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Gear Magazine falls for sex survey hoax
Posted on Mon, Jun 21 1999 at 9:41 a.m. PDT
by David T. <[email protected]>
From Linger:

I was reading my July/August issue of Gear Magazine and noticed this little tidbit:

"Fans of 1980s British band The Smiths have sex one-tenth as often as other teens. 'It's not that they don't want to,' says Professor Marvin Mitchelson, who led a University of Michigan study. 'It's more a case of their persistent melancholy, which makes them unattractive to their peers."

I bet there are a few people thinking... "hmmm.. this explains a lot.", just kidding ;)

Here's the original post / article (Dec. 29, 98) which originally appeared on D.A.M.N.-- near the end of the comments the writer who made up the story explains the hoax.

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hahahahaha
elsberry
- Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 11:08:16 (PDT)


I remember last time i read this i thought it was true until i got to the end. I was like who are these people? im a smiths fan and not thaaaat bad and i dont sip tea and wear sweaters !
Unruly girl
mozzyfornia - Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 12:25:59 (PDT)


Haha! I didn't know part of this was posted before! It's even more hilarious that Gear would print it (without crediting the source of course).
Upon reading the whole version it is obvious it is a joke, but the way Gear cut it up it seems ludicrous, but serious.
Linger <same>
neither here nor there - Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 22:50:45 (PDT)


ahhh @#!!!!! This is hilarious!!! Damn, and it might be true for me, lol!!!
Jen Moz <[email protected]>
California - Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 13:52:58 (PDT)


Well even though this is false Im gonna have to say thats me but I don't wear fuzzy sweaters and sip tea! lol Sex is bad when there is no LOVE!
Anna Serrano <[email protected]>
El Paso aka El Hell Hole, TX - Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 16:22:42 (PDT)


The fact that I haven't been getting any has nothing to do with my CD collection. It probably has something more to do with these tight sweaters that only accentuate all of my physical imperfections, or possibly these decidedly unsexy thick-framed glasses, or... Oh, crud, I've become Moz circa 1984.
M. Tyler
- Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 17:00:18 (PDT)


Well well....so, I hope you don't believe any survey ever printed in a magazine again.

Another famous case of printing false surveys and research was one that said the worst things teachers in the 1940's had to deal with were kids talking out of turn as compared to the 90's when kids were now worse. Got circulated all over the media like it was a hard fact. The original thing came from some religious magazine and it wasn't a survey or any sort of research at all.

I can name others, but it gets tiresome after a while.
Suzanne
Your mama - Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 22:48:38 (PDT)


well i've got a couple of things to say, LOL and ROFL.....

ciao julie
julie <[email protected]>
oz - Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 06:30:23 (PDT)


That doctor must be a Smiths fan and that is the only excuse he could come up with for the fact that he is not getting any. To me, lovemaking is as common as breakfast, lunch , and DINNER!!!
Abrahan Garza <[email protected]>
Houston, Texas, USA - Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 06:18:19 (PDT)


I love fuzzy sweaters, I drink tea before I go to bed and I think my sex life is pretty normal for a 21 year old.
The Girl Racer <[email protected]>
Chicago - Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:10:54 (PDT)


Frankly,Prof.Michelson,this position you´ve held...In any case thank you for the best laugh i´ve had today.
Carlos R. <[email protected]>
Portugal - Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 16:56:23 (PDT)



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