demographic survey of the winamp forums

[ertmann|CPH]

some recent discutions made me curious about the demographics of this forum.... so please vote

tried to search, but couldn't find anything

[Mrs_Mia_Wallace]

I'm from Europe (well I think most people know) and I think that most of teh people in this forum are from the US and Europe, mostly UK (don't know which will be more though, I guess US) Canada coming in third. Let's see if my prediction will be right :) It's only natural since it's an English speaking forum. But it's interesting to see the real numbers and relations. (I don't hink this hs been done before at least I don't remember voting in a poll like this)

Mia:)

[j0ck3]

Sweden of course. And no Sweden isn't that country next to France with all the mountains. Sweden is the country between Norway and Finnland with all the beautifull girls... and IKEA!

Ohhh I forgot. Sweden lies in Europe for those of you that didn't get what i just wrote here above...

[zootm]

<-- 'tis on the li'l box...

[ertmann|CPH]

hmmmm isn't there a bunch of aussies too?

my prediction would be

1. North America, US
2. Europe
3. Australia
4. North America, Canada & Mexico

Sweden is the country between Norway and Finnland with all the beautifull girls... and IKEA!

yeah, and don't forget system bolaget and boring volvo cars :p

[Mrs_Mia_Wallace]

Originally posted by j0ck3
Sweden of course. And no Sweden isn't that country next to France with all the mountains. Sweden is the country between Norway and Finnland with all the beautifull girls... and IKEA!

LOL! This reminds me of how everyone thought I was from Sweden once when I told some people I live in Switzerland...and then they wondered why I wasn't blond :igor:

...and Switzerland has pretty Swiss girls, too! (Not referring to me since I'm not Swiss!)

Mia:)

[ryan]

I'd rather live in Canada or somewhere other than the USA, but I do live here for now.

[drzoid]

Originally posted by Mrs_Mia_Wallace
...and Switzerland has pretty Swiss girls, too!
True, true :)

(Not referring to me since I'm not Swiss!)
But, you made me curious.

[j0ck3]

Originally posted by ertmann|CPH
yeah, and don't forget system bolaget and boring volvo cars :p

I woun't... :D
I do like SAAB better thou. They are not that boring.
Maybe you could recomand me a danish car that is better... ;)

[ertmann|CPH]

Originally posted by j0ck3
I woun't... :D
I do like SAAB better thou. They are not that boring.
Maybe you could recomand me a danish car that is better... ;)

ellert (http://www.ellert*******images/ET2002-9.jpg) (i think it's the only one there is), might not be much - but it's good for the enviroment ;)

[Bilbo Baggins]

I am English and damned proud.

[j0ck3]

Thank you ertmann and forgive me... ;)

[Mattress]

I voted for canada because I am a stupid american.

[Mr Jones]

I'm from the UK, I refuse to be part of Europe and refuse even more to be known as a European, fuk 'dat...:p

[ertmann|CPH]

nooooooo don't fuck up my poll :p

From the CIA World factbook (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uk.html)

United Kingdom

Location: Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France

double :p

[Mattress]

Originally posted by Mr Jones
I'm from the UK, I refuse to be part of Europe and refuse even more to be known as a European, fuk 'dat...:p

YEAH! you rule! :up:

[Joel]

I'm from México :)
But.... learned english since I was 10...
well...I do my best :D

[Xerxes]

Originally posted by j0ck3
Sweden is ... IKEA!


Ikea is a socialist plot that works very well to pacify overtaxed populations by cajoling them into believing they live modern progessive lives with all of the comforts a modern life should give.
A sleek stylish "progressive" facade hides cheap particle board construction and aluminum frames-a metaphor for socialism itself.

The Swedish Meatballs in the cafe are second to none, I will concede.

Im in the US, Southern California.

[Avalon]

Well in my sig it says I'm from York City... so you could assume england... but it's New York City so you can assume the states... but in the end I really come from the fourth planet orbiting the sun named Krandor... so North America, US is close enough.

Although I wouldn't be surprized if there are more Europeans here than Americans, it just seems that there more Europe people on fourms more than anywhere else. Anywho.

Oh Mia I didn't know you were from England, I thought you were out in the mid-west somewhere in the states... stupid me.

[Xerxes]

Northern England, Nebraska- different accent, same people. :p

[Cylob]

Originally posted by Mattress
I voted for canada because I am a stupid american.

Americans aren't stupid, you're definitely not stupid Mattress.

I'm with Jones, a Briton rather than a European. In any case, Britain's not part of the European mainland. Great Britain is it's own continent.

[Mrs_Mia_Wallace]

Originally posted by Avalon
Oh Mia I didn't know you were from England, I thought you were out in the mid-west somewhere in the states... stupid me.
:eek: :weird: :confused: You mean me, right? :weird: Well, I've just said a couple of times (as I have a lot of times before) that I live in Switzerland...why do you think I'm from England? (And, even more interesting, why did you assume I was from the mid west?)

I'm curious now :p

Mia:)

But thank you very much that you thought I was a native English speaker, I'm German, English is my 2nd language! :)

[hgnis]

Not born here, but I currently live in red neck country and proud of it. Most of the time.....

[randman]

USA, born and bred. But sometimes I feel so close to Bilbo that I could just reach out and touch him. :D ;)

[Avalon]

Originally posted by Mrs_Mia_Wallace
:eek: :weird: :confused: You mean me, right? :weird: Well, I've just said a couple of times (as I have a lot of times before) that I live in Switzerland...why do you think I'm from England? (And, even more interesting, why did you assume I was from the mid west?)

I'm curious now :p

Mia:)

But thank you very much that you thought I was a native English speaker, I'm German, English is my 2nd language! :)

Well you really just want to know? No good reason really, just a feeling I got :) But in all seriousness, I figured for someone who would be able to put these types of pictures up all day and actually have great discussions about these issues annnd... the way you had your *ahem* bouncy animations, just thought that you were from the US... mind you I can be very closed minded when it comes to the fact that the entire world doesn't live in the United States.

[Mattress]

Originally posted by Cylob
Americans aren't stupid, you're definitely not stupid Mattress.

Eh, well at least I wasn't paying attention and accidentally voted for NA canada/mexico instead of NA US. So one of those canada mexico votes should be for the US.

Sorry to screw up on voting, I'm not even from Florida;)

[dlinkwit27]

illinois, US. and i toldja the member map was a good idea!

[the_Flames]

I'm In the UK ...


The UK Rocks

Europe stinks for us in the UK as they dont like us much.


Shame our PM is the USA's puppet :P

[anubis2003]

You forgot a continent.

[henry3k56]

U.S.A., N.A.

[Fickle]

ze Oonited States ov Americow.

You're velcome, chvis.

[eleet-2k2]

Canada here. :)

[Namelessv1]

Originally posted by anubis2003
You forgot a continent.

Good old Antarctica. :)

[pixiefied]

im 40 minutes from the canadian border.... and one wanna run and get a taco with me? :P

[Nimelennar]

I'm a Canadian (I'm from Canadia) :P
and Pixie... what part of Canadia are you 40 minutes from? (Canadia's a big country)

[ShyShy]

(Nimelennar, Pixie's south of Vancouver, BC)


me: Tacoma, Washington, US the red-headed stepchild of Seattle.

[Nimelennar]

lol... Vancouver's a little bit more than a 40-minute drive from Toronto. It'd probably be a week's worth of a road trip, one way.

[Coman]

born in europe, live in us and hate it.

[j0ck3]

What is all this talk about UK not being in Europe? That is so much BS. And to you the_Flames (imagine the STFU n00b pic here)... I really like England and I have never heard anyone say that they disslike it.

I was there a couple of weeks ago and the only bad thing I can say about it is that you drive on the wrong side of the road.

Lets face it, you don't controle 1/3 of the earths total landmass anymore. You are just a little island in Europe.

[Mr Jones]

I don't think anyone said the UK was not in europe, at least I didn't, what I said was I, as in myself, refuse to be known as a European, I am a citizen of the UK, and would prefer it if the UK were not part of the sprawling conglomerate that is Europe.

Call me a xenophobe if you like, but I am fiercely proud of my heritage and cultural roots, and hate to see them absorbed into the faceless entity that is Europe.

[j0ck3]

You xenophobe! :)

[Kaboon]

The Netherlands, Assen (Drenthe)

[local]

It is the same for me, I wish Sweden was'nt a part of Europe. Since I don't like the idea with the European Union (I don't know what's it called in english). Except for that Sweden is a great country, atleast for since know the language. :)

And J0ck3, next time we meet I will you tell that I dislike UK just so you would have heard it.

[Bilbo Baggins]

The EU is perhaps the most pointless entity on the face of the Earth, sucking money out of the rich European countries, and giving it to the poor ones. I hate the EU.

[ertmann|CPH]

hmmmmm i was refering to continents not the EU, Europe is a whole lot more than the EU....

Anyway, besides that i actually like the EU, it's been overwhealmingliy succesfull in what it set out to do, namely bring lasting peace to the European continent.... And anyway, i'm all in for the Robin Hood principle..... And if you look at things in a larger perspective, it's good for the rich countries exports when the poorer countries in Europe get richer.

[Mattress]

Originally posted by j0ck3
Lets face it, you don't controle 1/3 of the earths total landmass anymore. You are just a little island in Europe.

Someone ought to say something similar to France.

[Cylob]

Originally posted by j0ck3
Lets face it, you don't controle 1/3 of the earths total landmass anymore. You are just a little island in Europe.

1/3 of the earth's population is fluent in English. If that's not a legacy I don't know what is.

Originally posted by Mattress
Someone ought to say something similar to France.

The French are just bitter about the proliforation of anglo-saxon ideals. The non-english tongued nations of europe are the real islands.

[dlinkwit27]

Originally posted by Cylob
The French are just bitter about the proliforation of anglo-saxon ideals. The non-english tongued nations of europe are the real islands.

that and teh fact that al their womens are hairy!:igor:

[Doktor]

Czech republic, the land of beer (and the REAL BUDWEISER [already posted in poll:"what beer do you like"]). Czech republic (ex Czachoslovakia) lies between Germany, Slovakia, Poland and Austria.

The US citizens could know ice-hockey-players like Jagr, Hasek, Slegr, Svoboda... They kick ass :up:

ABout the EU, redistributing of anything (money in this case) leads to losses... That's my idea and will stick to it.

[ertmann|CPH]

it's my idea that letting the rich countries grow richer, and the poor countries grow poorer will lead to more conflicts, and ultimately is an unsubstainable development. And ill stick to it :p

[j0ck3]

I totaly agree with you ertmann.

[Obedo]

Okay

[Mattress]

It's better to have rich countries grow richer and poor countries grow richer too.

[Bilbo Baggins]

It would also be nice if we could solve world hunger, find a cure for every disease ever, stop all war etc etc.

[ertmann|CPH]

yes bilbo,

only, you have to start somewhere...... getting the former eastern block up running is, in no way, unrealistic - only it might take a while longer than the citizens of those countries expect. But not unrealistic at all. And it will ultimately - allthough we're looking at a time horizen of 25 - 50 years, pay off for Western Europe. IMO anything else will most likely end in another division of Europe - do you want to go back to before 1989?

[Xerxes]

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
sucking money out of the rich ... and giving it to the poor

And you call yourself a socialist. :blah:

[Merlin]

England. A state that forms part of a nation called Great Britain, which is part of a country called the United Kingdom... and is in Europe :p

[Cylob]

I'm proud of Britain's European heritage, but I don't want to see our powers of self-government (including the currency) moved over the channel for France & Germany to sit on. We're big enough to stand on our own 2 feet. Great Britain has no masters.

[J_Bloggs]

I'm from New Zealsnd, which I've probably said more than enough times by now...

I'd be very interested to see if anyone else here was from New Zealand.

[missinformation]

Born in New Jersey, moved to suburban New York, moved to Mississippi, moved back to suburban New York, now living in Florida. Boyfriend from Pennsylvania, now living in Florida.

[Viper007Bond]

.






<<<<<

Lived there all of my 19 years on this planet. Same house too. :)

[Mr_007]

Im live in iran!
is good country with good people!

[Nimelennar]

Originally posted by Viper007Bond
[BLived there all of my 19 years on this planet. Same house too. :) [/B]

And what planet did you live on before?

[Starbucks]

I live in America, Is born in France, but I'm Asian. :) No don't even think about calling me a chink. I don't have those kind of eyes.

[Tavernology]

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
It would also be nice if we could solve world hunger, find a cure for every disease ever, stop all war etc etc.

If we managed to do that, the world would be overcrowded very, very fast, and we wouldn't be able to cope with it all.

And if you're wondering where I am from, just let me say this:
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!

[hungryskull]

I live in Canada. In the province of Saskatchewan.

[Raz]

England, a subdirectory of earth, with my many earthly cultural heritages and whatnot.

[Merlin]

Originally posted by Tavernology
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!
Oi oi oi. I thought that chant existed because of Ossie Ardiles, not Australians... :o

[Tavernology]

Originally posted by Merlin
Oi oi oi. I thought that chant existed because of Ossie Ardiles, not Australians... :o

Who the hell was/is that?

[Merlin]

:D

A footballing legend, Argentinian, former Spurs player...

[zootm]

Originally posted by Mr Jones
I don't think anyone said the UK was not in europe, at least I didn't, what I said was I, as in myself, refuse to be known as a European, I am a citizen of the UK, and would prefer it if the UK were not part of the sprawling conglomerate that is Europe.
regardless of your political viewpoint, i'd have preferred that the poll be split into "continental europe" and the UK, too.

[Raz]

I prefer not to cause a fuss in the name of political correctness myself but that's just me.

[ertmann|CPH]

Originally posted by zootm
regardless of your political viewpoint, i'd have preferred that the poll be split into "continental europe" and the UK, too.

You guys are utterly hopeless :rolleyes: