Church vs. Beer. What about #craftbeer?

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  1. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    To celebrate America's independence, FloatingSheep created a Twitter-based map using geotagged tweets sent within the continental US between June 22 and June 28. Out of roughly 10 million tweets they extracted 17,686 containing the word "church" and 14,405 with "beer."

    What they don't explain is if they filtered on "beer" as a whole or partial word, the latter of which would have extracted the popular "#craftbeer" hashtag.

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    Source: http://www.floatingsheep.org/2012/07/church-or-beer-americans-on-twitter.html

    (PS - Let's keep this thread clean.)
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    #1 Todd, Jul 7, 2012
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  2. Thehuntmaster

    Thehuntmaster Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2009 South Africa

    How about having a beer at church :rolling_eyes:
     
    #2 Thehuntmaster, Jul 7, 2012
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  3. mudbug

    mudbug Pooh-Bah (1,762) Mar 27, 2009 Oregon
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    Wow I would have lost quite a bet on Portland there.
     
    #3 mudbug, Jul 7, 2012
  4. mattcrill

    mattcrill Pooh-Bah (1,845) Mar 16, 2004 Ohio
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    If it's good enough for monks, it's good enough for me!
     
    #4 mattcrill, Jul 7, 2012
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  5. Zimbo

    Zimbo Pooh-Bah (2,305) Aug 7, 2010 Scotland
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    Now that's a good idea.
     
    #5 Zimbo, Jul 7, 2012
  6. ChaseT

    ChaseT Initiate (0) Oct 12, 2010 Oregon

    Washington and Multnomah counties are dark blue. Clackamas County is red. Not surprising at all.
     
    #6 ChaseT, Jul 7, 2012
  7. docrates

    docrates Initiate (0) Dec 6, 2011 Pennsylvania

    What if I were having a beer at the church brew works in pittsburgh? Does it count for both?
     
    #7 docrates, Jul 7, 2012
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  8. iwantsomerocks

    iwantsomerocks Initiate (0) Oct 11, 2010 Massachusetts

    Although the church part of it is long gone, their beers are definitely not bad. Great food, too.
     
    #8 iwantsomerocks, Jul 7, 2012
  9. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    Must be the knights of columbus... :wink:
     
    #9 SFACRKnight, Jul 7, 2012
  10. mikecharley

    mikecharley Savant (1,214) Nov 6, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Apparently more people than those tweeting about beer
     
    #10 mikecharley, Jul 7, 2012
  11. Errto

    Errto Zealot (737) Oct 20, 2009 Connecticut

    The (admittedly few) people I know who are involved with the Knights of Columbus definitely all like beer. :slight_smile:
     
    #11 Errto, Jul 7, 2012
  12. stxSS07

    stxSS07 Initiate (0) Nov 23, 2010 Illinois

    I'm disappointed with Utah.
     
    #12 stxSS07, Jul 7, 2012
  13. ajfa531

    ajfa531 Zealot (686) Jun 2, 2007 New Jersey
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    I don't think the blood of Christ was carbonated.

    - Joe
     
    #13 ajfa531, Jul 7, 2012
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  14. alexipa

    alexipa Initiate (0) Oct 7, 2011 Colorado

    The church I go to often meets at craft breweries around the front range. So yeah, I've had many beers at church :slight_smile:
     
    #14 alexipa, Jul 7, 2012
  15. Lantern

    Lantern Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2011

    Very interesting. I'm glad there are people willing to do this shit. I'm too lazy.
     
    #15 Lantern, Jul 7, 2012
  16. Kinsman

    Kinsman Maven (1,457) Aug 26, 2009 Nevada

    Glad to see my county, Coös County was more beer than church. Not surprised see that Aroostook County, Maine has no data. I'm pretty sure they just got electricity up there last year.
     
    #16 Kinsman, Jul 7, 2012
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  17. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    Lots of Bavarians go to morning Mass first, then drink a Mass of Hefeweizen with their Weisswurst brunch afterwards. Doubt they tweet either one, however....
     
    #17 herrburgess, Jul 7, 2012
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  18. JohnfromPurdue

    JohnfromPurdue Zealot (572) Apr 27, 2009 Indiana
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    Yes, my council has beer at every meeting :grinning:.
     
    #18 JohnfromPurdue, Jul 7, 2012
  19. franklinn

    franklinn Initiate (0) May 29, 2012 Vermont

    Good work, Massachusetts!
     
    #19 franklinn, Jul 7, 2012
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  20. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    We're all disappointed with Utah—and not just because of this survey.
     
    #20 Orca, Jul 8, 2012
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