Interesting graphs and charts department - Page 175

Clodfobble · 11-30-2019, 11:40 AM

Maybe--maybe--if it's one of those "most unusually popular" calculations where it compares "what's highest here that's also lowest everywhere else" as opposed to just a straight majority.

Otherwise, it's baloney. (Which I hear is the most popular Thanksgiving side dish in Oklahoma.)

xoxoxoBruce · 11-30-2019, 10:58 PM

Nearly half of the humans who ever lived were killed by mosquitoes so this is real progress...

Griff · 12-01-2019, 11:16 AM

I'm still pissed off about the mac and cheese. I'm not ready for good news.

Clodfobble · 12-01-2019, 03:08 PM

Thanks, Bill Gates!

xoxoxoBruce · 12-01-2019, 03:27 PM

Yes, I think the Gates Foundation is a big factor in this.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-01-2019, 03:37 PM

More good news...

xoxoxoBruce · 12-03-2019, 12:37 AM

This one has me confused, maybe you can figure it out. The PPP and the blocks before Ethiopia and after the US to make 100% population.

Clodfobble · 12-03-2019, 11:09 AM

PPP is just them saying "when everyone's money is translated onto a standard playing field"--kind of like how the salaries are higher in NYC, but a sandwich also costs 3 times as much so you're not really making as much as you think you are. They've calculated how much actual buying power each country has.

As for the rich sliver to the right of the U.S., I'd guess a small hideout of billionaires that is only technically a sovereign nation--maybe an island owned by Richard Branson, or Vatican City, something like that. To the left of Ethiopia could be any number of tiny, dirt-poor countries that they figured folks wouldn't recognize as readily.

Undertoad · 12-03-2019, 03:08 PM

according to this page there are 11 countries with higher than USA GDP per-capita based on PPP

Wikipedia lists the ranking with three different sources

xoxoxoBruce · 12-03-2019, 04:54 PM

Seems to me there is a lot of data massaging and fudge factoring involved with the PPP.
Of course neither GDP nor PPP tell how well the average Joe/Jolene are doing. If their country is a tax haven or big supplier of IT, it might look good on paper but half the population is actually starving.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-05-2019, 12:10 AM

Kids will run ragged, the secret is to slow them down with ballast... like lead.

Griff · 12-05-2019, 07:26 AM

Look at PA WINNING!

xoxoxoBruce · 12-06-2019, 12:22 AM

But PA loses big time to Brazil when it comes to homicides.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-07-2019, 01:01 AM

I'm skeptical of their method, there's an awful lot of counties without live venues.

Undertoad · 12-07-2019, 01:19 AM

the colors in the legend are way too light, compared to the colors on the map.

11-30-2019, 11:40 AM	#2611
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Maybe--maybe--if it's one of those "most unusually popular" calculations where it compares "what's highest here that's also lowest everywhere else" as opposed to just a straight majority. Otherwise, it's baloney. (Which I hear is the most popular Thanksgiving side dish in Oklahoma.) __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-30-2019, 10:58 PM	#2612
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nearly half of the humans who ever lived were killed by mosquitoes so this is real progress... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-01-2019, 11:16 AM	#2613
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm still pissed off about the mac and cheese. I'm not ready for good news. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-01-2019, 03:08 PM	#2614
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Thanks, Bill Gates! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-01-2019, 03:27 PM	#2615
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, I think the Gates Foundation is a big factor in this. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-01-2019, 03:37 PM	#2616
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	More good news... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-03-2019, 12:37 AM	#2617
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This one has me confused, maybe you can figure it out. The PPP and the blocks before Ethiopia and after the US to make 100% population. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-03-2019, 11:09 AM	#2618
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	PPP is just them saying "when everyone's money is translated onto a standard playing field"--kind of like how the salaries are higher in NYC, but a sandwich also costs 3 times as much so you're not really making as much as you think you are. They've calculated how much actual buying power each country has. As for the rich sliver to the right of the U.S., I'd guess a small hideout of billionaires that is only technically a sovereign nation--maybe an island owned by Richard Branson, or Vatican City, something like that. To the left of Ethiopia could be any number of tiny, dirt-poor countries that they figured folks wouldn't recognize as readily. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-03-2019, 03:08 PM	#2619
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	according to this page there are 11 countries with higher than USA GDP per-capita based on PPP Wikipedia lists the ranking with three different sources

12-03-2019, 04:54 PM	#2620
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Seems to me there is a lot of data massaging and fudge factoring involved with the PPP. Of course neither GDP nor PPP tell how well the average Joe/Jolene are doing. If their country is a tax haven or big supplier of IT, it might look good on paper but half the population is actually starving. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-05-2019, 12:10 AM	#2621
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Kids will run ragged, the secret is to slow them down with ballast... like lead. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-05-2019, 07:26 AM	#2622
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Look at PA WINNING! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-06-2019, 12:22 AM	#2623
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But PA loses big time to Brazil when it comes to homicides. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-07-2019, 01:01 AM	#2624
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'm skeptical of their method, there's an awful lot of counties without live venues. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-07-2019, 01:19 AM	#2625
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	the colors in the legend are way too light, compared to the colors on the map.

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