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xkcd #3262: Sports Commentary (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3262: Sports Commentary

Title text:

The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.

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The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.
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[–] 16 points 4 months ago (11 children)

I’ve complained about this for years. This is only in America btw. In other countries they just watch and don’t care about the statistics.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    That's not entirely true, us Germans love statistics but more like goal to attempt rate or something like this. Received passes, etc. Not whatever they're trying to do here.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Here in the UK we get a bunch of stats every game, but its pretty much the same stats every time with no fuckery. Shots on target (that would have gone in if it wasnt for that pesky keeper) and stuff.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Sorry, what I said was an exaggeration, but yeah keeping track of shots on goal, passes, etc are just basic parts of the game. Essentially the same as keeping score. Americans don’t do that. They literally keep track of exactly stuff like the xkcd shows. It’s not even an exaggeration.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

    This is only in America btw.

    Literally comments all over this thread talking about Austria and Australian Cricket and Argentina.

    Must be that it is only countries that begin with A and the stats are just working through alphabetically.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I was the first comment in the whole thread…

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Ok. And is there more to that?

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    ... how were there "literally comments all over this thread" talking about other countries when I first commented, if I was the first to comment.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Sure. But also it wasnt only in America. You still came in with an assumption that was incorrect and have been proven so and have made no comment towards that.

    You are still trying to keep your opinion while being presented with anecdotes that dispell it.

    I ask if there is more because I dont think its a conversation for you to just double down on the part that restricts its relatability artificially to something that only your select group does when others are pointing out their personal experience with it. Humans do human things. Its nice to compare rather than pretend its exclusive.

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