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Thursday Afternoon Diversion

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Jul 22, 2010 8:00PM

So how cranky do we get in Illinois compared to the rest of the country? One group of researchers created a "mood map" based on Twitter output to determine each state's mood throughout one particular day. Not surprisingly, we're angriest in the hours between lunch and happy hour.