Time Use
A time-use survey was recently conducted among a random sampling of 150 Shalampaxians. All 150 participants were asked to keep track of the time they spent on various activities over the course of a week. Their logs were then collected and daily averages were compiled.
As can be seen from the following table and pie chart, Shalampaxians slept an average of 8.9 hours per day, making sleep the biggest single consumer of Shalampaxians’ time.
Time-Use Statistics (Hours)
The second-highest amount of time, 7.3 hours daily, was spent watching porn. If you add in the 3 hours of non-pornographic television and video viewing, the total time spent watching all TV and videos, 10.3 hours daily, exceeds the average sleep time.
I don’t have any statistics for the world as a whole, but the above numbers seem about right to me. I assume that the time-use statistics for people elsewhere are close to these averages.
There are, however, a couple of interesting numbers. For example, the study showed an average of only 2 hours per day of work. Keep in mind that the survey averaged not just the work-hours on workdays, but also the hours spent (zero) working on weekends and holidays. This lowered the average to below what it would have been if only the number of workdays had been used in the denominator of the calculation. However, this still means that Shalampaxians work only about 14 hours per week.
As I’m sure is the case with people everywhere, most Shalampaxians spend considerable time at work watching porn while their bosses aren’t around. The survey doesn’t tell us whether the respondents included this as porn-watching time or as work time. So, the actual porn time may be higher than is indicated by the survey and productive-work time may be correspondingly lower.
Another interesting number is the 0.5 hours per day that was recorded as the time spent engaging in sex. This number is questionable because, even when a sample of only heterosexuals, equally divided between males and females, was selected from within the larger sample, this still differed considerably between men and women.
The women reported that they, on average, had sex five minutes per day. The men, on the other hand (the pun was not intended, but is likely accurate) reported that, on average, they had sex for 55 minutes per day. The women’s extra minutes were all recorded in the “working” and “watching porn” categories.
What I draw from this is, considering how little time we work, it’s amazing that we get anything done at all. Our good lives must, therefore, be tremendous gifts from Paahlm.
A sample of this size is considered to be accurate within plus or minus 0.05 hours, 19 times out of 20, as if anyone cares.
Requisite Useless Pie Chart
While I can’t personally object to the statistics of time spent watching porn, I must object greatly to the 1/2 hour of sex per day. I’ve barely finished applying the restraints on my partner and gotten started on the paddling in that amount of time….well, I assume setting up the scene counts as part of the sexual experience.
@David: Yes, well to each his or her own. Sex here tends to be much more pedestrian, which is not to say that we do it while walking, but rather that it is routine. Then again, it sounds as though restraining and paddling your partner is routine for you. That’s not the sort of thing that goes on here, but as long as it’s between consenting adults, whatever turns you on is OK with me.