Apparently I’m a grouch

According to a study of Australians’ twitter usage, we Canberra folk are aggressive, angry and sad. 

A social media study by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and an advertising company, found Australians send about 5,000 tweets per minute. Researchers analysed a list of typical words associated with emotions, and found Canberrans are the most anxious, aggressive and sad in Australia.

Other things revealed by this study:

  • West Australians are the most positive
  • South Australians the most affectionate
  • Melbourne people are the most sociable (as measured by the number of mentions)
  • Sydney people tweet the most – and swear more than anyone else.

Now I’m off to have a cry, kick the dog and tell those researchers to go and get fucked!

3 thoughts on “Apparently I’m a grouch

  1. Well,I sure found Canberra as depressing as hell,which no doubt made me angry and aggressive.Though having recently lived in Melbourne,can’t say i was any more sociable.Like a lot of these oh-so-important research projects,it all means bugger all??

  2. Well to me it was bloody obvious, If i lived in Canberra i would be a grumpy old bastard with a bad temper too….. Wouldn’t anybody that lived among such a high concentration of politicians be a real pain in the ass to get on with… Very easy to fix, Just get rid of the money and time wasting politicians and Canberra would be such a nice place to live..

  3. Nah,Graeme..the public service mentality which pervades the place is like the stench of a teenage boys socks…puke inducing. And the climate is POX!!!!