I noticed an article earlier that noted that in 2006, revenues from online sales of apparel and footwear surpassed revenues from online sales of computer and electronic equipment.
This is certainly understandable (clothes are awfully popular, even if they are inconvenient to purchase online) but nevertheless, many of my friends spend far more on computer equipment than on clothes every year.
And now that I think about it, I'm sure there are people who use computers more than they wear clothes.
I wonder what fraction of the population does so. It's surely a small proportion—but how small?
I think it depends on what you mean by "use" and "wear."
Does having a website that's up all day constitute as 24 hour usage? Do you only "wear" clothes when you are actively putting them on?
Manuel uses a computer more hours than anyone I know and he happens to buy more of his clothes on line than anyone I know ... you should use him for a study!
Agreed on the usage/online purchase observation though. Threadless is probably the major reason for the second part of your observation.
I at least partially disagree that clothes are inconvenient to buy online. For good T-shirt sites, they list exact measurements for their articles. Trying them on then becomes an exercise of comparing to known standards.
I so use the internet completely naked almost evey night. and at the very least with out pants - mostly beacuse i'm just so tiered of wearing them by the time i get home.
btw, now that im drunk in michigan... i got the invite and i'm totally there. cosider this a mother fukin rsvp.