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How concerned are you about possible Y2K computer problems?
Very 1758
6.1%
Somewhat 14253
49.2%
Not at all 12937
44.7%
Total votes: 28948
What are you stockpiling for the new millennium?
Batteries 460
1.6%
Cash 1915
6.6%
Champagne 1391
4.8%
Food 1379
4.8%
Toilet Paper 518
1.8%
Water 2549
8.8%
All of the above 4531
15.7%
None of the above 16183
55.9%
Total votes: 28926
-- Mara (MaraWayne@aol.com), November 25, 1999
What does this about public apathy???
-- Irving (irvingf@myremarq.com), November 25, 1999.
AOL users are just as stoopid as the general public, no surprise.
-- Dan G (earth_changes@hotmail.com), November 25, 1999.
Mara,I can only find encouragement in the following:
5% of our population owns 95% of the wealth. 20% of the beer drinkers drink 80-90% of the beer 1% of the population has an IQ of above 150
The majority is usually wrong, is what I heard a wise man once say!!
-- d----- (dciinc@aol.com), November 25, 1999.
-- d----- "The majority is usually wrong, is what I heard a wise man once say!!"Translation:
The majority is sometimes correct.
Your "wise man" makes foolish, meaningless statements.
-- GoldReal (GoldReal@aol.com), November 25, 1999.
Translation!"Sometimes" means occasionally.
"Usually" means most of the time!
-- freddie (freddie@thefreeloader.com), November 26, 1999.
Whenever you hear/see "survey says" you might want to keep in mind the info in this article: Whose voice is speaking?: How Opinion Polling and Cost-Benefit Analysis Synthesize New PublicsIn the article note the mention of Patrick Caddell, co-producer of "Y2K The Movie" (and political pollster) in the section on Polling as an INSTRUMENT OF DECEPTION.
-- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), November 26, 1999.
I used to give tech support to aol users.They are the lowest common denominator.I'm sure "usa today"readers are pretty upbeat as well.
-- zoobie (zoobiezoob@yahoo.com), November 26, 1999.