College Students Rate iPods Over Beer

[purelithium]

Hey now

HEY NOW!

 

[Fiveos22]

Sorry to start up a debate on a touchy subject, but maybe its because the beer you guys have in america does in fact taste (on the whole) like c®@p.

But can your local beer do this?

Its not what made Milwaukee famous, but its close.

 

[aussiemac86]

But can your local beer do this?

Its not what made Milwaukee famous, but its close.

That is very cool

What we can do with our beer though, is drink it

Whilst yours might be best used shooting at a target, ours in enjoyable enough to drink

EDIT: that said some of ours should probably be shot out of a cannon as well.

 

[Fiveos22]

That is very cool

What we can do with our beer though is drink it

EDIT: that said some of ours should probably be shot out of a cannon as well.

So true, but that's only the Beast, which is used for beer pong. Hell, its not even good enough to be used for keg stands, we splurge for the Natty Ice when we're doing that!

 

[swingerofbirch]

Sounds like a lot of collegiate drinking goes on. I unfortunately had a medical issue that precluded me and still does from ever taking a sip--I think it should have eased some of the stress as you all have mentioned.

 

[sam10685]

I'm in college. I have an iPod, use facebook, and don't drink beer.

i'm in college. i don't have an ipod (of my own), i do use facebook and i do drink beer. am i ok?

 

[millsy]

Since Beer is usually kept refrigerated, it is by far cooler than an Ipod.

Everybody hates a warm beer my friend....and if you dont...something is wrong with you

 

[nem3015]

Do it all

Invite opposite sex (found on facebook) to have a beer (or two.... or n-beers) while listening music on the ipod connected to the boombox, while laying on the bed doing ... "CENSORED" ... until you fall asleep until next morning when you have to go study listening your lessons on the ipod... repeat as needed

 

[c-Row]

Everybody hates a warm beer my friend....and if you dont...something is wrong with you

Or he is british.

 

[it5five]

Beer is pretty much the lamest thing ever (so is every form of alcohol). And yes, I'm in college.

 

[knackroller]

Well you'll qualify for an ipod years before you pass the legal age to drink

 

[autrefois]

The margin of error was 2.3%. The 71% that facebook and beer received is not singnificantly different than the 73% rating for the iPod. It was a three way tie that only a larger survey can clarify.

I noticed this as well. But we don't know the exact figures. If the researchers and/or CNN rounded their numbers, it's still possible iPod won. For example, if facebook got 70.6% (rounded up to 71%) and iPod got 73.4% (rounded down to 73%), there would be a difference of 2.8. This would mean the difference is significant.

Then again, it could just as well be facebook 71.4% and iPod 72.6%, which makes iPod even less of a winner than the article indicates. Either way, as much as I love iPods, it's reassuring to know the media once again are not letting details get in the way of headlines...

Since Beer is usually kept refrigerated, it is by far cooler than an Ipod.

True, but the poll isn't asking about cool-ness, it's asking about in-ness. So while beer may be cooler, the iPod is more in (inner?!).

 

[boncellis]

A stunning coup indeed. Could this have something to do with folks at school becoming that much more lame and the iPod serving as refuge between bouts of sitting through class and listening to more and more desperately pedantic attempts to get the professor's attention?

 

[boncellis]

I remember back in 2002 when I was one of about five kids on campus that had white head phones. When we'd pass each other in the hall we'd give each other a nod, as if to say, "You are a freakin' stud. Sporting your iPod. The rest of the world doesn't know what they're missing." Well, I guess the rest of the world finally found out what they were missing and realized they needed to have it.

I too was at BYU in 2002 with an iPod, but I was not so starved for comraderie that I had to nod at people passing me in the SWKT just because their earphones were the same color as mine. What a commentary.

 

[Raidersmojo]

well I am in college

I drink beer, use facebook, study, have an ipod and all of that other jazz



and for the no one drinks warm beer, in europe they do, its how they serve it

 

[confucious626]

well I am in college
and for the no one drinks warm beer, in europe they do, its how they serve it

No thanks.....

 

[bigandy]

I would have voted the opposite sex, but was that ever really an "in" thing?

depends on how successful you were

and for the no one drinks warm beer, in europe they do, its how they serve it

why the generalisation? where does that happen? i've travelled all around europe, and only ever found one place selling the 'warm beer' you speak of - Poland. And, in fact, it was mulled beer, which is meant to be served hot, and is actually pretty damn good.

 

[lonepilgrim]

and for the no one drinks warm beer, in europe they do, its how they serve it

Where did you hear that??

 

[djerati]

Ipods are an investment to conserve beer money... doh!

People buy ipods, get music cheaper from friends, dont buy as many (or any) cd's ---> this leads to more beer money being available ---> essentially a funds reallocation...

Students prefer iPods in the short run, but beer still wins in the end.

 

[qool]

Alcohol, opposite sex, and sleep was a package deal.
Study was only relevant when you wanted to get more out of those three. The closest thing to a digital media was MOD/S3M off BBS back then.