I may be misreading the statistics, but shouldn't "relationship of victim to offender" imply that the Wife category denotes 563 wives of killers?? I don't know if the chart got something turned around somewhere.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 17 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Ohhhh you're right. I was reading it wrong. Damn I'm not bright haha

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

Well you say that, but your name is Dirt_Owl not Dumb_Owl so jot that down. To quote the chart

12 people were murdered by their employer

3,527 people were killed by an acquaintance compared to 1,674 who were killed by a stranger.

so the bar titles denote the killer not the victim. I'm confused cat-confused

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 12 points 13 hours ago

See this is why I hate graphs.

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

12 people were murdered by their employer

12 employers were murdered by their employees

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That would make sense, but that's what it says verbatim

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

relationship of victim to offender

yes, which means the victim is (employer of) offender. the offender killed their employer.

[–] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Which makes sense, yes. I'm saying, since the start of the thread, that the chart title, the bar labels, and the text on the statista page are conflicting with each other which makes the whole thing look unprofessional.

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

ok nvm I see what you mean. the bottom text is wrong and should be reversed.

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 7 points 12 hours ago

I did the exact same thing, and my bullshit meter went off the charts