41740 pts ยท February 13, 2020
I try.
Reminds me of the norm macdonald pie chart weekend update bit.
You just don't seem to understand why absolute value comparisons are virtually never done (it's because they're skewed and useless)
Jesus Christ. Nevermind.
No shit. I get that. But why compare the count in the USA to the count in Italy?
I don't think you understand mine.
Yes. But confirmed cases spread over a larger area is OF COURSE going to be larger. The comparison of US to Italy here is stupid.
What's daft about it? Those are the relatives sizes of those countries.
Using absolute units to portray a country with 6x the population as Italy as the big epicenter is what is massively misleading.
The importance of per capita
Let the market do what it's going to do, but make sure the PEOPLE are always taken care of -- no matter what.
This is why social safety nets like food assistance and unemployment are so important. They cover a lot of ground.
And we can take care of those PEOPLE when they fall on hard times without necessarily needing to bail out the industry.
A thing people forget is that human beings are sentient, but businesses are inanimate and not worthy of sympathy or compassion.
<- For fuck's sake.
But comparing absolutes this way is skewed. Who cares that US has more than a country a fraction its size?
I know. But we should be using per capita. One would expect the USA, a country with 6x as many people, to have more infected than Italy
Yes the US has more cases than Italy, but it also has 6x as many people
PER CAPITA. PER CAPITA. ALWAYS PUT STATISTICS IN PER CAPITA
Trump has no respect for anyone, and so he deserves none in return. I will feel no sorrow for him if harm befalls him.
Thanks. I think it's pretty funny.
This is kind of my new gag. I'm doing this whenever I see someone post some blatant T&A bullshit
Of course not.
China's a horrible authoritarian dictatorship, but their response to the outbreak was tremendously effective.
Yeah. China did massive quarantines and threw up new hospitals overnight.
------- LOOK AT PER CAPITA ------- Italy's population is TINY compared to the US.
They don't want to infect the vulnerable.
repair. It's a bummer for sure but we represent a once-great culture in rapid decline. Learn from our mistakes.
I don't think we do. We've deteriorated into a oligarchy with corruption and hostile foreign influence run so deep that it is beyond >
Like we're literally a laughing stock to other countries
I try.
Reminds me of the norm macdonald pie chart weekend update bit.
You just don't seem to understand why absolute value comparisons are virtually never done (it's because they're skewed and useless)
Jesus Christ. Nevermind.
No shit. I get that. But why compare the count in the USA to the count in Italy?
I don't think you understand mine.
Yes. But confirmed cases spread over a larger area is OF COURSE going to be larger. The comparison of US to Italy here is stupid.
What's daft about it? Those are the relatives sizes of those countries.
Using absolute units to portray a country with 6x the population as Italy as the big epicenter is what is massively misleading.
The importance of per capita
Let the market do what it's going to do, but make sure the PEOPLE are always taken care of -- no matter what.
This is why social safety nets like food assistance and unemployment are so important. They cover a lot of ground.
And we can take care of those PEOPLE when they fall on hard times without necessarily needing to bail out the industry.
A thing people forget is that human beings are sentient, but businesses are inanimate and not worthy of sympathy or compassion.
But comparing absolutes this way is skewed. Who cares that US has more than a country a fraction its size?
I know. But we should be using per capita. One would expect the USA, a country with 6x as many people, to have more infected than Italy
Yes the US has more cases than Italy, but it also has 6x as many people
PER CAPITA. PER CAPITA. ALWAYS PUT STATISTICS IN PER CAPITA
Trump has no respect for anyone, and so he deserves none in return. I will feel no sorrow for him if harm befalls him.
Thanks. I think it's pretty funny.
This is kind of my new gag. I'm doing this whenever I see someone post some blatant T&A bullshit
Of course not.
China's a horrible authoritarian dictatorship, but their response to the outbreak was tremendously effective.
Yeah. China did massive quarantines and threw up new hospitals overnight.
------- LOOK AT PER CAPITA ------- Italy's population is TINY compared to the US.
They don't want to infect the vulnerable.
repair. It's a bummer for sure but we represent a once-great culture in rapid decline. Learn from our mistakes.
I don't think we do. We've deteriorated into a oligarchy with corruption and hostile foreign influence run so deep that it is beyond >
Like we're literally a laughing stock to other countries