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Virginia: The Most Contrary State In The U.S.?

Virginians, please explain yourselves. For some odd reason, Virginia leads the nation in people who Google “Facebook” and “Youtube” instead of just typing it in the address bar, while trailing behind the rest of the country in searches for what ought to be general interests like “news,” “game,” and “cats.” So, Virginia, what's your deal?

Chris Menning top50 Community Contributor posted about a year ago
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  • slok thinks Virginia: The Most Contrary State In ... is LOL  about a year ago ×
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  • I think Virginia just won the game.

    Ken T.
    a year ago
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  • rachels11 thinks Virginia: The Most Contrary State In ... is LOL  about a year ago ×
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  • It's not “contrary,” it's “stoopid.”

    elbruces
    a year ago
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  • A potentially smart ass comment aside, an ISP there could be preloading software that is somehow doing this. Another possibility is that a major institution has a primitive blocklist that filters the main URL but not subpages — because the institution may still need to access direct links to those pages for business purposes. Some automated process, lime a poorly programed app could be the culprit as well.

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    a year ago
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  • maybe the homepage is google and it saves a couple steps just googling facebook and youtube. i'm a virginia, but yet i don't google such things - i have them bookmarked :)

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  • Kentucky doesn't surprise me. Both game and cats heavily googled due to “kentucky wildcats”.

    your mom
    a year ago
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  • Wonder how many times they google 'Banjo' and 'Incest'?

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    a year ago
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  • They sure do love them some cats in Kentucky. WEEEEHOO LOOKIT 'IM RIDE THAT ROOM-BAH

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    a year ago
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  • There are two Virginias in Virginia itself, and I bet it's not Northern Virginia doing that stuff. Northern Virginia is the bit up there by D.C. (Arlington County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, and the City of Alexandria). 24% of Arlington County adults and 20% of Fairfax County adults hold advanced degrees. It's 19% in the City of Alexandria. (Figures here.)  These are your government muckety-mucks, Department of Defense people, and the associated defense contractors, technology businesses, associations, lawyers, lobbyists, people who could tell you what their job is but then they'd have to kill you, etc. Those people are not googling facebook.

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  • emsayswhaat thinks Virginia: The Most Contrary State In ... is LOL  about a year ago ×
  • I would like to see a map of people who Google “google”.

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  • Because we're stupid and boring

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    a year ago
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  • Well, I live in Virginia, but I wasn't born here. So don't look at me. I still haven't gotten used to how almost everyone in my town says “Bookbag” instead of “Backpack” and “Kleenex” instead of “Tissue”. Maybe it's just me, but if you carry something on your back, it's a bloody backpack. But I digress.

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  • Had a coworker that did the same thing. Except he used AltaVista. Anyway, he claimed it kept those sites from showing up in your browsing history. Maybe that's Virginia's thinking?

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  • I'm sorry, that's my dad's fault. Despite having a computer for about 20 years and having access to the internet for about 18, he still doesn't know how to use it. Still, it's a great place to live!

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  • That's how we roll. And you know why? Neither do we. WHAT!!!

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  • TYPO …. Virginia not Virgina

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