Facebook Knows When You'll Get Dumped 474
Pickens writes "Cnet reports that according to a graphic making the rounds online that uses Facebook status updates to chart what time of year people are splitting up, there are three big spikes on the calendar for breakups — just after Valentine's Day, just before spring break and two weeks before Christmas. British journalist and graphic designer David McCandless, who specializes in showcasing data in visual ways, compiled the chart after scraping 10,000 Facebook status updates for the phrases 'breakup' and 'broken up.' 'Might I suggest that, immediately after Valentine's, some women might be casting men from their sight, appalled that their lovers could think of nothing more romantic than roses from the supermarket and dinner at Outback Steakhouse,' writes Chris Matyszczyk. 'Continuing with this obviously accurate analysis, perhaps it's men who do more of the dumping just before spring break, as for some —however unfairly — their main concern lies in how their girl will look on the beach.'"
I read slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
I read slashdot... I dont have to worry about this.
So do I... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Could that possibly be any more misleading? (Score:4, Funny)
Oh, sure they do.
Jane heard it from Wanda who read it on Judy's Facebook page that according to Robert who spoke with Susie, you're SO getting dumped this weekend. Totally.
Re:So do I... (Score:5, Funny)
Somewhere, out there, there is a woman who has all the same interests you do. She's a lesbian.
Bloomin' onions! (Score:3, Funny)
Any woman who doesn't appreciate the fine cuisine of an Outback Steakhouse isn't worth a man's time, anyhow. The ambiance and food quality are second only to Olive Garden.
Re:So do I... (Score:5, Funny)
That's awesome. I like lesbians almost as much as I like D&D.
Re:The corollary is,,, (Score:4, Funny)
Re:So do I... (Score:4, Funny)
Somewhere out there is a woman who loves you for who you are, regardless of the D&D figurines (or warhammer, or computers, or model railway...).
Re:So do I... (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, she's called your mother. Oh, you meant someone not related?
Matsksskskskskk (Score:3, Funny)
appalled that their lovers could think of nothing more romantic than roses from the supermarket and dinner at Outback Steakhouse?" write Chris Matyszczyk
Im more appalled at my attempts to pronounce that last name
Re:So do I... (Score:2, Funny)
The first time I had my now-girlfriend over, I dumped a load of comic in her lap, then left her alone while I took a shower.
I'm glad you didn't take a dump in her lap and then leave her to shower whilst you read your comics.
Re:Matsksskskskskk (Score:5, Funny)
If you can trick him into saying his name backwards, it will return him to his own dimension [wikipedia.org] for at least 90 days.
Re:Could that possibly be any more misleading? (Score:3, Funny)
No, I don’t think so. If my hand had a problem, it’d tell me. Unlike a girlfriend.
Re:So do I... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Picky, picky, picky (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I read slashdot (Score:4, Funny)
I read slashdot... I dont have to worry about this.
I dunno, I just updated my status to say how I'm all broken up about it...
This only demonstrates... (Score:4, Funny)
This only demonstrates that there are enough selfish, sociopathic creeps out there (of both sexes), to shape behavioral bell-curves for entire populations.
No surprise there.
Anybody here ever snap awake with a sudden wave of panic to the fact that you're locked up in a cage packed full of mindless, wild animals masquerading as human and there's not a damned thing you can do about it other than hope you can distract them long enough to avoid getting your jugular ripped open with their zombie fangs? Yes? Then you probably don't fit into that above-mentioned bell-curve.
-FL
Re:I read slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
You will if you really wanted to. But what I noticed with most geeks is that they don't care. They wouldn't mind it, but don't care enough to really go for it.
Meh. Computers are more predictable.
In a relationship with...? (Score:3, Funny)
Just to screw with Facebook's statistics, my wife changes her "in a relationship with..." person every day.
At least, she says it's just to mess with Facebook...
Re:So do I... (Score:2, Funny)
Have you ever heard the phrase "the lady doth protest too much"?
No. That's what whiffle ball gags are for.
Re:Could that possibly be any more misleading? (Score:5, Funny)
I knew when my ex created an event called "fuck off" and invited me to it.
Re:I read slashdot (Score:2, Funny)