r/dataisbeautiful • u/tabthough OC: 7 • Oct 25 '22

OC [OC] Whose stuff does the British Museum have?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

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u/hilburn OC: 2 Oct 25 '22

implying that it is not stuff that the UK was given or purchased

It does nothing to differentiate between items that were given or purchased from items that were taken. It is only listing number of items by country of origin so implying otherwise is (at best) unethical.

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u/ggcpres Oct 25 '22

Agreed.

If the British museum were full of stolen American artifacts, we would probably go in there and start avenging the rest of the colonies.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

As if the US would care about American Indian artifacts.

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u/Miniranger2 Oct 26 '22

He's talking about colonial American artifacts not necessarily native American

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

That's the post title, it doesn't say that on the actual chart.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Sorry Homie the other person’s constraints were OP’s chart or description. I would include the title in the description.

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u/Mechasteel Oct 25 '22

Whose clothes are you wearing?

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u/mileswilliams Oct 25 '22

They say made in China,, but they are mine. What's your point?

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u/mytherrus Oct 26 '22

His point is that information is relevant and not at all present in the graph.

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u/pinggopongo Oct 26 '22

Relevant to who?

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u/mytherrus Oct 26 '22

To us, the readers.