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Re:July 2018 Median Household Income in the U.S. by chmln on Sunday October 07, 2018 @11:08AM (#18160910)
The parent post has a point.

Five minutes or not, it is ultimately deceptive. What really is a ~22% drop since 1970s looks like a 100% drop on first sight.

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Re:July 2018 Median Household Income in the U.S. by cygx on Sunday October 07, 2018 @11:12AM (#18160938)
By all means, make a better graph, so I can tell you what you really meant by your choice of presentation after the fact :p
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Re:July 2018 Median Household Income in the U.S. by rojobuffalo on Sunday October 07, 2018 @12:05PM (#18161214)
For real.

> terrible choice of axis

> honest scale

> deceptive

Be kind ya'll.

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Re:July 2018 Median Household Income in the U.S. by klipt on Sunday October 07, 2018 @12:47PM (#18161462)
I didn't know OP made the graph. If I had I would have been less upfront, e.g. "I would have chosen different axes".
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