RESEARCH: PEOPLE LIKE SEX MORE THAN FACEBOOK

From the University of Obvious, here’s another groundbreaking discovery: it turns out people like sex more than Facebook. If your reaction to that was “duh,” you might have forgotten that recent studies and surveys seemed to indicate otherwise, as surprising as that sounds. A study by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business found that checking social media websites like Facebook or Twitter is a temptation that’s hard to resist, even more than sex. But a newly released study by the University of Canterbury in New Zealand reveals that making love is the most enjoyable human activity — even more than checking Facebook. “Psychologists have proposed that individuals may seek to increase their well-being through three main behavioral orientations; via pleasure, via engagement, and via meaning,” said Carsten Grimm, the lead researcher. Those are the three categories — pleasure, engagement and meaning — that the researchers used to see what activities brought more happiness, and sex ranked first in all three categories. Overall it was the top-ranked activity above drinking alcohol and volunteering, while the least desirable activities were recovering from sickness, using Facebook and housework. Here’s the list: Results: What Makes Us Happy Top-Ranked Activities 1: Sex 2: Drinking alcohol 3: Volunteering 4: Meditating/religion 5: Caring for children 6: Listening to music 7: Socialising 8: Hobbies 9: Shopping 10: Gaming Worst-Ranked Activities 1: Recovering from sickness 2: Facebook 3: Housework 4: Studying 5: Texting 6: Going to lectures 7: Paid work 8: Commuting 9: Computer work 10: Washing It’s unclear how social media and technology are affecting our real-life social behavior, but there are surprising and perhaps concerning signs. In another recent survey, for example, 15% of respondents said they’d rather go a weekend without sex than give up their smartphones for a few days. culled from Mashable