Statfail

Oh No!

decabear — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:06:02 +0000

Hey all…so I started this a couple days ago in response to a random comment on Reddit, and it proved pretty popular. However, I just don’t have the time to keep running this site and updating it, between my schoolwork, my research paper, my job, and my band. Which is why I’ve decided I’d like to give this site to anyone who’d be interested, completely free. If you’re interested, email me at decabear@gmail.com or just leave me a comment to this post, and we can work out the details.

Thanks guys!

Maybe Music Piracy’s Not to Blame

decabear — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:04:22 +0000

Here are the facts: Album sales in the music industry have been in decline. This decline started in 2000. Nickelback scored their first big hits in 2000.

“Sex with a _____”

decabear — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:50:16 +0000

Here are the facts: The more Google results something has, the more likely it is popular. This is a roughly linear relationship. Given this, “sex with a picnic table” garnered about 60% as many results as “sex with a human being.”

Obesity = Beauty?

decabear — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:10:58 +0000

Here are the facts: Texas has the most Miss USA pageant winners of any state by far, and has one of the highest rates of obesity. Colorado, on the other hand has the lowest rate of obesity, and a dearth of hot chicks, apparently.

The recession won’t be over ’til…

decabear — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:57:07 +0000

Here are the facts: There have been four generations of Pokémon games. The release of each has been followed by an economic upturn. Coincidence?

All-time classic: Pirates vs. Global Warming

decabear — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:50:18 +0000

Everyone’s seen this graph. I thought I’d start out light:

What do you think? Coincidence or not?

I stole this idea from redditors Unidan and hypno_beam

decabear — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:43:48 +0000

Hopefully they don’t kill me. Or maybe they do for some other unrelated reason. COINCIDENCE???!?

Here’s a link to the post where it came from.