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Student Monitor researchers “asked 1,200 U.S. undergraduates last fall to choose ‘what’s in on campus’ from a list of 77 options,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune.
“Among the top 15, the iPhone was first,” P.E.D. reports.
And Apple’s iPad was 5th, ahead of both “drinking beer” and “hooking up.”
What’s in on campus?
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sigh. sorry apple. sex always wins.
what is wrong with the youth
Maybe they have never learned the slow dance and the downstream effects (getting laid while really horny). Cannot imagine dancing to the bullshit that passes on the radio these days.
Maybe the instant gratification crowd has yet to discover that half the fun is getting there. Mae West once said “anything worth doing is worth doing S-L-O-W-L-Y”.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/luck-of-the-draw/id723471867#
Check out track 9, boys and girls.
Make that 8
Perhaps an iPhone is a prerequisite for hooking up.
Is that Bill Gates in the middle holding the sign?
Hum, ok if you say …..
I’m thinking naked girl or use iPhone – I’m going with naked girl ( or boy whatever YOUR case is) ….
but the Survey Says:
iPhone, wow a superpower of some kind to rate over sex!
It’s the saltpeter they put in the beer.
I love me Apple longtime!!! 😍
WTF has happened to college kids? I realize that I came of age before AIDS and all the rest scared the shit out of everyone, but Jeezuz.
1-Great Sex
2-Pretty Good Sex
3-Mediocre Sex
4-Pot Party
5-Party
Not sure how far down the list any electronic device would be, but it is well down the list.
Maybe those polled have just not had any or maybe they aren’t doing it right.
Wish they would have had iPhones when I was in college.
Hmmm…I’m thinking you don’t want to be holding any condom-maker stocks. 😉
Damn kids have their priorities all ‘screwed’ up. Lol.
Sekkusu shinai shokogun comes, or rather doesn’t come, to America.
Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?
There’s an theory that this is one of nature’s secret weapons against human over-population. Fine with me! Except, much as I like coffee and my Apple gear, the natural high and form of human intimacy known as sex is not getting tossed out my behavioral window. I already know how to avoid over-populating miracle planet Earth, our only home. 😀
How can this be true when three out of two women are raped every 5 minutes in college?
I call iPhoney……
I want to laugh! 😆 I want to cry! 😥
And, of course, undergrads *always* tell the truth on surveys. 😆
I’ll raise the bullshit flag on this story — unless — the college kids of today are a lot more f..ked up than I thought.
Sit down and talk to several for 15 or 20 minutes. You’ll end the conversation shaking your head. Well. That’s been my experience 9 out of 10 times. YMMV.
Can’t I just use my iPhone till I need glasses?
MDN should give us the ability to rate their takes — 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 on this one
Studying is really hard for students today. You need to be well prepared.