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I like how the article takes a hard turn from statistics: > Americans are expected to spend a record $10B+ on Halloween items in 2021, up from $8B last year —
by paulcole 5y ago
I like how the article takes a hard turn from statistics:
> Americans are expected to spend a record $10B+ on Halloween items in 2021, up from $8B last year — and pumpkins are a big player: Among the 65% of Americans celebrating Halloween this year, 44% (~94m people) plan to carve one.
Straight to vague generalities:
> While pumpkins can readily be found at most grocery stores, many folks turn to a patch to procure their autumnal canvas.
It's like the person writing the article went in wanting to write about pumpkin patches but pumpkin patches aren't as common as they hoped so they plowed ahead anyway.
- guerrilla 5y agoOr the person just wanted to write about pumpkin patches, did that, and getting statistics on them was impossible considering how informal they are.
- paulcole 5y agoFeels like the statistics of how many people buy pumpkins at pumpkin patches could be important to an article titled the economics of pumpkin patches.
- tomcooks 5y agoOr that's how clickbait articles work
- detaro 5y agoHow is the article clickbait? What did you expect based on the headline that you didn't get?
- SamBam 5y agoSeriously. It's called "The economics of pumpkin patches," not "10 weird things you didn't know about pumpkins," and it literally discusses the economics of pumpkin patches with actual data. "Clickbait" now means "an article that sounds interesting to me."
- Rastonbury 5y agoYou were hoping for a survey of where halloween pumpkin buyers buy their pumpkins?
- paulcole 5y agoYes, seems like knowing how many people buy pumpkins at pumpkin patches might be useful information for an article on the economics of pumpkin patches.
- Rastonbury 5y agoTough luck