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Tempus Fugitive
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You don't need fake statistics. Statistics will do just the same job.
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When you think about it, there are so many ways to manipulate statistics that even "legitimate" research can come up with silly conclusions. Change the sample size, remove extreme values, do non-random sampling...
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That's probably why David Letterman always used to sarcastically refer to statistics, in a "country" accent, as, "sah-tis-tiks."
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It's kind of like history. The winner writes it. So it is with statistics...
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There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
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One of the reasons cited for people supposedly turning away from "experts" wasn't turning away form knowledge, just the use of poor research and analysis to come up with any old guff. People see right through it, and a lot of them were very tired of it. I could give you some stats on the distribution...
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83% of all statistics are made up.
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How dare you impugn my honesty!
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I was complimenting your creativity!
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Gen X > Space X
Gen X > Space X
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Too bad neither honesty nor creativity will make you rich.
Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on ipernity ! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. *updated often!*
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I knew I should have read those Secret Society of Supervillains comics more than the Justice League ones!
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Bring back Funky Flashman!
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Fun the Fantastic was a gnome-like character who was the original mascot of DC's New Fun Comics.
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DC could bring everyone back, if they really, really wanted!
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Though given the quality of writing at DC these days, do we *really* want them to?
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Gen X > Space X
Gen X > Space X
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"It's a brand new dance. We're bringin' it back
Everybody's rockin' it down at the Chicken Shack..."
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The Chicken Shack is just down the road from the Love Shack.
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Yeah, but has the Chicken Shack got a...TIN ROOF? Rusted?
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Legion vs the Rock Lobsters!
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Lobsters make me lazy. I hate cracking the shells open.
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A few month back I started singing this weird amalgamation of Love Shack and the Love Boat theme.
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Oh the love boat is a little old place
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Charo appeared on a lot of Love Boat episodes. Years ago, in the Anywhere Machine forum, she inspired me to write the following:
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"Char" is one of those kind of meaningless words that many campy gay men in the Philippines toss randomly into sentences.
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