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xkcd #3260: Messi

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Commentators agree that this will probably be the last World Cup in which Messi faces serious competition.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3260/

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[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

... per world cup. I guess the fact that there is one data point per four years is a give-away...

[–] Beacon@fedia.io -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Obviously one can figure it out, but that doesn't change the fact that the chart is mistitled. It's XKCD, this is the type of thing that the entire comic series is all about. They've specifically done lots of comics about mistitled charts

[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree actually. We get to be pedantic back.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 0 points 1 day ago

Yeah i think the downvoters aren't very familiar with xkcd