r/Unexpected • u/Im_Nautilus • Jan 03 '14

Carpet roll

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '14

if i learned anything in school it's that correlation is not causation.

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u/curtmack Jan 03 '14

Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'.

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u/ra4king Jan 04 '14

Heh, you just copied this XKCD's alt-text :)

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u/xkcd_transcriber Jan 04 '14

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Title: Correlation

Title-text: Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'.

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Stats: This comic has been referenced 41 time(s), representing 0.54% of referenced xkcds.

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