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minus-squareHildegardelinkEnglish11•edit-26 months agoThe scale on the left y goes from 8-16. The suicide rate went from 13.6/k to just under 10/k. A 30% or so drop, major but not quite as huge as this graph makes it appear.
minus-square@alphanerd4OPMlink-3•6 months agoYes. Okay, but like,. Why? frfr actually curious i know my knee jerk radical ass perfectly perfected provocative posthungry postulations are wrong
minus-squareHildegardelinkEnglish14•6 months agoI was taught in school to always be skeptical of graphs where zero is not zero. It shows the change clearly, but misrepresents overall picture.
minus-square@alphanerd4OPMlink1•6 months agothats a good rule of thumb. Its meant to show change in the time that its showing. I said the same thing about stocks.
The scale on the left y goes from 8-16. The suicide rate went from 13.6/k to just under 10/k. A 30% or so drop, major but not quite as huge as this graph makes it appear.
Yes. Okay, but like,. Why?
I was taught in school to always be skeptical of graphs where zero is not zero. It shows the change clearly, but misrepresents overall picture.
thats a good rule of thumb. Its meant to show change in the time that its showing. I said the same thing about stocks.