Some sort of demographic

Owning a Wii and doing the Everybody Votes Channel in Japan is like peering into the lives and brains of Japanese people.

Did you know that only 29.5% of Japanese people wear wristwatches most of the time?

Err, make that 29.5% of Japanese people who own Wiis.

Oops, no, make that 29.5% of Japanese people who have Wiis and hooked them up to the internet.

Hmm, actually that’s 29.5% of Japanese people who have Wiis, hooked them up to the internet, and bothered to vote in the “Do you usually wear a wristwatch?” poll.

Well, I suppose it would be 29.5% of people in Japan who have Wiis, hooked them up to the internet, and bothered to vote in the “Do you usually wear a wristwatch?” poll.

Ok, let’s just say it’s 29.5% of respondents. I’m sure there’s a meaningful statistic in there somewhere.

Other recent poll results:

• 58.0% of respondents didn’t know that the “ABC song” and “Twinkle, twinkle little star” have the same melody.
• 49.% of respondents didn’t ride a bicycle even once during the last week.
• 61.3% of respondents (almost entirely in the Tokyo area) are currently living in the prefecture in which they were born.
• 77.8% of respondents have gone fishing.
• 54.5% of respondents think they had a dream last night.

What a time to be alive.