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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Original post is not linearly interpolating but exponentially.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

this comic uses a log scale (I extrapolate this from the only two data points given).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

(apologies for pedantry) This can't be the case, as the zero point is visible in the graph and even gets crossed to the negatives. Log scale graphs only show positive values and place zero infinitely below the horizontal axis.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If that were the case, the y-axis label would be log(NUMBER OF HUSBANDS), no?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

It's a choice, it's not mandatory to use a log on your y axis when you plot a log.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Nice. Haven't thought about that 🤣