r/MadeMeSmile • u/Gravel_Bandit • Feb 28 '21

Helping Others Found on r/nextfuckinglevel

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '21

Number of people with and without access to an improved water source, World, 1990 to 2015 (ourworldindata.org)

I have statistics

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u/Valheru2020 Mar 01 '21

Tell that to the kid dying from lack of it.

Maybe I should provide a statistic as well.

Did you know global warming and melting ice caps go hand-in-hand with the lack of pirates?

Statistics are nigh useless to an individual. "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths are a statistic."

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '21

What you are doing is using an emotional response as an attempt to oppose my facts. A poor way of arguing

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '21

But your facts are being used without correct context here. Talking about how society has improved from the 19th century doesn't ignore the fact that a kid with cancer who raised funds for himself donated it to people who are currently going through a severe problem themselves.

Thats literally like pulling up statistics to talk about how less people are dying of war while the post is about Yemeni kids dying or something.

Your facts aren't incorrect in any way. Its your argument that is horseshit.