College students: iPods better than beer

Kids these days. When I was a college man, my pals and I spent many an evening ~~tying one on~~ ~~getting to know the locals~~ socializing. According to Student Monitor, which conducts market research of student life, the iPod was rated as being more of an "in" thing than beer when the company recently polled 1,200 students. Granted, it was a close call (the iPod nabbed a rating of 73% while beer brought in 71%), but still, I was quite surprised. I love my iPod and all, but I'm not going to turn down a (properly poured) Guinness.

What's your take, students: Your brew or your iPod?

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Patrick

Pod all the way!

July 08 2006 at 9:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Andrew

Guinness, hands down. I like my iPod and all, but Guinness is the nectar of the gods. Can I play videos on a beer? No, but does an iPod have the rocket widget? I think not.

June 10 2006 at 11:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sicarius

Clearly Beer is the winner in Australian Colleges, being from one myself. Americans must be going soft.

Beer - Helping ugly people have sex since 1881.

June 09 2006 at 10:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Scaevola

it's iPod! hooray iPod!
Although beer has been helping us dance for a lot longer...

June 09 2006 at 12:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ChrisM70

We seem to be so alcohol-obsessed in this country and with so much binge drinking in colleges, any sign that students might actually think there's more to life than being constantly drunk is GOOD.

There might just be hope for this next generation...

June 08 2006 at 8:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chuck

I'm all about the iPod. I would probably prefer vodka over all, however.

June 08 2006 at 7:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

trusk

ipod with beer recepies = good
showing the girl your "music collection" = better
free beer = best

June 08 2006 at 6:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jdmiller82

I'd give up all alcohol for a year if someone gave me an iPod...

June 08 2006 at 2:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Steve

thats a tough call, on one hand an iPod is great if you've got nothing to do, on the other hand hand so is beer.

I think if you put them together they make for some awsomicity and are very Ted Danson

June 08 2006 at 1:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

wheels

(unless the iPod in question is a video one chock-a-block full of porn) THIS IS BLASPHEMY!

June 08 2006 at 12:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply