A couple recent posts talking about extended breastfeeding got me thinking about the many minority opinions and beliefs I hold.
Here's what I came up with…
1. Extended Breastfeeding – Not even 20% of Canadian babies make it to nine months let alone past a year (or two!)
2. Atheism – anywhere between 16-30% of the population depending on which study you look at. (And actually, this is only a minority compared to *all* religions. There are actually more atheists/agnostics/nonbelievers than all but one major religion.)
3. Socialism – 18% of the popular vote in the last federal election.
4. (Male) Librarian – this isn't a “belief” per se but men are about 17% of the profession (though also over-represented in senior management positions.)
5. Polygamist – just seeing if you're still paying attention. 
6. Reader – More than half the people surveyed in the US a couple years ago read only 4 books a year on average. A quarter said they'd read zero.
7. I'm a Mac = 3.6% (Really? That seems low.)
8. Firefox = 23% (but losing ground to Chrome)
9. 3% for that “M” in MLIS (though this is also the fastest growing level of educational attainment. Master's degrees are the new BA's – which were in turn, were once the new high school diploma. )
Also with all the StatsCan hub-bub, I'm more aware than ever before just exactly how often I come across and/or use their statistics in my day-to-day life. I always say this but if you try to look at it without any political considerations, how could anyone honestly think that doing away with the mandatory long form census is a good idea? (The breadth of the negative reaction across all sectors is a pretty big clue that the Cons fucked up but good.)
10. Flames Fan – 3-5% (slightly biased poll though as it asks “Which is Canada's team?” rather than something like “Which NHL team has the most fans?”)
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