Comments on: Death, Freedom, and Cold Winters http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/ The Official Blog of OkCupid.com Sat, 22 May 2010 04:30:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian R http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/comment-page-4/#comment-10784 Brian R Wed, 05 May 2010 08:45:58 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=121#comment-10784 If you want to map data for other regions any GIS tool can do this fairly easily. All you're making are chloropleth maps. It's pretty trivial and can be done in a few minutes with the data in the right format. Anyway.. please keep posting these blogs I find them interesting both on an academic and personal level! The latter meaning.. they're actually helping me, hah! If you want to map data for other regions any GIS tool can do this fairly easily. All you’re making are chloropleth maps. It’s pretty trivial and can be done in a few minutes with the data in the right format.

Anyway.. please keep posting these blogs I find them interesting both on an academic and personal level! The latter meaning.. they’re actually helping me, hah!

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By: Tuomas http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/comment-page-4/#comment-10395 Tuomas Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:31:21 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=121#comment-10395 "I put this up because the question was interesting and also implies a paradox. If the people who most love guns were offered this choice, the rest of us could pass real gun control. Voila." And how you are expected to take those guns away? By shooting all who won't give them voluntarily? That's called civil war, you know. Would you start civil war just to get guns away from some people (who are not criminals already, for other reasons)? I think I wouldn't. But that's not the actual point: If you have a choice like that, you would have to believe that your vote is not sold or swapped for some personal perks to the congressman and that your opinion does matter more than two seconds after you left your vote. I'd say that anyone actually believing that is very naive. Look at what happens in Washington DC and prove me wrong. ;) And yes, it doesn't matter who do you vote or do you vote at all, because all of the candidates are thoroghougly corrupted two secons afted being nominated as candidate, some even before that. It's the party line, only corruption brings in the money and that's what the parties are after. “I put this up because the question was interesting and also implies a paradox. If the people who most love guns were offered this choice, the rest of us could pass real gun control. Voila.”

And how you are expected to take those guns away? By shooting all who won’t give them voluntarily?

That’s called civil war, you know. Would you start civil war just to get guns away from some people (who are not criminals already, for other reasons)? I think I wouldn’t.

But that’s not the actual point: If you have a choice like that, you would have to believe that your vote is not sold or swapped for some personal perks to the congressman and that your opinion does matter more than two seconds after you left your vote.

I’d say that anyone actually believing that is very naive. Look at what happens in Washington DC and prove me wrong. ;)

And yes, it doesn’t matter who do you vote or do you vote at all, because all of the candidates are thoroghougly corrupted two secons afted being nominated as candidate, some even before that. It’s the party line, only corruption brings in the money and that’s what the parties are after.

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By: ben http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/comment-page-4/#comment-10392 ben Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:35:18 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=121#comment-10392 Dig the maps... I would like to see maps for Australia, Canada, European countries etc. If there is no easy solution to mapping regions within those countries because of Google's chart API, then at least including results for those countries as a whole would give us a world-wide basis of comparison. Dig the maps… I would like to see maps for Australia, Canada, European countries etc. If there is no easy solution to mapping regions within those countries because of Google’s chart API, then at least including results for those countries as a whole would give us a world-wide basis of comparison.

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By: ariannaaine http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/comment-page-4/#comment-9624 ariannaaine Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:09:15 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=121#comment-9624 I resent the comment on Minnesota! Wait, no I don't. That's totally true. Well, except for the district I live in. These crazies elected Michelle Bachmann. I resent the comment on Minnesota!

Wait, no I don’t. That’s totally true. Well, except for the district I live in. These crazies elected Michelle Bachmann.

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By: Dave http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/comment-page-4/#comment-8298 Dave Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:48:42 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=121#comment-8298 For the 'Self-Confidence' map, I believe people who live in warmer areas of the country tend to wear clothing more suited for such weather (shorts, tank tops, swim sites), which also happen to be more revealing and therefore grater emphasis is put on keeping yourself in shape. And people who are more in shape tend to be more confident. For the ‘Self-Confidence’ map, I believe people who live in warmer areas of the country tend to wear clothing more suited for such weather (shorts, tank tops, swim sites), which also happen to be more revealing and therefore grater emphasis is put on keeping yourself in shape. And people who are more in shape tend to be more confident.

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By: Dating Dallas http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/comment-page-4/#comment-7796 Dating Dallas Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:56:34 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=121#comment-7796 Neal, I believe the voters have the control. If the gun handlers don't vote. How hard is it to elect someone against the right to bear arms? At that point, the voters could win or the gun handlers would vote. What people will do when they are in fear of losing they're foundation. The murder question is also as interesting. Neal, I believe the voters have the control.
If the gun handlers don’t vote.
How hard is it to elect someone against the right to bear arms?
At that point, the voters could win or the gun handlers would vote.
What people will do when they are in fear of losing they’re foundation.
The murder question is also as interesting.

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By: just http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/comment-page-4/#comment-7570 just Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:50:06 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=121#comment-7570 Since the API doesn't map regions, but you are apparently able to plot by city/exact location, why not do that for other countries? You might still be able to overlay it with regional maps. Since the API doesn’t map regions, but you are apparently able to plot by city/exact location, why not do that for other countries? You might still be able to overlay it with regional maps.

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By: Row http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/comment-page-4/#comment-7569 Row Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:17:03 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=121#comment-7569 I'm just rereading this, and it occurred to me that in the last chart, about the right to bear arms and the right to vote. It would seem that all of the states that have relaxed gun control chose the vote option because they already have the right to bear arms. conversely the states with strict gun ownership laws have already lost the rights for guns so those would rather not loose the right to vote as well. I’m just rereading this, and it occurred to me that in the last chart, about the right to bear arms and the right to vote. It would seem that all of the states that have relaxed gun control chose the vote option because they already have the right to bear arms. conversely the states with strict gun ownership laws have already lost the rights for guns so those would rather not loose the right to vote as well.

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By: will81585 http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/comment-page-4/#comment-7442 will81585 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:14:00 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=121#comment-7442 These blog posts are fascinating and well written. It reminds me of reading fivethirtyeight. You should do a post about perceptions of climate change and other environmental issues. (e.g. is climate change real/human-caused, do you litter/recycle etc.) These blog posts are fascinating and well written. It reminds me of reading fivethirtyeight.
You should do a post about perceptions of climate change and other environmental issues. (e.g. is climate change real/human-caused, do you litter/recycle etc.)

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By: Neal http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sweet-ass-american-trends/comment-page-4/#comment-7439 Neal Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:02:50 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=121#comment-7439 I'd like to refer to the last map which is more paradoxical than you think... If the only ones to carry guns are the people who don't vote and the only people to vote are people without the guns. Who really has the control? I’d like to refer to the last map which is more paradoxical than you think…
If the only ones to carry guns are the people who don’t vote and the only people to vote are people without the guns. Who really has the control?

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