The only thing I can say is that I didn't think through what I was doing. That's not an excuse though.

As soon as I came back here and say your comment something in my head snapped and what you were saying made complete sense. I immediately erased it and will make every attempt to think through posts that may be problematic in the future before I post them.

Totally my fault.

:(

Why the fuck did they add an AI slop explanation and image to each graph lol

I'm a bit stoned, so that might play a factor but... I've just sat there staring at those statistics and graphs in awe for a solid 10 minutes. Thanks for this!

I mean.. clearly hes wearing a white shirt with ai or photoshop on top of it.

My favourite argument is that; The amount of people buying ice creams and the amount of people drowning also looks like curves that follow each other. But less ices creams will not make less people drown. They both go up because of good weather conditions. They do not influence each other.

That will definitely not cause any controversy.

No, it's not about fiat currency, it's about the changes to the economy caused by the rise of MBAs and business executives who had different ideas about the way business should use profits (stock buybacks and hiring bureaucrats rather than raises and expansion) and what a company should do (make money rather than provide goods and services at a profit). Read some Graeber to understand more. All this was part of the beginnings of neoliberalism which is the actual problem here, and the end of countries following Keynesian economic policies. And in the US the weakening of unions and the new deal also played a role.

Well at least that's the case for the economic graphs there. Things like single motherhood and higher divorce rates stem from feminism winning the right to no fault divorce and the ability for a single mother to be less trapped into a relationship she doesn't want. Several of these graphs stem from social changes in the late 20th century.

There were a lot of economic issues under metallic currency including somewhat frequent panics and crashes.

only 7 years to save for a house? well maybe i guess if you don't have major emergencies. i'm going to go laugh madly in the corner now.

It's an older meme, Sir, but it checks out.

That's correct. I checked with David Photoshop and he confirmed it.

Ah, a person of culture I see.

Violent crime precedes ice cream consumption. Clearly crime makes people hungry for ice cream.

Gonna need to call in the master at debatin.