NorseTikiBar t1_jadpcff wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:19 PM

Reply to comment by leantomorrow in After violent weekend, D.C. homicides up 40 percent over last year by tehruben

lolwut

Do you know these people? Have you been crying at your desk all morning over the news that 10 more people died YTD compared to last year? Are you in the process of sending flowers to their grieving families?

Or are you just using them as an emotional cudgel to engage in some horseshit pearl-clutching? Because newsflash: understanding how stats works and giving a less emotionally charged example doesn't make me "fucked in the head," but you screeching about a number that lacks context sure as shit just might.

leantomorrow t1_jadq484 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:24 PM

You seem like a nice, well-adjusted human being. Good luck.

NorseTikiBar t1_jadqm86 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:27 PM

Best of luck in getting through the day without collapsing to the floor in hysterics over news that someone you don't know died today. I would think that the average person has pretty good odds on that not happening, but you're clearly not even average.

dmpastuf t1_jadpxal wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:22 PM

“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of a million is a statistic.”