It appears that if guys want to really score with chicks these days, you’re better off going for technology than you are for the bling in order to woo(buy) her love.
Diamonds are no longer a girl’s best friend, according to a new study that found three of four women would prefer a new plasma TV to a diamond necklace. […]
The Girls Gone Wired survey of 1,400 women and 700 men aged 15 to 49, which was conducted by market researcher TRU, found that given the choice, women would opt for tech items rather than luxury items like jewelry or vacations.
The study found 77 percent of women surveyed would prefer a new plasma television to a diamond solitaire necklace and 56 percent would opt for a new plasma TV over a weekend vacation in Florida.
Even shoes lost out. The study found 86 percent would prefer a new digital video camera to a pair of designer shoes. [wired]
Interesting that TV’s win out here. You can get something that would make her want to stay inside and be a couch potato versus going out and actually doing something fun out of the home. On the other hand, it is Florida we’re talking about here. I might want to stay home and watch Anderson Cooper report live as yet another hurricane slams into the sunshine state in high-def. I also feel like I should be making a correlation here of this to obesity rates and laziness.
Still, and I think Rebecca would agree with me, we’ll take a trip before we toss down money on a flat panel TV. Tech can be cool, but memories last a life time. So does screen burn in on a plasma.
Uh huh trip first, then the collection of MacBooks and iMacs for our home later :p (if you dare try to convert me…)
OOps, I was also going to comment on an article in the Vancouver Sun this morning: Net Users Losing Touch with Family
“The survey found that heavy users spend less time sleeping, relaxing, eating and working, and that they also socialize less with people around them.”
I dunno man, you and I get out a LOT and we also have our geeking out times. Actually, we usually geek out (blog) ABOUT the times we get out n’ about.
Check out the article here