The Fine Art of Depressing Statistics
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Long-time forum member Ben Driscoll has been posting his webcomic Daisy Owl in the forum since July. Today, we take a look at how a little creative math can make anything depressing...
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@AyteeSics - (just below)
dude, way to much said, you have succeeded in writing more words in your comment than there is in the article, i didnt even read it, too much!
yeah mate your right, it is just a comic so dont waste your time writing looong comments about it, get over it XD
ok you will say "but your comment is loong" . . . . yeah, well, ummm, lets not get into THAT arguement now . . . bonsoir x
Another chuckle-worthy submission for Daisy Owl, doing pretty good so far. A couple more like that one and I may have to check out the whole archive. The art isn't perfect, but neither is most of the comics in the newspaper, or anywhere else. I like the point this comic makes, too. Its similar to how people will complain about politicians, but they vote more for American Idol than for political elections. Its like how gamers will play sports games instead of actually going outside.
I think its amazing though, you make a comic making a joke about how people would rather buy "Mission to Mars" rather than fund a real mission to Mars, and everyone starts bitching about how not EVERYONE would have $14 to spend on that because of global poverty. No, really? I did not know that, thank you for bringing your superior knowledge into the comment section for a COMIC! Seriously, I would never want to watch an over-the-top action movie with you guys. Every ten minutes, "There's no way he could kick a guy that far, physics says that every action as an equal, and opposite, reaction, so he would have fly back as far as the guy he kicked! This fictional movie with fictional characters and a fictional plot is not realistic at all! RAAAWWR!" Besides, that's the other point to this comic: SOME, NOT ALL, statistics are bullshit for many reasons, one of which is CERTAIN ones (like the one in the comic) can't apply to every single person, but the statistic includes them anyway to make it more effective. I apologize for the caps, there's no boldface option here to add emphasis to important words.
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@ Yarsday: Still not right, not all people in the developed world are adults that have the money. And hey, I wouldn't be bitching if the comic was funny. It gets facts wrong and humor wrong. Asking for a bitching.
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redjimmy what is your freaking problem?? i hope you were saying this as a joke, because otherwise you're a heartless little f****r.
id love to see you, and all those who think like you live a single day like one of these people. sure, they'll always be around, but saying that it's a waste to spend on them? f*****g heartless. no wonder third world countries hate americans.
If we had always spent money on the poor instead of investing it in science and technology, we'd still be in the dark ages. The poor will always be around, even in a welfare state. Many are there because they deserve to be there, and those who don't will find a way to climb out of it.
Hence why Russia, despite the collapse of the Soviet Empire has picked herself up and is rapidly becoming a superpower again, yet despite billions in aid, most of Africa remains a basketcase.
So go to Mars already - spending it on the 3rd world is just a waste
Maybe Bill Gates could go to Mars?
People below the poverty line should have to pay double. I don't want to pay $14, but I'd like to see this happen, and who gives a f**k if some Guatemalan dude has to pik up my slack?
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Ignore the with
Cost of a mission to mars: 100 Billion Dollars
Benefit of said mission: Questionable
{Being able to find a better way to spend money that could otherwise eliminate the following with: diseases that we already have cures to, poverty, starvation, lack of a proper water supply, etc}: Priceless
@below
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Sending people to Mars before humans have established a working world overrule is redundant. No one actually want to live Star Wars (particularly episodes 1-3).
Is this one of those comics where the punchline is that there is no punchline? If so, I still don't get it.
lol, don't judge me Yarp. :P
Sure, you could pay 14 of you're hard earned(or not) dollars to watch someone else go to Mars and make experiments. Hell, I'd pay 100 if they take ME...
Daisy Owl is one of the funniest comics going.
And to shut the people like civver up, who go on about how 5 billion people on the planet couldn't shell out the $14:
Cost of a mission to Mars: $100 000 000 000
Number of persons in the developed world: 1,023,751,100
Cost of a mission to Mars, split evenly between us in the developed world: $97.68 USD
Or about as much as you spend on beer and porn in a year(more likely less than).
Even more depressing... this is not an untruth
There are enough rich assholes to cover for the poor people. It'll all work out.
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That was a good one actually!