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TexasTowelie

(116,749 posts)
Tue Aug 20, 2019, 03:41 AM Aug 2019

Those who use more emojis have more sex, study says

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is an emoji worth?

Perhaps a really good sex life.

According to a pair of studies conducted by The Kinsey Institute (yeah, that one), texters who used emojis more often tended to have more dates, more romance, and more sex.

Both studies, published in the online journal PLOS ONE, surveyed single Americans about whether they used emojis when texting potential dates and then asked about their sex and dating life.

The first study — of 5,327 people ages 18-94 — found that 28% regularly used emojis, with 2.6% using at least one in every text and 2.5% using more than one in every text.

Read more: https://triblive.com/news/world/those-who-use-more-emojis-have-more-sex-study-says/
(Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

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Those who use more emojis have more sex, study says (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2019 OP
So THAT'S what I'm doing wrong! PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #1
Get with the program! TexasTowelie Aug 2019 #2
Wow Sherman A1 Aug 2019 #3
By themselves? Bob Loblaw Aug 2019 #4
I was thinking the same thing Snake Plissken Aug 2019 #6
So which emojies come with pheromones? Aussie105 Aug 2019 #5
Try PDittie Aug 2019 #7
Interesting LeftofObama Aug 2019 #8
Damn, I wish I knew this years ago! IronLionZion Aug 2019 #9

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
6. I was thinking the same thing
Tue Aug 20, 2019, 06:11 AM
Aug 2019

I don't need a study to tell me that the amount of time someone spends on the internet is inversely proportional to the amount of sex they're having.

People who converse with human beings in person have far more sex than people who converse over the internet.

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)
8. Interesting
Tue Aug 20, 2019, 06:23 AM
Aug 2019

"The first study — of 5,327 people ages 18-94 — found that 28% regularly used emojis, with 2.6% using at least one in every text and 2.5% using more than one in every text."

I'm guessing the most common one used for 94 year olds is this one -


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