things I wish there was a study on

The Green Eyed Monster

- the percentage of the population in Stockholm with Stockholm Syndrome v. the number of people with Stockholm Syndrome worldwide
- the average number of episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer a Buffy fan watches before realizing she's wasted her life
- the annual amount of salsa consumed compared to how frequently you vote Republican
- detailed brain analysis of a person consuming Dr. Pepper v. Diet Dr. Pepper to see if there really is a difference
- an aged based study where you show different generational groups Poison's "Unskinny Bop" video and see how aroused they get

add on.

Rent

percentage of people who can, in fact, believe it is not butter

JebusUD

Are you suggesting that there is a positive correllation between salsa intake and republicanism or a negative one?

Because damn I love me some salsa.

The Green Eyed Monster

- percentage of women who think they're crazy compared to percentage of women who are crazy
- the average thickness of socks worn by happy people compared to the average thickness of socks worn by sad people
- the exact, scientific, mathematically verified upper limit of "image enhancement" in Hollywood films

Captain Carrot

YOU SHUT UP ABOUT BUFFY

percentage of people who get unreasonably happy when they encounter prime numbers larger than 17 or so

Rent

Captain Carrot wrote: »

YOU SHUT UP ABOUT BUFFY

you shut up your face :P

percentage of people who ironically wear bad sweaters vs. percentage of people who unironically wear bad sweaters

Hoz

I started wearing them ironically. Why do I still wear them? I don't know, but it doesn't feel very ironic.

Couscous

The number of people who know what irony is and the overlap with the number of people who wear shirts ironically.

Hoz

I mean, at some point that's all you've got to wear. I guess what I'm saying is that be careful about how much you invest into ironic clothing.

Talka

They actually have done fMRI studies on the differences between Coke and Diet Coke and taste preferences.

I read them for a class a few years ago, so I may be misremembering, but I think the results showed that people cannot determine better than chance whether an unlabeled soda is Coke or Diet Coke, but that if you tell participants the unlabeled soda is their preferred version then it actually does "taste better" than if you tell them its their non-preferred version (based on both self-response questionnaires and a couple analyses of fMRI data).

Now I want to go look those studies up and see if I've remembered them correctly.

The Green Eyed Monster

- Admiration of Superman compared to expressions of altruism in adult life
- average number of ungrateful teenagers birthed by average Lifetime viewer

The Green Eyed Monster

Talka wrote: »

They actually have done fMRI studies on the differences between Coke and Diet Coke and taste preferences.

I read them for a class a few years ago, so I may be misremembering, but I think the results showed that people cannot determine better than chance whether an unlabeled soda is Coke or Diet Coke, but that if you tell participants the unlabeled soda is their preferred version then it actually does "taste better" than if you tell them its their non-preferred version (based on both self-response questionnaires and a couple analyses of fMRI data).

Now I want to go look those studies up and see if I've remembered them correctly.

That's awesome. If you can find those studies, I would totally read them.

Talka

The Green Eyed Monster wrote: »

- percentage of women who think they're crazy compared to percentage of women who are crazy

They haven't done it with "women" and with "crazy," but all different sorts of illusory superiority phenomena have been pretty well documented in social psychology (e.g., ~85% of people think they have "above average" intelligence).

Qingu

I want someone to make a giant, interactive (via the intarwebs) Venn diagram of demographic data and Facebook interests.

Like, each "slice" or "page" of the diagram would be a specific demographic data point or point of interest, and it would list "X% of people who like this also like Y"

for example

PEOPLE WHO LIKE IRON MAIDEN

90% are males
80% are Democrats
70% play lots of video games
4% are furries

And so on. You'd be able to click on each one and get to its own page. I don't know how you'd choose which related interests/data to put for each page, though.

The Green Eyed Monster

- avg. # of onboard ejaculations per yacht

Couscous

Qingu wrote: »

I want someone to make a giant, interactive (via the intarwebs) Venn diagram of demographic data and Facebook interests.

Like, each "slice" or "page" of the diagram would be a specific demographic data point or point of interest, and it would list "X% of people who like this also like Y"

for example

PEOPLE WHO LIKE IRON MAIDEN

90% are males
80% are Democrats
70% play lots of video games
4% are furries

And so on. You'd be able to click on each one and get to its own page. I don't know how you'd choose which related interests/data to put for each page, though.

I love shit like that. Too bad that the sample is always biased towards the younger people.

Talka

The Green Eyed Monster wrote: »

Talka wrote: »

They actually have done fMRI studies on the differences between Coke and Diet Coke and taste preferences.

I read them for a class a few years ago, so I may be misremembering, but I think the results showed that people cannot determine better than chance whether an unlabeled soda is Coke or Diet Coke, but that if you tell participants the unlabeled soda is their preferred version then it actually does "taste better" than if you tell them its their non-preferred version (based on both self-response questionnaires and a couple analyses of fMRI data).

Now I want to go look those studies up and see if I've remembered them correctly.

That's awesome. If you can find those studies, I would totally read them.

Can't find the study citation in my notes, but the lecture slides from that year are telling me I got it mostly right, except the study used Coke and Pepsi instead of Coke and Diet Coke.

PolloDiablo

I kind of like Buffy.

edit: And I'd say it took me most of the first season.

Newtron

The correlation between a dirty belly button, and manic depression.

OremLK

• The number of people who talk bad about Buffy because of the show's name without actually watching through Buffy

OptimusZed

OremLK wrote: »

• The number of people who talk bad about Buffy because of the show's name without actually watching through Buffy

Corollary;

• Percentage of Buffy fans that still refer to characters as "Angel", "Giles", "Willow", "Wesley", etc when the actors who portrayed them have parts on different shows.

firewaterword

- what's really in Weezy F. Baby's cup
- the amount of influence "ridin' dirty" has "when they patrolling"
- avg. number of assorted cigar papers used per month by the entirety of Snoop Dogg's touring crew

Tinche

I always wondered why cats make the 'kekekeke' sounds when preying on a bird or insect. It always seemed kinda counterproductive. It's also the cutest thing ever.

Hedgethorn

Talka wrote: »

The Green Eyed Monster wrote: »

Talka wrote: »

They actually have done fMRI studies on the differences between Coke and Diet Coke and taste preferences.

I read them for a class a few years ago, so I may be misremembering, but I think the results showed that people cannot determine better than chance whether an unlabeled soda is Coke or Diet Coke, but that if you tell participants the unlabeled soda is their preferred version then it actually does "taste better" than if you tell them its their non-preferred version (based on both self-response questionnaires and a couple analyses of fMRI data).

Now I want to go look those studies up and see if I've remembered them correctly.

That's awesome. If you can find those studies, I would totally read them.

Can't find the study citation in my notes, but the lecture slides from that year are telling me I got it mostly right, except the study used Coke and Pepsi instead of Coke and Diet Coke.

Okay, Coke and Pepsi I can believe. When I read your initial post, I thought to myself, "No way. Aspartame leaves a very distinct aftertaste; just about anyone who has consumed a normal amount of both regular and diet sodas could distinguish the two."

loosecannon460

The Green Eyed Monster wrote: »

Talka wrote: »

They actually have done fMRI studies on the differences between Coke and Diet Coke and taste preferences.

I read them for a class a few years ago, so I may be misremembering, but I think the results showed that people cannot determine better than chance whether an unlabeled soda is Coke or Diet Coke, but that if you tell participants the unlabeled soda is their preferred version then it actually does "taste better" than if you tell them its their non-preferred version (based on both self-response questionnaires and a couple analyses of fMRI data).

Now I want to go look those studies up and see if I've remembered them correctly.

That's awesome. If you can find those studies, I would totally read them.

The emerging field of neuromarketing covers all sorts of things like the Pepsi challenge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromarketing

Apparently Pepsi won the blind test, but the Coke name is stronger.

Incenjucar

I'd like to know if a life of "correct" behavior from a general societal viewpoint is a healthy life.

Lieberkuhn

Tinche wrote: »

I always wondered why cats make the 'kekekeke' sounds when preying on a bird or insect. It always seemed kinda counterproductive. It's also the cutest thing ever.

Wait, what? I have never seen this before.

Qingu

Lieberkühn wrote: »

Tinche wrote: »

I always wondered why cats make the 'kekekeke' sounds when preying on a bird or insect. It always seemed kinda counterproductive. It's also the cutest thing ever.

Wait, what? I have never seen this before.

Both of my cats have done this as well. They see a bird in the window and they try to talk to it or something. I can also corroborate that it is adorable.

Loren Michael

Couscous wrote: »

Qingu wrote: »

I want someone to make a giant, interactive (via the intarwebs) Venn diagram of demographic data and Facebook interests.

Like, each "slice" or "page" of the diagram would be a specific demographic data point or point of interest, and it would list "X% of people who like this also like Y"

for example

PEOPLE WHO LIKE IRON MAIDEN

90% are males
80% are Democrats
70% play lots of video games
4% are furries

And so on. You'd be able to click on each one and get to its own page. I don't know how you'd choose which related interests/data to put for each page, though.

I love shit like that. Too bad that the sample is always biased towards the younger people.

Just have to wait for a generation or two to die off.

Incenjucar

Qingu wrote: »

Lieberkühn wrote: »

Tinche wrote: »

I always wondered why cats make the 'kekekeke' sounds when preying on a bird or insect. It always seemed kinda counterproductive. It's also the cutest thing ever.

Wait, what? I have never seen this before.

Both of my cats have done this as well. They see a bird in the window and they try to talk to it or something. I can also corroborate that it is adorable.

http://www.pawsonline.info/feline_sounds.htm

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Loren Michael

Qingu wrote: »

Lieberkühn wrote: »

Tinche wrote: »

I always wondered why cats make the 'kekekeke' sounds when preying on a bird or insect. It always seemed kinda counterproductive. It's also the cutest thing ever.

Wait, what? I have never seen this before.

Both of my cats have done this as well. They see a bird in the window and they try to talk to it or something. I can also corroborate that it is adorable.

It's because cats envision themselves as WWI soldiers, and they are imitating the sounds of ack-ack fire at the vile bird menace.