iPod Over Beer

janmike

From the Polk e-News:

iPod Beats Out Beer In Campus Poll

TWICE reports that in a recent survey of college students, the majority consider their iPod the most “in” thing in their lives. It’s even more important than beer. The Student Monitor, which tracks college undergraduate trends, found 73 percent of the 1,200 students polled said iPods were "in." Beer came in second place at 71 percent.


College days sure have changed since I was there. Girls, Beer....

VR3

I swear I am not part of this generation!!!

Shizelbs

Thats it. I'm going back to grad school. Time to buck this trend.

Sid, I'll buy you a beer when you are of age.

VR3

I dont drink beer.

And I dont like IPods... lol

I despise the IPod in almost every way!

janmike

Wait until you have a niece, nephew or whatever (you know the little guys) ask you one day, "Uncle Sid, Mommy says you're smart so can you help me with this."

heiney9

Boy, do I feel old . My generation grew up on the original Walkman and it sure as hell didn't rank higher than chicks or beer. :eek:.

H9

janmike

Don't feel old, it's just a lack of focus. The NEW Generation.

Ron-P

iPods, they've got to be this generations biggest rip-off. $200+ for a small recording device.

swerve

I'm sure Death Cab for Cutie ranks pretty high on the list as well

SWFalken

Ron-P wrote:

iPods, they've got to be this generations biggest rip-off. $200+ for a small recording device.

Actually the good ones go for about $300 and they are playback devices, not recording devices.

brettw22

With accessories, this thing can practically piss for me too.......(different players do in fact record)

Ipod's are great and walkmans always sucked (were ok for a while, but had to go ala beta)

tonyb

If it's not an IPOD,it's a cell phone glued to their ears all day.Wait 10 yrs
when this whole generation has hearing loss at young ages.Then some one will win a law suit that it was Apple's fault for their hearing loss and that will be that.Then the tech guys come up with some new device and the craze
repeats.Never ending, the circle of greed.

krabby5

Ron-P wrote:

iPods, they've got to be this generations biggest rip-off. $200+ for a small recording device.

Are you kidding me?

I can put all of my 400 cds on a device that is smaller than an Altoids box..

Now I can actually listen to all of the songs I have instead of trying to find cds that I forgot I had..

by the way...I'm 36 and already have hearing loss because of the Motley Crue's of the world back in the late 80's and early 90's...the Ipod isn't going to make it worse

bobman1235

janmike wrote:

the majority consider their iPod the most “in” thing in their lives. It’s even more important than beer
.....
The Student Monitor, which tracks college undergraduate trends, found 73 percent of the 1,200 students polled said iPods were "in." Beer came in second place at 71 percent.

I think this is perfectly reasonable. Not every person in college drinks beer. 71% sounds like a pretty accurate number. There were plenty of groups who didn't drink - uber-healthy folk, nerds, scared freshman. I could easily see that comprising 29% of the student population. On the other hand, nearly everyone can enjoy SOME type of music.

The quote is phrased very poorly though. Obviously this has nothing to do with the MOST important thing, just what is "in". Because if 73% found the iPod the MOST important, then there's no way 71% found BEER the most important... there's only 27% left! The people who think beer is "in" obviously think the iPod is "in" as well, and could vote for both, wtih no preference given to either.

Fireman32

I'm all about the beer and my ipod. 50/50 right down the middle :-)

Ron-P

Are you kidding me?

Nope.

dragon1952

I'm surprised cell phones weren't in the top 2. It's a wonder the younger generation can do anything now days, let alone drink beer, what with one arm disabled with either the ipod or phone. They've become a one-armed generation.
Common courtesies are out the window too.......like turn signals....sorry, only got one arm ..... courteous chat , pleases and thank yous.....too preoccupied to utter them. Freakin' pathetic if you ask me. They seem to be more interested in talking to someone who isn't there than the people around them. What's up with that?

brettw22

dragon1952 wrote:

They seem to be more interested in talking to someone who isn't there than the people around them. What's up with that?

The people on the phone are more interesting than you? i kid, i kid

dragon1952

Well that wouldn't take much

starchaser

No wonder distanced based education on the internet has become so popular...! You can enjoy a frosty one while enjoying your SDA's!!!

Vanhool

Now i know this is an old thread, but i am new here and therefore am reading all the old posts. Now i would like to defend my generation. to an extent. now i dont have a taste for beer, probably cause im pretty far away from drinking age. but, Where the F**k is chicks on that poll???? are there that many **** now?? Dam screw ipod, i wanna chick more than a cold one or a stupid piece of electronics.
Van

krabby5

Vanhool wrote:

Now i know this is an old thread, but i am new here and therefore am reading all the old posts. Now i would like to defend my generation. to an extent. now i dont have a taste for beer, probably cause im pretty far away from drinking age. but, Where the F**k is chicks on that poll???? are there that many **** now?? Dam screw ipod, i wanna chick more than a cold one or a stupid piece of electronics.
Van

LOL

right on man!:D

Shizelbs

Hell of an entrance Vannie.

Vanhool

Is that good or bad?

BlueMDPicker

Vanhool wrote:

i wanna chick more than a cold one or a stupid piece of electronics.

Now, if you can just find a frigid girl with an iPod, you're all set!

Welcome! Embrace the madness. :cool: