Angry Birds Shaves $1.5 Billion Off the U.S. Economy

[-Axle-]

Wow, am I the only one that found the study funny? I think you're all taking it too seriously.

 

[Eleuthera]

If you read the same results in a more positive way you get "Angry Birds created 20,817 jobs"

 

[ace_of_something]

My wife and I combined don't make $35 an hour. (Close though)

 

[illmuri]

The guy used adoption rates for smart phones per class, likely as a percentage.

Fact is, until fairly recently only highly paid people up the food chain commonly had smart phones. Stats are probably not updated too quickly, so they will show a high rate of adoption (as a %) among higher level managers and executives. Thus, $35 an hour.

 

[GeorgW]

Hm, yes, because stress relief=wasted time.
Anyway, made up figures are made up, moving on?

 

[Vkmies]

Count on the finns to destroy US' economy. Hooray.

 

[CrystalShadow]

Count on the finns to destroy US' economy. Hooray.

Lol. Reminds me of the last days of the cold war...

Because several people suggested Tetris was created by the russians with the explicit purpose of destroying the capitalist west's economy. XD