"31 charts to destroy your faith in humanity"

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Wonkblog style:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/won ... -humanity/


Three of my favorites:

19) Rising fluoridation of the U.S. water supply is turning us all into Communists:

21) Some of us are still using wood for energy. Wood!

22) Pittsburgh is reverting to 1900-era conditions:

The world is a dynamic place.

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[MajGenl.Meade]

My favourite

7. More 77 year olds dying than ever before

LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE 20th CENTURY

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that one made me laugh too




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[dgs49]

In rural areas hereabouts, the size of one's "wood burner" is a matter of some pride. Burning "free" logs to save on natural gas seems like a good tradeoff to me.

I'm not sure years of education going up is necessarily a good thing. Today, it is as much a matter of worthless adolescence being extended for another 4-5 years, because most young [legal] "adults" are nowhere near ready to assume any real responsibility at 18 years old.

Also, I'm sure we Pittsburghers would be quite content to trade some pollution for the robust manufacturing and steel economy that caused it.

[Econoline]

"9) We’re making progress on cancer treatments, but ugly charts with blue backgrounds remain a depressing fact of modern life"

"13) Again with the charts with the blue background. Stop it"

"17) This chart has so many squiggly lines you have to wonder if it’s hiding something"