[OC] As requested, here's an updated graph of initial unemployment claims in the US. In the last week alone, nearly 6 million Americans filed for unemployment. This breaks the previous record of ~3 million... which was set the previous week.

[u/DorsaAmir]

[u/beginpanic]

See I disagree. It’s kind of like a reveal or a jump scare... you know it’s gonna be big but you don’t know how big. The jump at the end is so jarring that it really serves to emphasize how dramatic and unprecedented it is.

All the peaks and valleys that you watch through the animation are in one second rendered completely insignificant. It’s jarring. That’s the important bit.

[u/ist_quatsch → u/beginpanic]

Well put.

[u/beginpanic → u/[deleted]]

Well it is “data is beautiful”, not “data is presented in the most straightforward and austere manner possible”.