Just completed an online survey and got asked a couple of rather peculiar questions that need sharing. I’ve answered questions on ‘who would you vote for in the next federal election’ and ‘which party leader do you think would make the best Prime Minster’ before – a bit limiting to the definition of politics, but I understand why. However, in this recently-completed survey, I was asked which national party leader would I prefer to (and this is somewhat paraphrased):
- Who would you want to take care of your house for a week?
- If you had a flat on your car, which one would be most likely to stop and help?
I think we have reached a new level of political inanity here, folks.
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: inanity, market research
Just finished an online survey on what makes me angry (don’t ask, I got paid a dollar for my time/labour – the online proletariat?) and I thought one of the questions was interesting. It asked me which of a list of types of people who made me angry, some of which were kind of stupid (“people who wear flip-flops in the winter”) and some kind of hit home (“people who take their children to restaurants frequented by adults”.. uh, whoops).
However, there were some (about a quarter of the list) that was kind of… worrisome. Examples:
“people who request change on the street (panhandlers)”
“people who don’t know the words to ‘Oh Canada’”
“people who complain too much (about their job, their family, etc.)”
“people who can’t speak English well”
Seemed kind of, well, knee-jerk conservative nationalist to me. I’d hate to see how many Canadians actually agreed with those answers.
Categories: Fluff
Tagged: blathering, conservative, market research, nationalism
