Oh, the things one can learn on Reddit…
Google Trends is a fun diversion where you can view the popularity of any search term or topic and slice ‘n’ dice that by region. I came across this blog post about geographic trends in ‘adult’ Google queries. According to the list:
19. Rim jobs are apparently enjoying a spike of popularity in the small town of Kitchener, Ontario.
While I think that “small town” isn’t an appropriate description since Kitchener‘s population is over 200,000 and the tri-cities total close to 600,000 people, I digress.
Are those of us in K-W really into licking anuses to get our jollies? Maybe some are, just like they could be in any place on the planet. Speaking for myself, I say ‘yuk’ – Escherichia coli and love don’t mix in my books. In actuality the inventor of the Blackberry, Research in Motion (aka: RIM), is one of the area’s larger employers. Its corporate headquarters, primary engineering office and an assembly plant are located in Kitchener and Waterloo. Plenty of people in the Kitchener area would likely be interested in a job at RIM.
Google Trends is obviously only capable of lexical and not contextual analysis, and it makes for some funny blog posts.
