The Average American Thread

[strummingram]

I always knew I wasn't average.

 

[prlyles]

I always knew I wasn't average.

I what ways are you not?

 

[strummingram]

I what ways are you not?

This thread. Although, I have had a kitten cling to my back a few times.

 

[tarheel0910]

The average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime.

 

[tarheel0910]

Americans consume 31% more packaged food than fresh food. Pre shredded cheese wins again!

 

[strummingram]

The average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime.

Legalize hemp, PLEASE!

 

[tarheel0910]

The mean credit card debt of U.S. households is approximately $5,700.

 

[tarheel0910]

Americans constitute 5% of the world's population but consume 24% of the world's energy. On average, one American consumes as much energy as

-2 Japanese
-6 Mexicans
-13 Chinese
-31 Indians
-128 Bangladeshis
-307 Tanzanians
-370 Ethiopians

 

[Blue2010]

How many had to google "funny average american facts" to copy/paste here? Is there anything more 'Murican than...

 

[tarheel0910]

The average American generates 52 tons of garbage by age 75.

Over the course of our lifetime, we will spend a total of 3,680 hours or 153 days searching for misplaced items.

 

[Raising Heel]

5% of Americans believe that Paul McCartney died and was secretly replaced in the Beatles in 1966.

4% of Americans believe shape-shifting reptilian people control our world by taking on human form and gaining power.

15% of Americans believe that the pharmaceutical industry is in league with the medical industry to "invent" new diseases in order to make money.

 

[tarheel0910]

4% of Americans believe shape-shifting reptilian people control our world by taking on human form and gaining power.

Man, I can't believe 96% of people haven't figured out this is undisputable fact.

 

[tarheel0910]

How many had to google "funny average american facts" to copy/paste here? Is there anything more 'Murican than...

Well, if you knew all of this stuff off the top of your head I imagine you look something like this...

 

[TarHeelNation11]

I can't believe no one has posted a statistic on breast or gamecock size yet.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

I can't believe no one has posted a statistic on breast or gamecock size yet.

Tinder hasn't compiled that info yet.

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

The average American watches 2 hours and 49 minutes of TV per day.

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

This thread reminded me of the below George Carlin quote

 

[prlyles]

Americans consume 31% more packaged food than fresh food. Pre shredded cheese wins again!

Good example of our poor eating habits

 

[prlyles]

This thread reminded me of the below George Carlin quote

I think poor George is getting average and median mixed up.

 

[Blue2010]

The average person blinks some 15-20 times per minute—so frequently that our eyes are closed for roughly 10% of our waking hours overall.

And I'm not a nerd, dammit...I like guns, and stuff:

 

[TarHeelNation11]

The average American doesn't look like this:

 

[tarheel0910]

The average American doesn't look like this:

But the average American male wants to look AT that.

 

[TarHeelMark]

But the average American male wants to look AT that.

Don't you know she's somebody's daughter?

 

[BillyL]