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Finance reporters constantly rediscovering income inequality and ignoring it (hexbear.net)
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[–] POKEMONGOTOTHEGULAG@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Finance reporters understand basic statistics challenge

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

It's called homeless billionaires, sweaty

[–] Maoo@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Distributions? Categories? Sorry we only have quantiles and mean averages on tap for the rest of eternity.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Quantiles would actually be somewhat meaningful! Compared to this anyway.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Behold: an organic phenomenon we can only study

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Lose your ability to work and get thrown to the wolves

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The rug is going to be pulled out from everyone eventually.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Don’t suppose we can get one last hurrah from the hippies and panthers?

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

1, 2, 3, 4

The boomers joined the homeless corps

kirby-jammin

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

I swear we get the same article every couple years that just boils down to the establishment playing dumb.

porky-scared-flipped: “Wait….people are ACTUALLY POOR?!? I DiDnT kNoW!1!1!1!1!1 (now that I feigned ignorance, I’m going to go back to my regularly scheduled continuing with feigning ignorance)