• KTJ_microbes@mander.xyzEnglish
    32·
    3 months ago

    I don’t know where to write it so I put it here (awesome meme, my comment is offtop): I recently had a bit of free time between my PhD, activism, slacking, and just being there for my close ones. I thought, well, let’s do something good for the Fediverse. I love c/science_memes at mander.xyz, so I reasoned: let’s go to reddit and s t e a l some memes for this community. I searched for science memes on reddit and oh boy, they were crappy. Not a single one deserving to be here (if you cross-post to reddit, first stop, but also sorry I was there on a different day). Gosh it made me appreciate this place. Please, keep on being awesome and, since idk who you are and don’t want to be unrealistic, I can only wish you a median-good day.

  • MumboJumbo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    3 months ago

    According to this dataset, 100% of everyone is gay. I’m going to take advantage of this new information.

  • LOGIC💣@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    3 months ago

    Given the explanation that says “you included”, I’m guessing that the original joke was both the people said, “I’m not gay”, and then they look at you, the reader, making you the one out of three people who is gay.

    It’s basically the same joke I heard a comedian tell about San Francisco in probably the 1980s. “Look to your left. Look to your right. If they’re not gay, you are.” I’m guessing the joke is way older than that, though. It doesn’t work today because the majority of us all finally agreed that “You’re gay” isn’t an insult.

    • rustydrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      3 months ago

      Man, I hate these stupid jokes. Every time someone goes “statistically, one in three people is X, now look at the person to your left and right”, I want to scream “HAHAHAHAHAHAH SO FUNNY THAT’S STATISTICS FOR YOU AMIRITE” with an absolutely straight face. Bad enough they don’t know how statistics work, but they’re perpetuating other people’s ignorance on top of that.

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      I think that’s part of the joke. Instead of the snappy punchline, there’s a long and tedious realistic answer that goen on long after the point has been made.

  • Cyrus Draegur@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    I know it’s more likely the cut off text continues dryly… “Individuals in this (room blah blah etc)”

    But i choose to believe the following:

    This meme is an example of
    how small sample size can
    affect data. The three people in
    the room (you included) do not
    represent the data cited by the
    dog with any accuracy, as the
    number of gay individuals is three.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    They say two out of five people on the highway around barclose are drunk. The other two are cops. Which really sucks.

    • ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Why would you not want someone to stop drunk driving? I get that we hate cops, but we should all really hate drunk driving more.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        you missed the joke.

        2 out of 5 are drunk. The other two are cops. you’re the fifth.

        I work nights and commute home around that time. I get pulled over once a month because a bored cop wants to see if I’m drunk for an easy arrest.

        I would love it if people stopped drinking and driving; but I also don’t like my civil rights being violated. every interaction with a cop is a chance for bad shit to happen.

  • RedSnt 🧩♂️👓🖥️@feddit.dkEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Aaand that’s how statistics work. But you should always be wary of the sample size! Especially in comparison to the “thing”, like if 1000 people were asked questions and they came from India, that’d be a really bad survey.