PappyTron Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually transmitted diseaseIt's not?You get it through cyber sex right? One of those internet viruses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I'm pretty sure they did. I've never met a person who thinks the Sun orbits the Earth.. have you? Not that I remember...and I've met people from all over the U.S. and from over a dozen countries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohlovelyrita Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 And only .00005% of Americans know who this is: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhead74 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I'm surprised it's not higher. In fairness to Americans, I would wager that you'd get similar statistics from other Western countries. If you consider that a large percentage of any population is over the age of 50-60, you can't expect older citizens to know what HTML or a gigabyte are. Both of my parents are in their 60s and I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't know what half of these technology terms meant. EDIT: didn't read the bottom paragraph. The fact that so many Americans don't know that the earth rotates around the sun is insane.Agreed. I find it pretty hilarious that they're making assumptions about the entire population of the US based on a sample size of 2,392. In marketing terms that's nothing less than fuck all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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