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[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 week ago

If you want to get technical, it's only standard math if there's a symbol indicating the scale doesn't start at 0. Data is used like this all the time to misrepresent reality and yes, it's considered "normal" to do things that way.