What Microsoft adCenter has to say about you, the reading audience:
48% of you are male, 52% of you are female.
Microsoft predicts that 24.60% of you are below eighteen (what?) and that being down with the kids is the future of edrants.
Generally speaking, it’s split as follows:
18-24: 26.80%
25-34: 27.20%
35-49: 23.00%
Of course, had I known all along that I was appealing to fifteen year olds, I would have seriously curtailed my use of ten-cent words. I suppose I’ll have to spend more time dwelling upon Beyonce.
Perhaps something is off with the calculations. 60% of the John Birch Society‘s readers are women? Really? (via MeFi)
[UPDATE: Tito works the numbers, determined to find the manliest website.]
Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz: Being wrong, as it turns out, isn't just the other variable in a binary opposition. Indeed, the relationship between our beliefs and the vast body of knowledge is one of humanity's big problems, but, at times, one of its great virtues. This thoughtful volume outlines numerous examples of human folly, from end-of-the-world prophets to ocular misperception, and makes a strong case for becoming more transparent about human fallibility, even when the results can be quite deadly. (
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orrigner: This sweeping epic, which has been rightly identified in some corners as a "Holocaust page turner," puts to rest any and all rumors that the historical novel is dead. Orringer's great talent for balancing fine Romantic details, a vigorous synthesis of prewar Paris and Magyar strife, and Nazi brutality demonstrates a remarkable evolution from her previous short story collection, How to Breathe Underwater, and makes this a must read. (
If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This by Robin Black: Forget Wells Tower. Robin Black's marvelous short story collection, which has been needlessly ignored by The New York Times and The Washington Post, is very much on the level: far better than anything written by that lumbering Young Turk. These subtle stories have the maturity to avoid belabored metaphors and neat conclusions, revealing numerous nuances about the human condition in its careful use of understated language. (
Slashdot comes in at 67% male … sounds about right… I now begin my quest to find the Most Manliest of Manly web sites.
CAN YOU DIG IT?!?!?!!
Just like Nielsen — those of us over 49 don’t exist!
I think it was that picture you posted – brings in all the young ladies
Who knew that John Updike was literature’s sexiest elder stateman alive?