I'm getting particularly fucking irate with the BBC today, Monters
For posting that self-publicising PR horseshit about browser users and IQ as "news", somehow implying the study has some worth and isn't just completely made up.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:14, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Internet, Mighters. Seriz Bizness.
As such your complaint is invalid if you can't back it up with a link.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:15, Reply)

I'm not fucking spreading that shit. I'm also not chompy
check 10 most read on BBC news.

It claims, across 100,000 people surveyed, IE users have an average IQ of 80 and Opera users an average of 120. Even if you gloss over the fact that a group with an average IQ of 80 would struggle to use a spoon let alone a computer, a variation of 40 points across groups of that size is impossible since IQ is scored on statistical deviation.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:18, Reply)

That is ridiculous
No-one uses IE any more, do they? It's SO four years ago
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:23, Reply)

I probably am at the moment.
As I rather regard concerning yourself about what browser you use as being akin to worrying about what type of van the postman uses to deliver your letters.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:25, Reply)

A quick glance up to the corner of my screen reveals I am too
The fact that I've used this computer for a year without realising that does sort of validate your statement.

You're welcome.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:26, Reply)

I tell my old dears
the difference is the same as whether you're watching ITV on a Sony or a Panasonic.
Yes, I teach people who watch ITV.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:28, Reply)

I'll be honest, I don't know most of the time.
Well, I assume the two PCs in my office use IE since I've never touched the software on them except to install a couple of maths and data analysis packages. I guess my macs must run Safari? And I've got an Ubuntu thing running my AFM and your guess is as good as mine there.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:32, Reply)

I watched ITV the other night
Friends of mine were on a programme called Born to Shine. I felt dirty for a week afterwards. Sent them my water bill.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:36, Reply)

I'm real life facepalming here.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:25, Reply)

I NO RITE.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:27, Reply)

Made up science or news is hardly anything new, just let it wash over you in the knowledge that you are superior in every way
to the morons that take the news at face value
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:16, Reply)

This is a new low, because usually this stuff is usually just "misrepresented"
or "misunderstood" or "exaggerated". This is just "completely made up"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:19, Reply)

That's getting right up my stinger at the moment as well.
The BBC aren't even the worst of them. Most "news" websites will publish any old "press release" shite that PR firms send to them without even proof reading it.

I don't even resent the PR firms. If the meedja are foolish enough to reprint the stuff then fair play for sending it to them. Cheaper than taking out a half page advert.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:24, Reply)

I need to go back to my old approach
which is only getting my news from the Daily Mash.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 9:26, Reply)