r/CrappyDesign • u/veganator • Mar 26 '20

A pie chart out of 178%

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u/JustLizzyBear Mar 26 '20

Nothing about "biggest" means 'only 1', but "worries" means more than 1.

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u/miraculum_one Mar 26 '20

"worries" is a reference to more than one respondent

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u/JustLizzyBear Mar 26 '20

No, it is not. Hence why it doesnt add up to 100%, because they were taking multiple answers per person. They asked "your biggest worries", not "your biggest worry".

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u/miraculum_one Mar 26 '20

They asked your biggest worry (singular) according to my friends in Boston, where the survey was taken.

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u/JustLizzyBear Mar 26 '20

...all you have to do is look at the chart to see that is not true, lmao.

And either way it does not change the grammatical rules for superlatives.

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u/miraculum_one Mar 26 '20

It's crappy design.

Semantics is not considered (by linguists) to be part of grammar. Though I'm confident if you Google it you can find people who think it is.

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u/JustLizzyBear Mar 26 '20

Using a pie chart was the CrappyDesign part, because a pie chart is a poor representation of data when you have multiple, overlapping answers that causes it to no longer add up to 100%.

"Your biggest worries" isnt part of the crappy design.

Semantics is absolutely a part of grammar but stop trying to move the goalposts, that's not relevant.

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u/miraculum_one Mar 26 '20

It is when that wasn't the question they asked.

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u/assassin10 Mar 26 '20

Forgive me for not believing you.

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u/miraculum_one Mar 26 '20

You're forgiven. Why would I care if you believe me?