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marmar

(78,025 posts)
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 06:00 PM Jan 2021

In least shocking news ever, Michiganders miss going to bars more than going to the gym: survey


(Detroit Metro Times) Is the Earth round? Is skin the largest organ in the human body? Does the Pope wear a funny hat? Was Bruce Willis trying to die hardest by refusing to wear a mask in a Los Angeles Rite Aid? Has J.Lo made a pact with the devil in order to age in reverse?

Among these irrefutable facts posed in rhetorical question form (well, maybe aside from that last one) is one that comes as no surprise: Do Michiganders miss drinking in bars more than they miss hitting the gym since the pandemic started?

Short answer: duh.

In a recent survey of 3,000 U.S. residents 21 years old and up, the American Addiction Centers found that we do, in fact, miss cracking a cold one with the boys over getting their fitness on at the gym — and we're not alone.

The survey found that, since the start of the pandemic, 58% of Michiganders miss drinking at the bar, with only 42% are suffering from major gym FOMO. ..............(more)

https://www.metrotimes.com/table-and-bar/archives/2021/01/15/in-least-shocking-news-ever-michiganders-miss-going-to-bars-more-than-going-to-the-gym-survey-finds?




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In least shocking news ever, Michiganders miss going to bars more than going to the gym: survey (Original Post) marmar Jan 2021 OP
Ok, but here gyms are open with restrictions; bars mostly aren't. spooky3 Jan 2021 #1
I don't even drink and I'd rather go to a bar than a gym kirkuchiyo Jan 2021 #2

spooky3

(36,215 posts)
1. Ok, but here gyms are open with restrictions; bars mostly aren't.
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 06:23 PM
Jan 2021

Not sure if survey took that into account, if it’s true elsewhere.

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