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Females Outnumber Males Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the once-again-slashdot-is-abnormal dept.

westcoaster004 writes "In news which may surprise some Slashdot users, females have been found to outnumber males online in the U.S. according to a report, and for some time. The statistics for Canadians show a slightly greater number of male users."

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  1. first male post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It wasn't the first, and it definately won't be the last.

    1. Re:first male post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      a case of premature posting?

  2. What this actually means... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Males lying about being females outnumbers males telling the truth online.

    1. Re:What this actually means... by carpe_noctem · · Score: 5, Funny

      Anyone that's been on IRC can clearly confirm the above statement...

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    2. Re:What this actually means... by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

      Anyone that's been on IRC can clearly confirm the above statement...

      That statement makes me wonder which one you were--the deceiver or the deceived.

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    3. Re:What this actually means... by Heir+Of+The+Mess · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe they polled IRC - where men are men, women are men, and little girls are FBI agents.

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    4. Re:What this actually means... by mavenguy · · Score: 5, Funny

      And here's evidence supporting your assertion.

    5. Re:What this actually means... by ubergamer1337 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, what it really means is that there are more pictures of woman online. Honestly I figured the internet had been this way from its very beginning.

    6. Re:What this actually means... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or both - nothing worse than faking homosexual cybersex, and then you both simultaneously discover that you really are the same gender after all. Makes a man feel dirty, that does.

    7. Re:What this actually means... by DikSeaCup · · Score: 5, Funny

      That statement makes me wonder which one you were--the deceiver or the deceived.

      Those are not mutually exclusive.

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    8. Re:What this actually means... by grommit · · Score: 5, Funny

      I put on my robe and wizard hat...

    9. Re:What this actually means... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think that is the saddest story I have ever heard.

    10. Re:What this actually means... by Alsee · · Score: 4, Funny

      and little girls are FBI agents.

      You gotta be real careful about that...

      Some of those little girls actually are little girls. You go in there looking to fuck with some FBI agent's head just for fun, and you may run into a real little girl. And then she will seriously fuck with your head. Just for fun.

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    11. Re:What this actually means... by alphamugwump · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wellhung: Hello, Sweetheart. What do you look like?

      Sweetheart: I am wearing a red silk blouse, a miniskirt and high heels. I work out every day, I'm toned and perfect. My measurements are 36-24-36. What do you look like?

      Wellhung: I'm 6'3" and about 250 pounds.I wear glasses and I have on a pair of blue sweat pants I just bought from Walmart.I'm also wearing a T-shirt with a few spots of barbecue sauce on it from dinner...it smells funny.

      Sweetheart: I want you.Would you like to screw me?

      Wellhung: OK

    12. Re:What this actually means... by Arcanis+the+Rogue · · Score: 3, Funny

      The fact that the parent was modded Interesting and not Funny makes me wonder how many /.-ers thought "Hey, that is something I have to keep in mind".

  3. Age distribution? by b1t+r0t · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't see any age distribution in TFA (just "over 3"), but I have a sneaking suspicion that 2/3 of those are over the age of 50. In other words, granny discovered e-mail and how to order knitting needles online.

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    1. Re:Age distribution? by Sri+Ramkrishna · · Score: 2, Funny

      And goddam it they've ruined the nice little Internet we had. With preteen/teenage girls comes all the dirty old men preying on them, and the porn, and trash. Guys thinking I'm a girl, wanting to join my buddy list. FUck you, pervs! It's just too much!

      Teens. They will be the death of our society! Mark my words! Create something cool.. but don't invite the teens!

      Can we go back to downloading blueprints to the enterprise? :-)

      sri :-)

    2. Re:Age distribution? by Scrameustache · · Score: 2, Funny

      Can we go back to downloading blueprints to the enterprise? :-) To the enterprise?

      Damn! All this time I was downloading plans of the Enterprise and you had plans to get to the real one?



      Got a link?

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  4. If this is true... by mangu · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new online female overladies!

  5. Baaaa... by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The statistics for Canadians show a slightly greater number of male users."

    THis is compensated by a surprising number of sheep.

    1. Re:Baaaa... by kypper · · Score: 4, Funny

      In rural Canada, we have a saying... "Where the men are men, and the sheep are nervous"

    2. Re:Baaaa... by jawtheshark · · Score: 5, Funny

      Indeed... ;-)

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    3. Re:Baaaa... by Easy2RememberNick · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thought that was "Where the men are men and the sheep are lying little sluts!"

      http://www.cafepress.com/piggywig/2318364

  6. On the internet... by Alicat1194 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..no one really knows you're a dog.

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  7. Did they mean..... by BugDoomBug · · Score: 4, Funny
    Males Pretending to be Females Outnumber Males Online

    Fixed

    Why does this remind me of an old IRC saying.....

    "Welcome to IRC, where the Men are Men, the Women are Men, and the 14 Year Old Girls are FBI Agents"

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  8. Wow by pavon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't know the FBI had that many agents.

  9. "females have been found... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...to outnumber males online"

    And I still can't find a date!

    Posting as AC because I'm embarrased as hell.

    1. Re:"females have been found... by ettlz · · Score: 5, Funny

      And I still can't find a date!

      Posting as AC because I'm embarrased as hell.

      Neither can I, and I'm fucking proud of it.

      This is Slashdot. The only thing to be embarrassed about here is poor spelling.

  10. Article summary in case the link goes down... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Females outnumber males online. Night elves outnumber Orcs and Dwarves, but Goblins received an unexpected surge in popularity after Draenei were nerfed in the last update. Figures for Tauren have remained more or less stable, and no figures for Trolls are available as they ate the census-takers.

  11. Hopefully... by alexhs · · Score: 4, Funny

    on Slashdot we're still between real men !

    OMG ponies !

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  12. My own super accurate study: by UnRDJ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Percentage of female internet population on myspace.com: 99%
    Everywhere else: 1%

  13. I knew it.... by Refelian · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot is Canadian!

  14. Additional stats: by LighterShadeOfBlack · · Score: 4, Funny

    Figures also show that 90% of females online are 18, horny and want to sex you up.

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    1. Re:Additional stats: by lilfields · · Score: 2, Funny

      Additional figures show that 95% of Slashdotters still don't have a chance.

  15. Re:Mmmmm...Goood... by ettlz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just what we need, eh? A blocked Series of Boob-Tubes.

  16. Facebook/Myspace's fault by ZeeExSixAre · · Score: 4, Funny

    The reason for this is likely Facebook and Myspace. These social networking sites make is really easy to simply log onto one site, do all the chit-chat with 10-20 people that would normally take 5 minutes per person, and then log off. When I go to the computer lab at my university, a quick peek at women's computer screens shows that 7 out of 10 computer screens are of Facebook, and 2 out of 10 are of Myspace. The remaining 10% are of actual class webpages. On the other hand, 6 out of 10 male computer screens are of ESPN, NCAA, or Facebook/Myspace. Okay I didn't really look at the guys at all.

  17. Re:and online pr0n... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...is still around 99.97% targeted towards the male. When THAT number slips below 50%, THEN I'll believe more women are online. It's either that, or 3 out of 4 women online are bisexual and are looking at all that "man" pr0n. Pick your fantasy.
    ... well, in any case, prepare for a vast upsurge in the number of pop-up ads for sanitary pads, tampons and ibuprofen.
  18. There may be more women than men. by NinjaNoh · · Score: 5, Funny

    There may be more women than men online, however they all come in the .jpg format.

  19. As a Canadian... by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 3, Funny

    As a Canadian I am infurated by this article. This was classifed Canadian government information. As such, only Canadians were supposed to know that more women were online - and the fact that more Canadian men were aware of this, as the data shows is no excuse for giving away our secrets!

    Still, the cat is out of the bag. We have large and sparsely populated country. By government mandate we are attempting to increase our populace by going online and luring the ladies to our glacial climate via online dating services!

    This throws a wrench into our grand plan of luring the likes of nubile young women like "cuteie332" "betty22" and "chicky_54" here so we can increase our populace and dominate the earth with our floppy heads!

    --- I need more coffee...

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  20. Re:Oh yeah... by RFaulder · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, they don't even take into consideration Rule 37.

  21. Simple by cadeon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tits or GTFO.

  22. female what? male what? by EllynGeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    Typical sloppy journalism, not specifying the species.

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  23. We've known this all along... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... It's because Americans are a bunch of girls

    Sorry couldn't resist :p

  24. Please mod me -1, Spelling Nazi... by Crazyscottie · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry. :)

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  25. Not only that but... by wenchmagnet · · Score: 4, Funny

    With the typical women who spend most of their time online, they probably outweigh online males too...

  26. Of course women outnumber men on-line. by Organic+Brain+Damage · · Score: 4, Funny

    Women on-line out-number men? Of course...look at any of the pictures, you'll see two, sometimes three or four women in the picutre with just one guy. What? You weren't talking about the pictures? Oh...nevermind.

  27. In related news.. by nFriedly · · Score: 2, Funny

    In related news, women have been found far more likely to take surveys online.

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