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20% of U.S. Population Has Never Used Email

Posted by timothy on from the not-necessarily-against-their-will dept.

Ezratrumpet writes "A recent PC World article notes that 20 percent of the U.S. population has never sent an email. Does this number over- or underestimate the actual number of people who know nothing of email? What are the implications of this statistic to our society? Or are these people just Luddites who mourned the demise of the telegraph and have also never used a telephone?"

6 of 279 comments (clear)

  1. A life without spam by LoadWB · · Score: 4, Funny

    So there are 20% of Americans who wonder why in the world Hormel would be sending canned ham to people, and still complain about the amount of junk mail they receive via the USPS.

    Amazing.

    1. Re:A life without spam by socsoc · · Score: 3, Funny

      Camping, fishing, knitting? I look forward to retiring and being able to sit in front of a PC all day. I can probably do those other activities on my 360...

    2. Re:A life without spam by Hucko · · Score: 3, Funny

      there is a knitting game??? What is wrong with these people!

      --
      Semi-automatic amateur armchair Australian philosopher; conjecture ready at any moment...
  2. Re:Households, not population by DigitAl56K · · Score: 4, Funny

    Darnit, I am going to have to RTFA. I want to know if they send and receive text messages. HI I R NIGERIAN, I HAVE $200K, NEED UR BANK DETAILS FOR TRANSACTION, HURRY, U WILL B RICH!
  3. Far, far worse: by johannesg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just about 100% of all young, single females have never sent email to me!

  4. Re:So? by JPLemme · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't forget the CPU cycles the NSA needs to decrypt your email before they can analyze it. Remember: encrypting your email isn't just unpatriotic; it also wastes Mother Earth's natural resources.