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One of the big trending topics on Twitter today has been "?Single ?Taken."

Ostensibly, some creep originally posted this to see who on Twitter was single or taken, but the gag is actually that you add a check mark at the end and write some other stupid thing like "? Forever Alone" or "? Hates Everyone" or "? Selling Dick Straight off my IPhone."

Ha, ha, Twiiter.� Very funny.

But come on, can we take this seriously for once?� I wanna bone and Facebook, Myspace, Friendster and Bebo have all failed me.

If I had to post a joke one though, I'd go with "?Single ?Taken ? Hispanic."

You're creepy. You like Facebook stalking.

You're currently looking through photos of that hot girl you work with. You're three years into her past.

Huh, she had bangs. Glad those grew out.

You're wondering when she'll ever break up with her loser boyfriend. Apparently not today. Because no matter how many times you refresh her profile, it still says she's taken.

Well wonder no more!

Because someone who is even creepier than you created the�Breakup Notifier! It's�an application that emails you as soon as the person you're interested in changes his or her status to 'single'.

Go on now. Be a more efficient stalker.

Think of all the extra time you'll have to work on her shrine!

[via The DW]

The premise is simple: David McCandless and his team searched 10,000 Facebook status updates for the phrases ?break up? and ?broken up" and used that information to create the graph you see above.

The idea: To try and paint a general picture of when Facebook users choose to end relationships.

The results are telling: Your significant other wants to bang other people during Spring Break.� Additionally, he/she doesn't want to go visit your family for the holidays.� Or maybe he/she wants to be single so he/she can bang your family members over the holidays.� I'm not here to judge; I'm looking at the same graph you are.

Regardless, if you're trying to end your streak of being "forever alone," right before Christmas seems to be the time to make your move.� A lot of people just got the ax.

On the flipside, if you want to avoid getting dumped, try only talking to your significant other once a year on Christmas Day.� It's the lowest break up day of the year!

[via Mashable]