we can still have lots of fun with this 🙂
LMAO!!!
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Would probably be 95% of the fanboys on this site.
I wonder if they asked the bachellorettes . . . 9 out of 10 probably
A sure sign that APPL stock is going up? 😉
Hell. I’m married but 1/4 of the nights she’s unavailable anyway. Unlike my iPad which is available all nights and days… 🙂
Most women would prefer to to ‘spend more time with their beloved toy.’’
I lose again to another battery operated toy……..
3 iPad’s. Each one sexier than the last and they never fail to perform. Same can’t be said of girlfriends.
Depends on the partner. If she was Joan Rivers, yeah I might go for that…oh wait, I mean noooo! lol
Time for a “10 Reasons iPads are better than women” list.
Here, I’ll start: The iPad doesn’t b*tch when you tell it to order you some dinner.
——RM
2) It doesn’t care how many girlfriends you have before
3) It doesn’t need any ‘space’ from time to time
4) It doesn’t think it is ‘fat’ no matter what you dress it up in
new woman or new iPad? wow, that’s a though question.
97% of bachelorettes would prefer having an iPad over having sex.
In other news, another study finds that 11% of bachelors are afraid of women.
Really? Only
Eleven
Percent? Sex with whom?
Wow, what a piece of shit article.
First, 11% is closer to 1 in 9 than to 1 in 10.
Second, read this:
“Women held a far more social perspective, as 84 percent answered that they would rather have a new partner than the iPad”
That sentence seems to contradict itself – if 84% prefer new partner, then the other 16% of women would rather have the iPad than a new partner? In other words, MORE than the men, which is the opposite of what that same sentence asserts?
What seems most likely is that the whole thing is a pile of nonsense by people who don’t know how to run, nor report on the results of, a survey.
I was thinking the same thing but was waiting to read all the comments to see if it was pointed out.
Ditto.
Wait… Only 11%? Wtf? I have sex all the time. It’s easy to scam on women and get sex- and cheap too. I’d rather have the new iPad than have sex with a half dozen new women.
Methinks these ‘bachelors’ are that in name only. Prolly over weight or socially inept and not capable of finding new partners easily?
i am overweight, socially inept, completely incapable of finding partners, but I’ll still take the iPad. Hmmm… I see what you did there!
Sex is gone in hour or so. An iPad is forever, or until you sell it to buy the newest one. It’s totally rational to prefer the iPad.
The poll asked for “relationship” 🙂 not sex.
Huh? Is there a difference? You tell me….
Relationship = Continued sex (provided that you’re smooth)
Sex could just be a one night stand… in which case, I’d take the iPad and sell it… that money could translate to several really good nights 😉
Relationship? Definitely the iPad?
Hahahahaha Does drama and unending verbal assault scare you? 😉
Lol. I see some points in here.
1. Some people are too materialistic. Choosing an iPad over a loved one is not a good sign.
2. Now in terms of intercourse, perhaps other people are not too crazy about the idea for a variety of reasons ranging from personal opinions about it to religious beliefs.
Nah. IPad just a better thing to have.
The iPad won’t cheat on you.
Doesn’t bring previous baggage into the relationship.
Neglect the iPad a day… No worries.
Trading it in for the new slimmer model… Is a good thing.
Multi-task dammit!
Ten percent of bachelors are gay.
Actually the percentage of bachelors who are gay increases exponentially with age.
How old are you althego?
They must not be doing something right. Richard Pryor used to say if anyone came upon some bad “kitty” send it to him because the worst it could be was good.
Female horizontal refreshment beats the hell out of anything on an iPad.
I have a friend that quotes Pryor’s philosophy on that matter to me all the time.
In my humble experience, Pryor was right. Some is better, but it’s all pretty good.
that 11% could get sex if they paid for it…….. At least an iPad is a realistic obtainable goal
OOOps, that 11% COULDN’T get sex even if they paid for it.
Typo aside, the iPad remains realistic and obtainable.
Only if it’s 64 Gb.
Wait a minute, here, statisticians. Boiling down the numbers we have:
Men: 89% would rather have a new partner
11% would rather have a new iPad
Women: 84% would rather have a new partner
16% would rather have a new iPad
Yet, “Women held a far more social perspective, as 84 percent answered that they would rather have a new partner than the iPad” Does this make any sense at all?
‘ Does this make any sense at all?’
Yes, women don’t know what they want 10% of the time.
“Would you rather have a new iPad or a new partner?”
Can you be more specific? How many gigs? Is it wifi only or 4G?
I call those people, F&*KTARDS.
brilliant