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I wish people were more mindful of this when they critique our "averages" so incessantly. Certain parts of the country bring down the average hard, and while we

I wish people were more mindful of this when they critique our "averages" so incessantly. Certain parts of the country bring down the average hard, and while we SHOULD be doing everything possible to improve these areas, I roll my eyes when a European tries to use an average weighed down by places like Baltimore to tell me my likelihood of getting shot, having access to healthcare, or overall risk of catching a certain pandemic disease. My state had lower case rates than most of Europe, buddy.

freeflight 5y ago
> Certain parts of the country bring down the average hard, and while we SHOULD be doing everything possible to improve these areas, I roll my eyes when a European tries to use an average weighed down by places like Baltimore European countries have their own Baltimore's also dragging their averages up/down, averaging such statistics is not some kind of American exceptionalism. Just like it's a bit misleading to compare a country to a continent, or even to the EU. The EU is not a country, it's no federal government, it's mostly a economic, and to some degree political, union.
irthomasthomas 5y ago
Funny, because I said nothing about averages. I named three problem areas and linked to videos of actual human suffering in one of those places. It is the rest of you using statistics to dismiss those problems.