96% of young people in the EU uses the internet daily (www.eureporter.co)

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[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 99 points 10 months ago

Who the fuck are the 4%?

[-] MrNatewood@lemmy.ca 31 points 10 months ago

Probably people who don't realize some things are part of the internet

[-] Kaosmace@lemm.ee 25 points 10 months ago

"I don't use the internet. I only use Netflix and twitter."

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Amish?

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 22 points 10 months ago

I have never seen such people in Europe...

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I wasn't sure if they were exclusive to America or not.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They moved here in the first place to be allowed to practice their religion how they see fit. They were pretty much driven out of Europe, along with e.g. the Quakers and Mennonites

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Gypsies

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago

They scam people on the internet as well.

[-] Ooops@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

lizard man...

[-] don@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Luddites

[-] mayonaise_met@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

It's a bigger number than I'd have picked in a pub quiz, bet there are always people who have medical reasons not to be able to use the internet.

If you're in a coma or have a severe mental disability you probably won't be on Lemmy.

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

And the other 3.9%?

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

And do you have the ability to awnser such Surveys then? And what's with the remaining ~4%

[-] mayonaise_met@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

Any good poll accounts for people who won't pick up the phone. Otherwise you might as well not poll.

As for the 4%, that's why I said it's a bigger number than I'd have picked. There is probably a perfectly reasonable answer as to why it is 4%. I just gave you one example but it's easy to tink of a few other scenario's: poverty, lack of internet availability in rural areas, the exact wording of the polling questions, etc. It's not my poll.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

It's funny, I'm no longer a "younger person", but I was, just as the internet was really taking off in the public sphere in the mid 90s.

And I know for sure that we got on just fine without it - and yet, I now can't imagine how we possibly did. I use it every single day for so many things, work, news, leisure, communication, etc. I almost can't remember life without it.

Not saying that's a good or a bad thing, but it's weird to think about.