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15 of the silliest things your tax money got spent on

by Lloyd Buchinski
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From the Forbes site,

In Pictures: 15 Silliest Uses of Taxpayer Money - Sean Eichenberger - Forbes

It's a slide show, and I don't really like them, so here is the text of some of the smaller expenses that get to me. Studies almost always annoy me.

$2.9 Million: On a study of World of Warcraft and other computer games

This research explored how "online virtual worlds such as ‘World of Warcraft’ and ‘Second Life’ can help organizations collaborate and compete more effectively in the global marketplace." (It also found way to legitimize playing video games at work.)

$2 Million: On a study about posting pictures online

The National Science Foundation really wanted to know if "people who post pictures on the internet from the same place at the same time are often socially connected." The much anticipated conclusion: Yes!

$1 Million: On a study about baby names

This study aimed to ferret out how quickly parents respond to trendy baby names. The astounding conclusion: “Popular names are popular with parents.”
Maybe, if we can get the right connections we could get paid to do a super expensive study on forum posting? How many ways would we have to split the money?
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    Originally Posted by Lloyd Buchinski View Post



    Maybe, if we can get the right connections we could get paid to do a super expensive study on forum posting? How many ways would we have to split the money?
    Split the money my sweet white boooodie ------ May the best grant writer win.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    The SAD part?

    $2.9 Million: On a study of World of Warcraft and other computer games

    This research explored how "online virtual worlds such as ‘World of Warcraft’ and ‘Second Life’ can help organizations collaborate and compete more effectively in the global marketplace." (It also found way to legitimize playing video games at work.)
    It has been a LONG proven fact, that games CONSUME TIME and are INEFFICIENT! I could have proven this in 1980, and done a study of THOUSANDS maybe TENS of THOUSANDS to PROVE it! And THAT is just from anecdotal evidence from a few thousand people using computer games! We COULD factor in arcade games, and card games, and go back a few thousand years to give it MORE credence! So WHY does the government spend money to find out what ANY reasonable person has known ALL THEIR LIFE? Outside of supporting such businesses, or playing games, WHO CARES!?!?!?


    $2 Million: On a study about posting pictures online

    The National Science Foundation really wanted to know if "people who post pictures on the internet from the same place at the same time are often socially connected." The much anticipated conclusion: Yes!
    There is no real way to know this, but in the average case, trying to find a picture by description is near impossible! If multiple people post the identical picture at about the same time, ******DUH*******! Outside of planning, or suspecting, propaganda, WHO CARES!?!?!?

    $1 Million: On a study about baby names

    This study aimed to ferret out how quickly parents respond to trendy baby names. The astounding conclusion: “Popular names are popular with parents.”
    AGAIN, for thousands of years, a particular culture/time has beliefs and standards that end up making names popular. EVEN in times like the 60s when the US had weird names, they followed a standard. HECK, to this day, people tell me how my first and middle names are popular and biblical. Heck, I have had several freinds that were also named steve. Both founders of apple had the same name. But WHO CARES!?!!?!? Isn't it odd how so many that claim to not want to follow the trend end up doing EXACTLY that!?!?!? I have often NOT fit because I have not deviated. OTHERS have!

    Steve
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