Comments on: Lies, damn lies and just plain making things upñ

Lies, damn lies and just plain making things upñ

signal — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:56:29 -0800

The meeting's in 5 minutes, and your boss asked you to find a statistic online to prove a point. Like that the tobacco consumption in Brazil is decreasing, or that most seniors prefer cats to dogs. Whatever it is, we're now here to help you create valid-looking statistics in an instant! via

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:01:53 -0800

It's true!

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:05:07 -0800

This is pretty fun.

By: furtive

furtive — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:17:32 -0800

This...is...awesome!

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:26:53 -0800

Impress everyone in the meeting by prooving your point not only makes common sense... Um. No. Sorry.

By: nola

nola — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:28:34 -0800

oh man, someone is going to use this and get sh*t canned.

By: bobobox

bobobox — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:28:45 -0800

This will be useful.

By: dflemingdotorg

dflemingdotorg — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:33:54 -0800

It's honest too.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:35:36 -0800

Wow! I had no idea!

By: found missing

found missing — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:38:21 -0800

This certainly bears repeating.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:38:50 -0800

Wheeeeee

By: elpapacito

elpapacito — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:41:59 -0800

pr(itsbullanyway)=1

By: strangeleftydoublethink

strangeleftydoublethink — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:42:34 -0800

Oh, shit. It's not even three and I'm having a drink.

By: isopraxis

isopraxis — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:48:05 -0800

Yes, but which side will Oregon take?

By: hal9k

hal9k — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:07:42 -0800

I got nuthin'

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:20:32 -0800

We hope you don't read until here because basically, the statistic above is totally fake. But it looks so authoritative that you can print it out anyway to carry it into the meeting to prove a point.

By: fluffycreature

fluffycreature — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:21:51 -0800

Is this a business example of trut hin ess ?

By: quin

quin — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:38:39 -0800

I'm just having fun appending different numbers at the end and seeing what other people chose. There is some wacky shit there.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:22:58 -0800

Now it all makes sense.

By: otherthings_

otherthings_ — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:25:04 -0800

At last, there's proof!

By: Cyrano

Cyrano — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:32:45 -0800

Wish the fields were a bit bigger, but oh well.

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:30:13 -0800

I like that the real "webinar" advert at the bottom looks like it's part of the joke.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:41:24 -0800

Lies!

By: hincandenza

hincandenza — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:34:14 -0800

Heh- someone even used this to "answer" a question in AskMe today, but it has since been deleted. :)

By: Twang

Twang — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:09:31 -0800

Ah Bartleby. Ah humanity

By: maryh

maryh — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:32:04 -0800

A late Christmas present for my brother.

By: Oyéah

Oyéah — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:00:47 -0800

I was shocked to find... Yes, this IS how our government functions. That guy who linked soy intake to homosexuality, must be a frequent visitor to this site. Certainly Carl Rove must have built an entire administration on this stuff!