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minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoYou can probably get a ton of these correlations because a lot of stuff just depends on population increase.
minus-squareTheGreenGolem@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoYepp, that’s exactly the point of the site linked in the post. I could even say: yes, that’s the joke.
minus-squaresandriver@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoit’s per capita cheese consumption though, so shouldn’t it be independent to population increase?
minus-squareTheGreenGolem@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agothey are just random statistics which are randomly correlating. it’s funny. that’s it. don’t imagine too much into it.
minus-squaresandriver@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI’m getting nerd sniped by this though!
You can probably get a ton of these correlations because a lot of stuff just depends on population increase.
Yepp, that’s exactly the point of the site linked in the post. I could even say: yes, that’s the joke.
it’s per capita cheese consumption though, so shouldn’t it be independent to population increase?
they are just random statistics which are randomly correlating. it’s funny. that’s it. don’t imagine too much into it.
I’m getting nerd sniped by this though!