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[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 67 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Also a negative percent change from previous year is a wild thing to try and visualize as being bigger than the previous year but ok.

[–] gbzm@piefed.social 17 points 3 weeks ago

It's ok: you only get this value every two years. That way, even though it's a decrease from the previous year you have actually no idea whether the figure is higher than two years before

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh my God I didn't even notice that... Wtf

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 weeks ago

Gotta make sure everyone is still angry about the kids smoking the devil's lettuce. Dropping numbers are highly inconvenient when you're trying to rile people up.

See also: crime statistics.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 weeks ago

What. the. fuck.

I think this graph just gave me a migraine.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 31 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So to be clear: there is no correlation between weed use and hotdog use, other than that they're both in decline. This means that they created this graph showing two unrelated datasets for no reason other than that they could. Or, maybe, because they wanted to use the cursed image of a spliff in a hotdog bun.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

THC makes you hungry, and hungry people eat hot dogs. Checkmate, atheist!

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

With THC everything seems more edible than it really is, even Hot Dogs.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

I imagine they're trying to push an agenda of some sort

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 weeks ago

This graph is such an awful data visualization that it's almost art

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

I don't see the problem.

*exhales* Anybody else wanna hit this shit? It's so good.

[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I understand everything about this except why it exists in the first place.

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

First glance def had me thinking this was gonna be tampon related

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I thought raw fish

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What the fuck is this data trying to say?

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree with all the comments here, but also, now I'm craving hotdogs.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm considering applying this to my plant science research. In response to drought stress we observed that the tree became -3 smaller marijuana. Accelerometer data reflects the impact of this change in biomass, with hotdog levels variably +2 to +5. We demonstrate that as the tree becomes smaller marijuana it also becomes bigger hotdog.

[–] hactar42@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

I graduated in 99. Didn't think I'd make that big of a difference.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thought it was showing a cutaway view of fingers playing barre chords

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Worst lunch ever.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago

Why so blunt?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

God damn it. I already woke up wanting a hotdog. This is just making me hungrier.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

I recognized the j right away but the hotdog bun took longer, and imagining eating a j on a hotdog bun is really disconcerting.

[–] Zyratoxx@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

~~marijuana~~ Sukuna's finger dog :3

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago