#demographics

[augmentedpolls]

How tall are you according to the cursed height chart?

gremlin (4’11”-5’4” or 150-164 cm)

fiend (5’5-5’7” or 165-172 cm)

cryptid (5’8”-6’0” or 173-183 cm)

eldritch horror (6’0”-6’3” or 184-190 cm)

all-knowing deity (>6’3” or >190 cm)

gnome (<4’11” or <150 cm)

results

Voting ended onOct 18, 2025

[incognitopolls]

Without looking it up, do you confidently know what an aglet is?

No; I was born in 1990 or earlier

No; I was born in 1991–1995

No; I was born in 1996–2000

No; I was born in 2001–2005

No; I was born in 2006–2010

No; I was born in 2011 or later

Yes; I was born in 1990 or earlier

Yes; I was born in 1991–1995

Yes; I was born in 1996–2000

Yes; I was born in 2001–2005

Yes; I was born in 2006–2010

Yes; I was born in 2011 or later

Voting ended onFeb 27, 2025

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[prokopetz]

Having two branches of your family that are both "in agriculture" but in very different capacities is fun because every time there's a gathering you get to see people whose idea of The Big City is a community with a four-digit population attempt to find common ground with people who think anyplace whose population clocks in under six digits is a hamlet.

[eldritchbauble]

60% of the US government should be made up of folks who have experienced poverty.

51% of the US government should be made up of women.

42% of the US government should be made up of people of color.

29% of the US government should be made up of disabled folks.

29% of the US government should be made up of non-religious or religiously unaffiliated folks.

9% of the US government should be made up of queer folks.

2% should be made up of intersex folks, specifically.

2% should be made up of trans folks, specifically.

Because these are the demographics that represent the actual US population.

Currently, US Congress is made up of:

98% folks with no working or lower class background.

71% men.

74% white folks.

97% abled folks.

96% religious folks (87% are Christian).

98% cis/het folks.

99% cis folks.

100% perisex folks.

The government does not represent us.

[destiel-news-channel]

because someone decided to drop the word 'ethostate' in the comments of a post about israel again, i thought we could play around with some numbers.

According to a 2023 statistic Jews make up about 73 % of Israel's population. Let's compare that with some other countries. (While ethnostate actually refers to racial or ethnic groups and Judaism isn't 'just a religion', I will also give examples for the demographics of religions in countries)

Let's start with the EU: According to statistics from 2019 about 64% of the EU's population were Christian, a decline from 72% in 2012. So what? In 2012 the EU was actually a Christian ethnostate? Or at least consisted of ethnostates? I mean if we think about it, we have to follow the Christian calendar, Christian holidays are mandated by the state while other religious groups have to fight every year to be able to observe their most sacred days. Hell, where I live (in Germany) one of the currently ruling parties is called the Christian Democratic Union and our Grundgesetz (basic law) is built upon Christian roots. They even invoke God in the preamble!

Here some further statistics about Religion in Europe.

As you can see even just looking at individual Christian denominations, there are about 6 countries for which the religious majority makes up more than 3/4th of the population. IN THESE COUNTRIES ONE DENOMINATION OF CHRISTIANITY HAS A HIGHER POPULATION PERCENTAGE THAN JEWS IN ISRAEL. So I hope this shows that 'Israel is an ethnostate cause there is just one religion determining everything' is utter bullshit not just because Judaism is not just a religion but also because I can name 6 countries in Europe alone for which there is a higher percentage of people of a certain religion.

So now to actually look at specific countries. Ireland especially seems to have an antisemitism problem, so how about we focus on them.

As of 2022 the amount of Catholics in Ireland has decreased so that they actually make up 69.1% of the population as opposed to the over 75% from 2019. But the definition of ethnostates actually specifically looks at ethnic or racial groups. Let's see. As of 2022 the largest ethnic group in were White Irish, making up a whole 76.5% of the Irish population. Including other white people in this, this number increases to 87.4% of the population. That is 14% more than the 73% that Jews make up of the Israeli population. The next largest group in Ireland are Asians with 3.7% (or depending on how you'd like to spin it, the 6.16% who did not state their ethnicity. This still doesn't make Ireland an ethnostate though.

And some more examples:

China: 91.11% Han Chinese (2020)

Russia: 71.73% ethnic Russians (2021)

Saudi Arabia: 90% Arabs, 10% Afro-Arabs (2021)

USA: 57.84% White (2020)

Canada: 69.8% White (2022)

Germany: 71.3% Germans (2022)

Democratic Republic of Congo: no dominant ethnic group

South Africa: 81.4% Black

Just so it is completely clear: It is not my intention to call any of the countries listed here an ethnostate, rather I want to detail the absurdity of calling Israel an ethnostate, when you can look at demographics and see many other countries with similar or higher percentages of ethnic (or racial or religious) majorities.

[pherryt]

Prologue/Epilogues Follow Up Polls

Based Around this Poll by @jhoomwrites, thought we'd get some demographics for this because I'm nosy curious.

At the time of this posting - Jhoom's poll had over 1800 reblogs and 10,000 votes, with voting solidly in favor of actually reading prologues/epilogues

There will be 2 Polls - please wait for the reblog to get the second poll since I am forced to split them.

First Poll - Are you American? Because the original post was assumed to be mainly hitting American audiences, but at least one person voting assumed everyone saying No was American. Since both can't be true… Well, that's where I turn into a cat. Second Poll - Ages! Because we I keep hearing terrifying things from certain areas of curriculum in certain spheres/countries and now I'm curious to know if that has made an impact

Are you American?

I read Prologues/Epilogues and I'm American

I don't read Prologues/Epilogues and I'm American

I read Prologues/Epilogues and I'm not American

I don't read Prologues/Epilogues and I'm not American

Secret third thing/Nuance: Comments & tags

Voting ended onApr 15

[unbfacts]

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