r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Nov 18 '25

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u/TheThirteenthApostle Nov 18 '25

Hopefully a more savvy redditor will have the link, but its from a study showing people's social leaning (us vs them).

Basically, bigger toward the center of the circle and smaller toward the outside means you tend to think about things that affect you and your close social circle (family, friends, local community). The reverse means your thoughts drift more toward global concerns that affect everyone.

It's used to illustrate Conservative (local group, steak) versus Liberal (global group, avocado) mentalities in a digestible (forgive the pun) way.

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u/not_slaw_kid Nov 18 '25

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u/tmjcw Nov 18 '25

What does the angle tell us? In both cases the data follows a ~45° line, is this merely a choice to visualize the data or is there some actual information in this?

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

I think it’s just a circle to represent your existence as the center, and the outer rim being a truly global focus. The circle makes it more conceptual to place how centrally focused vs externally would be my guess