Facebook More Important Than A Toilet

H

HardOCP News

[H] News
Joined
Dec 31, 1969
Messages
0
A new survey found that have Facebook is more important than a flushing toilet. Wow.

The study, by London’s Science Museum, asked 3,000 adults what they couldn't live without and Facebook ranked fifth, with flushing loos ninth. Being on the internet came second, with sunshine the clear winner. The museum's Exhibition Manager, Sarah Richardson, described the survey results as 'crazy'.
Click to expand...
 
but your facebook friends cant smell that coffee can full of human excriment under your desk...
 
I find the fact that fresh drinking water is ranked behind internet to be far more disturbing.
 
there is one criminal case of a mother killing her babies..becuz they were crying while the mother was trying to play farmville..ect

this is not surprising
 
Dekoth-E- said:
I find the fact that fresh drinking water is ranked behind internet to be far more disturbing.
Click to expand...

The details lay in how this study was designed.

I don't think anyone would be asked which they thought was more important. drinking water vs facebook, or toilet vs facebook, and choose facebook in either of those.

More likely, they were just asked - out of the blue - what the most important things they couldn't live without were, and they came up with whatever they did.

If someone then asked them "what about drinking water" or "what about a toilet", then they'd likely be "well of course, that's more important, I didn't think of that."

The article does not go into study methods at all, so I guess we'll never know.
 
Can Facebook just die already? I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run, people are getting more and more stupid by the minute. My wife said she seen some AT&T commercial for a new phone that; when you take a picture a button appears to upload it to Facebook. Come on people, your life isn't that god damn interesting. Hell, the phone probably has an option to auto-upload all photos taken to save the hassle of even pushing the upload button. Good tech to have when you're shitting behind a dumpster using a half eaten hamburger to wipe your ass.
 
MiLk said:
there is one criminal case of a mother killing her babies..becuz they were crying while the mother was trying to play farmville..ect

this is not surprising
Click to expand...

Is this the one of where a Mom put her baby in the bathtub and left the room for 20 mins to play? There are no words I can type that could express my feelings on this one.
 
Guys, I'm sure everyone surveyed put intense thought into their decisions.
 
Dekoth-E- said:
I find the fact that fresh drinking water is ranked behind internet to be far more disturbing.
Click to expand...

That just shows you that many of the people surveyed are so spoiled, they don’t even think about the necessities of life. I.E. fresh water, indoor plumbing, etc.
 
Zarathustra[H];1037742593 said:
The details lay in how this study was designed.

I don't think anyone would be asked which they thought was more important. drinking water vs facebook, or toilet vs facebook, and choose facebook in either of those.

More likely, they were just asked - out of the blue - what the most important things they couldn't live without were, and they came up with whatever they did.

If someone then asked them "what about drinking water" or "what about a toilet", then they'd likely be "well of course, that's more important, I didn't think of that."

The article does not go into study methods at all, so I guess we'll never know.
Click to expand...
This.

I mean, "Air" or "Oxygen" aren't on the list, but I doubt people would go any of the things listed over that. (Other than perhaps sunshine, Earth would get a bit cold without that, and oxygen might be easier to replace). Also not on the list are "My internal organs", "My blood", "Gravity", "Electromagnetism", "Protons", "Electrons", heck even "Electricity" isn't on the list. It's more useful as a list of what most people take for granted, or don't even think about, by their lower rating, or absence altogether.
 
Meh, those idiots only say that because they have never gone without fresh water or a flushing toilet.
 
Zarathustra[H];1037742593 said:
The details lay in how this study was designed.

I don't think anyone would be asked which they thought was more important. drinking water vs facebook, or toilet vs facebook, and choose facebook in either of those.

More likely, they were just asked - out of the blue - what the most important things they couldn't live without were, and they came up with whatever they did.

If someone then asked them "what about drinking water" or "what about a toilet", then they'd likely be "well of course, that's more important, I didn't think of that."

The article does not go into study methods at all, so I guess we'll never know.
Click to expand...

This. End of discussion.
 
Total nonsense, even more made up nonsense for facebook to get more traffic. when you read about facebook, you are tempted to go onto facebook if you have one, that's all I'll say again.

Look at #27... fucking hair straighteners? Really? Obvious nonsense made up crap. Besides, we all know Dailymail is good at making up stories.....
 
Zarathustra[H];1037742593 said:
The details lay in how this study was designed.

I don't think anyone would be asked which they thought was more important. drinking water vs facebook, or toilet vs facebook, and choose facebook in either of those.

More likely, they were just asked - out of the blue - what the most important things they couldn't live without were, and they came up with whatever they did.

If someone then asked them "what about drinking water" or "what about a toilet", then they'd likely be "well of course, that's more important, I didn't think of that."

The article does not go into study methods at all, so I guess we'll never know.
Click to expand...

I am with the others above, so i will "3rd this" as, spot on, QFT
 
TheWeazmeister said:
...Idiocracy not looking so crazy anymore is it?
Click to expand...

Ya know. I watched that movie 2 days ago because everyone insisted it had relevance.

I have to admit. Parts of it seriously make you wonder. I don't know if I'd say we're there yet, but the slide down is not gradual anymore.
 
Betaboy1983 said:
Can Facebook just die already? I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run, people are getting more and more stupid by the minute. My wife said she seen some AT&T commercial for a new phone that; when you take a picture a button appears to upload it to Facebook. Come on people, your life isn't that god damn interesting. Hell, the phone probably has an option to auto-upload all photos taken to save the hassle of even pushing the upload button. Good tech to have when you're shitting behind a dumpster using a half eaten hamburger to wipe your ass.
Click to expand...
Truth!!! Can Facebook just DIE! People, no one fucking cares about you and what you did at the store. It's so fucking sad what facebook has turned into.
 
But this study was done with British "test subjects". So its bound to be a little "daft"... :p
 
Betaboy1983 said:
Can Facebook just die already? I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run, people are getting more and more stupid by the minute. My wife said she seen some AT&T commercial for a new phone that; when you take a picture a button appears to upload it to Facebook. Come on people, your life isn't that god damn interesting. Hell, the phone probably has an option to auto-upload all photos taken to save the hassle of even pushing the upload button. Good tech to have when you're shitting behind a dumpster using a half eaten hamburger to wipe your ass.
Click to expand...

Yet one of my biggest hated commercials lately.... total phone for the sheeple idiots, totally. Facebook spammed it all over one show I watch too.... which totally made me shake my head.

I agree though.... its pathetic. Instead of pressing SHARE and then FACEBOOK like you would on any other phone (2 button presses only)... with this "facebook phone" they can just press one button instead of 2!?! No way! WHOA! INCREDIBLE YOU GUYS, i can press one button less than you guys! Wowwwwwww, I am going to be so cool with this, and save an extra half second of my pathetic life posting worthless pictures nobody will comment on!..... sigh, only the facebook sheeple buy that phone, hands down. Obviously clueless about how much better of a phone they can get with that same amount of money.....
 
i am sure if you removed the toilet from their life it would suddenly become #1. same goes for air or clothing. A silly question will get silly answers when there is no consiquences to what they say.
 
This means nothing. A flushing toilet isn't a requirement of life, it makes things more sanitary but people have gone for a VERY long time without a flushing toilet. I'm a bit surprised sunshine was so high up.
 
Sigh.... You 2 above clearly didn't read any comments or the bogus article :eek:
 
A flushing toilet isn't a priority ... until it doesn't flush ... then it becomes the most important thing in the world. There's a simple truth ... people who show up to buy a plunger at the hardware store REALLY need a plunger and don't give a fuck how much it costs.
 
We do realize that the article is overall bogus and that these questions were designed that way to produce these kinds of results.
But it's the fact that those things did in fact come to people's minds first, and the fact that the ratio between things we actually need and things that we take in granted, is completely off. That's what intrigues me about this article and makes me worried and disappointed in society.
I wonder how many people actually mentioned family or love. Might sound cheesy and all but a person's life really changes once there is no family.

And then people wonder why we don't have flying cars or self-tying shoe laces and all that crap like it was "promised" to us in the back to the future movie.
Hell, I'm surprised society got as far as it did with its current state.
 
I like how facebook and the internet are separate things to these people.
 
Zarathustra[H];1037742593 said:
The details lay in how this study was designed.
Click to expand...
Exactly what I thought as soon as I read the headlines. Basically retarded news reporting jumping to conclusions based upon an outcome that is flawed.

What it should say is people THINK about facebook and its importance to their daily life than they think about a toilet.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top