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4alark t1_j8e822y wrote

This is really interesting. I can see why the Super Bowl would be a spike, but the Monday after seems strange. If anything, I'd expect it to be even lower than an average Monday, because so many people just went out the night before? Maybe it was a fluke, several years running. Do you compare tips with other dancers, and find they have a similar Superbowl Monday experience? Likely they aren't keeping such careful records. Fingers crossed you have a great night tonight!

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nerdydancing OP t1_j8e9bd9 wrote

I definitely hesitate to draw any global conclusions. If you look at my post with all my daily earnings over four years you see things can be quite spiky, so this could very well be a four-time fluke. My one theory would be that people who won money on the Super Bowl might want to spend it the next day. But to your point, I never talked with other dancers who had detailed records. :)

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TokoBlaster t1_j8gc9zi wrote

This might be hard to do depending on your records, but maybe check other earnings around other sporting events? It might be gambling winnings, and while it probably can't prove it, it might yield a trend.

It doesn't have to be major sporting events either like the super bowl, it might just be general sports gambling, which would be crazy fun and interesting to see! So maybe dig through records around other sporting events!

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ifknot t1_j8eab6g wrote

Fascinating but I suspect the null hypothesis remains unmoved

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LeverageToMyPRT t1_j8fhfg2 wrote

No way you just invoked the null hypothesis to a stripper

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nerdydancing OP t1_j8g8jc2 wrote

Is the implication that a stripper wouldn't know what "null hypothesis" means? 😂

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pleetf7 t1_j8gifwa wrote

I think he is implying that assuming the stripper population follows a normal distribution, knowledge of the null hypothesis is likely concentrated in samples several standard deviations above the mean.

Either that or he’s schooling me on how to chat up a stripper. I’m too socially awkward to figure out which is which.

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nerdydancing OP t1_j8gkxk5 wrote

It might not be true for all strippers but I definitely prefer talking nerdy over talking dirty.

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cosmohurtskids t1_j8g9k4i wrote

I think their are definitely outliers in every profession. I would wager a bet that you are in the 99th percentile.

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ifknot t1_j8g8pur wrote

“Stripper” “Data Scientist” potato potato

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tokable t1_j8furee wrote

When you win big bets on the Super Bowl (or any game for that matter) you are obligated to hit the strip club and pass along some of the winnings. It's like tithing for gamblers.

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nerdydancing OP t1_j8fyz17 wrote

Thank you for educating everyone about this! :)

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MyAccountIsLate t1_j8e8qtp wrote

I'd be curious on the trailing 4 week Mon average, post 4 week average, and general Mon averages to see if it's just Monday blues

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AftyOfTheUK t1_j8ek8or wrote

>This is really interesting. I can see why the Super Bowl would be a spike, but the Monday after seems strange. If anything, I'd expect it to be even lower than an average Monday, because so many people just went out the night before?

You're assuming that people who went out the night before stopped partying to go to sleep. There are going to be a ton of people who party through Superbowl, get on the marching powder, and just carry on the next day. And all the people who choose to travel and make long weekends out of it.

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Majestic_Salad_I1 t1_j8gipwj wrote

Sunday night 12:01am is technically Monday. That’s when the real party starts.

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nerdydancing OP t1_j8gz9w0 wrote

I should have noted that for my accounting I did not split my money at midnight. Money earned up to 2am Monday is filed into Sunday's shift.

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