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Well ... if they are male chances of liking porn and guns are so high that you shouldn't bother searching. And in the last 10 years the notion that everybody i

Well ... if they are male chances of liking porn and guns are so high that you shouldn't bother searching. And in the last 10 years the notion that everybody is a freak in his numerous personal ways began to take hold anmog the populace. But the institutions became more easily offended and prude. But I suppose with the inevitable dieout of the current gen of employers the next just won't bother with searching ... it will be like - why bother - I will find crap for everyone.

paulgb 14y ago
There are lots of guys who don't like guns. I've only lived in a few liberal US cities so maybe my perception is skewed, but I (as a Canadian) thought the gun-loving american stereotype largely represented a minority.
- omni 14y ago
  Gun ownership seems to be in the high 40% range according to Gallup data. http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/07/21/the-declining-culture-of-guns-and-violence-in-the-united-states/ http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/07/21/the-declining-cultu...
  - Turing_Machine 14y ago
    "People willing to tell a stranger on the phone that they own a gun" is not the same group as "people who actually own a gun". At all.
    - refurb 14y ago
      Exactly, I would assume it's probably higher than 40%. There are an estimated 270M civilian-owned guns and 132M households in the US. So basically 2 guns per household. If you estimate gun ownership at 50%, that's 4 guns per gun-owning household.
      - Turing_Machine 14y ago
        My gut feeling (and that's all it is -- which makes it just about as accurate as the Gallup data) is that it's closer to 70% than 40%.
      - mindcrime 14y ago
        I've seen the number for "civilian owned guns" reported as being much higher, more like 310M. Not sure which number is most accurate, and it's entirely possible that none of them are, since we have no central firearms registry. But I would guess that the actual percentage of homes with at least one gun is higher than 40%.
- venomsnake 14y ago
  Disclaimer - I am a foreigner not living in US so I use the most reliable sources to educate myself about US culture - Jon Steward and Stephen Colbert. By liking I was referring in the way most guys also like powerful cars or F1. Or battleships, planes, carriers, ICBM and the Death Star. They are outstanding pieces of engineering combining some of the best thoughts of some of the smartest people on the planet. Sadly because it seems in the last 15 years the US Congress is the place where moderate opinions and sanity go to die, due to the wild partisanship and the toxic pollution coming out of the media and the ability of everyone to be outraged about everything all the time the moderate voices have hard time being heard, or even existing because they are pushed to the extremes.
- wmeredith 14y ago
  I'm pretty sure the prevalence if guns in almost all forms of pop culture skewed at males is really good market evidence that the majority of them do indeed like guns. (What's the last action movie, video game or toy store you saw that didn't have a gun, or some representation of a gun, in some form?)
walshemj 14y ago
or society becomes more and more self censoring if your thesis was true we should seen a decline in say drug testing for standard non sensitive jobs already.
- venomsnake 14y ago
  Drugs are illegal. The fact that the war on drugs is waged disproportionally towards the poor does not make them legal in the places and social classes where it is relatively safe to get stoned. But see what happened with nudity and the stigma. Once a nipple slip was a big deal. Nowadays a celebrity sex tape is welcomed with boredom. And there is hardly a person without someone else voluntarily sent naked pic on the smartphone. And when they leak it is usually meh
  - walshemj 14y ago
    well in that case why all the fuss and fines over Janet Jacksons wardrobe malfunction at the Superbowl.

paulgb 14y ago

There are lots of guys who don't like guns. I've only lived in a few liberal US cities so maybe my perception is skewed, but I (as a Canadian) thought the gun-loving american stereotype largely represented a minority.

omni 14y ago
Gun ownership seems to be in the high 40% range according to Gallup data. http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/07/21/the-declining-culture-of-guns-and-violence-in-the-united-states/ http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2012/07/21/the-declining-cultu...
- Turing_Machine 14y ago
  "People willing to tell a stranger on the phone that they own a gun" is not the same group as "people who actually own a gun". At all.
  - refurb 14y ago
    Exactly, I would assume it's probably higher than 40%. There are an estimated 270M civilian-owned guns and 132M households in the US. So basically 2 guns per household. If you estimate gun ownership at 50%, that's 4 guns per gun-owning household.
    - Turing_Machine 14y ago
      My gut feeling (and that's all it is -- which makes it just about as accurate as the Gallup data) is that it's closer to 70% than 40%.
    - mindcrime 14y ago
      I've seen the number for "civilian owned guns" reported as being much higher, more like 310M. Not sure which number is most accurate, and it's entirely possible that none of them are, since we have no central firearms registry. But I would guess that the actual percentage of homes with at least one gun is higher than 40%.
venomsnake 14y ago
Disclaimer - I am a foreigner not living in US so I use the most reliable sources to educate myself about US culture - Jon Steward and Stephen Colbert. By liking I was referring in the way most guys also like powerful cars or F1. Or battleships, planes, carriers, ICBM and the Death Star. They are outstanding pieces of engineering combining some of the best thoughts of some of the smartest people on the planet. Sadly because it seems in the last 15 years the US Congress is the place where moderate opinions and sanity go to die, due to the wild partisanship and the toxic pollution coming out of the media and the ability of everyone to be outraged about everything all the time the moderate voices have hard time being heard, or even existing because they are pushed to the extremes.
wmeredith 14y ago
I'm pretty sure the prevalence if guns in almost all forms of pop culture skewed at males is really good market evidence that the majority of them do indeed like guns. (What's the last action movie, video game or toy store you saw that didn't have a gun, or some representation of a gun, in some form?)

walshemj 14y ago

or society becomes more and more self censoring if your thesis was true we should seen a decline in say drug testing for standard non sensitive jobs already.

venomsnake 14y ago
Drugs are illegal. The fact that the war on drugs is waged disproportionally towards the poor does not make them legal in the places and social classes where it is relatively safe to get stoned. But see what happened with nudity and the stigma. Once a nipple slip was a big deal. Nowadays a celebrity sex tape is welcomed with boredom. And there is hardly a person without someone else voluntarily sent naked pic on the smartphone. And when they leak it is usually meh
- walshemj 14y ago
  well in that case why all the fuss and fines over Janet Jacksons wardrobe malfunction at the Superbowl.