How the internet is replacing intimacy in the nation's bedrooms: Smartphones blamed

[Surya Gayatri]

after number of times couples have sex each month drops

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3024073/How-internet-replacing-intimacy-nation-s-bedrooms-Smartphones-blamed-number-times-couples-sex-month-drops.html

Ok, Ok, don't say it. I know. The Daily Mail's not a 'serious' source. But, where else can you find this kind of fun stuff?



Smartphone use may be to blame for a drop in the number of times couples are having sex each month, a leading expert has suggested.

Research has revealed that the frequency with which Britons are having sex has been in decline since the emergence of the internet.

It comes after Professor David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at Cambridge University, revealed in a new book how a typical heterosexual couple was now having sex three times a month.

This was compared to four times a month in 2000 and five times a month in 1990, according to research published in Prof Spiegelhalter's book Sex By Numbers.

[stone space]

1. My phone is so smart that it dials numbers all by itself from my pocket.

Probably even makes calls during sex.

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Now, that's some smarts. God knows what the next generaton will be able to do! LOL!

[jakeXT]

3. We need more New Year's Eves and Valentine's Days

BOSTON —It's not just the snow that may lead to a bunch of "Blizzard Babies" this year.

Valentine's Day sees more babies conceived than any other day of the year (every year), according to Ovuline, the developer of a fertility and pregnancy app.

"Conception on Valentine’s Day is four times higher than other days," the company said in a statement.

Ovuline's "Ovia Fertility" Apple and Android app uses computer algorithms to improve a woman's odds for conception, the company said.

A woman enters such information as body temperature and cervical fluid, and the Ovia app then predicts a window of time when intercourse is more likely to lead to conception.

New Year’s Eve is second for baby making, followed by Christmas. The day after Christmas is, interestingly, the lowest of every other day of the year.

http://www.wcvb.com/health/more-babies-conceived-on-valentines-day/31258224

[Surya Gayatri]

7. Humans gonna do what humans do...the imperative to reproduce is responsible for a lot!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

4. could it have anything to do with the

VAST and easily accessible pornography that is everywhere? are people fapping themselves to oblivion?

sP

[Surya Gayatri]

5. Jeeez, you'd certainly think so, reading the comments

under even the most innocuous videos on YouTube.

[jakeXT]

6. The youth these days is so lazy that they even use Siri to search for that. /nt

[CANDO]

8. BINGO!

We have a winner. With so much solo stress relief going on...well when it's bed time, it's nighty night, honey.

[DCBob]

9. I think its more due to stress.

Life is getting more and more complicated.

[Surya Gayatri]

10. And, the cell phone is an anti-stress outlet?

I don't even have a cell, so I can't speak with authority...

[DCBob]

11. its an addiction for many to grab their phone and do stuff.

Its a factor in the issue discussed but not the main root cause... imo.

[Surya Gayatri]

12. 'Addiction'...^^^This^^^

[bemildred]

14. Repetitive intermittent positive reinforcement.

What's not to "like"?

But it's not just Facebook, it's everywhere.

Video games are built on it, advertising and PR strategies are built on it.

[brooklynite]

13. No, it's an expression of the stress.....

People who feel they need to check on work one more time....

[Drahthaardogs]

17. People MAKE life more complicated.

It does not have to be that way. Your kid does not have to be in piano, soccer, ballet, gymnastics, and french classes all at the same time. You really do not need to go to the "special" cross fit gym 45 minutes away.

I said no to that shit about ten years ago. I am happier, healthier, had more money in my bank account, and the kids turned out just fine - actually better than most of their peers.

[Warren DeMontague]

15. So? Just means that Apple's next big thing will be the "iFuck"

Seriously, I think human sex will survive.

[Surya Gayatri]

16. Oh, snap! Although the F-word might be bad for business...