Don Q's LadyData

Whoa, incredible responses from the Tumblr community to this! With 311 notes on this item at the time of this writing, it’s by far the most-spread single item we’ve put onto the interwebs.

The majority of the feedback seemed to be quite positive, though some people called into question the validity of the data, the source and the composition of our sample set, and the goal of our effort. And to be sure, we love all the feedback, including the Yeas and the Nays.

In September, we set out to survey a large, growing sample of women for their thoughts, specifically thoughts that could be useful to men. DonQ’s “real” products are a set of delicious rums, and the LadyData digital product is meant to supplement that, and market our drinkable products through what we think is a fun and useful service.

It should be noted, however, that while we have a pretty respectable sample size—more important decisions have been made with more spurious data, to be sure—the whole project is meant to be interesting and fun.

We received two excellent questions from Maria Sciarrino (@mariatsciarrino on Twitter) about the project. Thanks, Maria! Here’s a stab at the answer to your queries.

We gathered participants from existing lists of people that we know enjoy participating in these types of projects, through posts on Craigslist, and through a private group on Facebook. And in terms of avoiding bias, we didn’t make an enormous effort to do so. LadyData isn’t meant to be definitive, it’s meant to be an entry point to being smarter about relationships and life. It’s not a scientific study by any means, but we hope it’s interesting nevertheless.

mikehudack:

youmightfindyourself:

The Female Perspective - A Modern Guide to Dating

Average number of dates before the “invite-up”, as reported by ladies of differing hair colors.

versorge:

Lastfm data: visualized

Awful Burglar = LOLZ.

thedailywhat:

Venn Diagram of the Day: A guide to recognizing your Santas.

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This one is a smidge controversial. And if we’re being honest, the survey should have included a “+20%” option. But no matter how you shake it, it appears that there’s a lot of dishonesty out there. After all, one could interpret the last answer to mean that everyone, regardless of gender, lies.

Which is sort of sad.

And sort of appropriate for Friday the 13th, right?

The Big Lebowski says, “Get a job, sir!”

(via nickmcglynn)

It turns out, generally, the ladies prefer a guy that is in some way larger than they are. And while this isn’t exactly rocket surgery, it’s still pretty interesting. …Especially if you filter the ladies by location. The sample size is pretty low after the filter, but nevertheless, it appears that skinny boys do better in the northeastern states.

Aaaaamazing.

thedailywhat:

Tee of the Day: “(Happy()Sad) Diagram Shirt” by Ariana Osborne and Rich Stevens (of Diesel Sweeties fame).

Ariana says:

And I just had to put it on a T-shirt.  There is no emoticon for those moments that are the intersection of :) and :( — not really.  Oh there’s a :/ face for conflicted or meh, sure, but that’s not what I’m talking about.  I’m talking about those moments when life throws you a THIS IS AWESOME OH GOD IT SUCKS YAY BOO.  And those days?  Well I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough of them in my life that I could wear a shirt for them.

How about :)( ? (Patent pending!)

Also: Thanks to the magnificence that is Wil Wheaton, typing “wilw” in the appropriate field at checkout will get you 15% off your order!

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feltron:

In conjunction with the relaunch of their website, CNN asked me to examine their web statistics and create a visual record of the site’s last 13 years.

ilovecharts:

Who misses baseball already?