Damn I feel old being that I remember most of these.
I hate how articles like these emphasize things. They never make statements of actual data itself unless they can cherry pick something bad. They just use bad adjectives instead, something like "an absurd amount of people die every year from the meth epidemic.' What does that even mean, 1-in-10 or 1-in-10 million? My friends would tell you how much I harp on about "everything is a matter of perspective," but it's true. Most people seem to think it's crazy to think like that and would rather prefer to be told how horrible or not a data set is. Hence, where we are today.
What I found a bit crazy is how bold they've gotten at still presenting real data. They show it right there on the page--I'm supposed to believe both that "Republicans underestimate Covid" and that 51% of Republicans think that you have > 20% chance of going in hospital if you get Covid, when the actual range is 1%-5%. These two things can't possibly be true at the same time, but instead of questioning, most just respond with "baaaaa."
Oh, and you forgot the Nuclear War with North Korea. I'm pretty sure I was supposed to have planned my funeral for that one too.
Damn I feel old being that I remember most of these.
I hate how articles like these emphasize things. They never make statements of actual data itself unless they can cherry pick something bad. They just use bad adjectives instead, something like "an absurd amount of people die every year from the meth epidemic.' What does that even mean, 1-in-10 or 1-in-10 million? My friends would tell you how much I harp on about "everything is a matter of perspective," but it's true. Most people seem to think it's crazy to think like that and would rather prefer to be told how horrible or not a data set is. Hence, where we are today.
What I found a bit crazy is how bold they've gotten at still presenting real data. They show it right there on the page--I'm supposed to believe both that "Republicans underestimate Covid" and that 51% of Republicans think that you have > 20% chance of going in hospital if you get Covid, when the actual range is 1%-5%. These two things can't possibly be true at the same time, but instead of questioning, most just respond with "baaaaa."
Oh, and you forgot the Nuclear War with North Korea. I'm pretty sure I was supposed to have planned my funeral for that one too.