The sweet is never as sweet without the sour. That saying remains true, even in the world of technology. For every great thing tech companies and their products have given us, there are some facts behind the beeps and whistles of your favorite devices, and the people who made them, that may be hard to swallow. From the dangers of sitting at your computer too long, to the absurd wealth of tech entrepreneurs, these are the 20 most depressing facts in tech that will make you want to end it all.
Excessive social media use can lead to depression.
160 billion emails are sent everyday, and about 97 percent of them are spam.
Planning on making it rich as a blogger? Three million new blogs come up online every month.
80 percent of images on the Internet are of naked ladies.
70 percent of virus writers work under contract for organized crime syndicates.
We're Wasteful: Approximately 220 million tons of computers and other hardware are thrown out every year in the U.S.
Mark Zuckerberg once referred to early Facebook users as "dumb fucks."
There are alligator skinned iPad cases that go for $6,900.
There was an iOS app called "I Am Rich" that went for $999.99, and eight people bought it. It had zero functions.
Only about 20 percent of all programmers are women.
If Bill Gates gave everyone on Earth $10, he'd still have $2.26 billion left.
Upskirt shots are such a problem in Japan that iPhone owners can't mute the sound of their camera shutter, so women can be warned.
A couple was killed after the father of the girl they unfriended shot them in the heads when he became enraged at the unfriending.
When you routinely sit for more than three hours a day while using your computer, your life expectancy is lowered by about two years.
Osama Bin Laden's Compound in Pakistan has a 3.2 (out of 5) rating on Google Maps.
Steve Jobs regularly parked his Mercedes in handicapped spots.
Cyberbullying was reported by 22 percent of girls and 11 percent of boys aged 13 to 18. As a result, 4 percent plan suicide and another 4 percent attempt it.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison uses a drained swimming pool to fit a giant subwoofer.
Everything you say to SIRI, EVERYTHING, is saved to Apple's servers for two years.
There are 4,300 nuclear warheads in the world that are considered operational, as of 2012.
