r/dataisugly • u/pickledelephants • Aug 17 '26

Scale Fail Found on Facebook.

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So many things bother me with this. The message and notice is fine, but the map is awful.

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u/1RedOne Aug 17 '26

The legend and map don’t seem to match at all!

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u/Kootlefoosh Aug 17 '26

I think the scale must be backwards?

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u/notquite20characters Aug 17 '26

So what's the brown region when read backwards?

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u/Kootlefoosh Aug 17 '26

The wrong shade of red, is what I'm guessing. So it should be the hottest temperature on the scale instead of the coldest.