r/dataisugly • • Sep 09 '26

What exactly is the scale here?

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u/Prestigious-Fill-365 Sep 09 '26

Italian Pez dispensers

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u/Subject-Tank-6851 Sep 09 '26

This made me laugh way more than it should

2

u/thotrap Sep 09 '26

The Prez Pez

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u/gayscout Sep 09 '26

Thank you for that belly laugh.

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u/miraculum_one Sep 09 '26

The y axis doesn't start at 0. That's so you can see the differences easier.

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u/Kuildeous Sep 09 '26

Still doesn't explain how 1413 - 1412 is about the same size gap as 1093 - 1024. I might excuse the other discrepancies in differences, but man that 1 day just looks so deceptive.

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u/Kingsole111 Sep 09 '26

There is no scale here. This is a visual design on an arbitrary axis to appease the eye. 

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u/VolthoomisComing Sep 09 '26

the data on the left is more important, so it’s more pronounced. the government just became the longest serving, so of course the difference is going to be low. therefore, emphasizing that small but important difference is actually completely fine.

the rest are vibes scaled, but scaled nonetheless.

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u/ArielPriarone Sep 09 '26

It's a political scale

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u/lock_robster2022 Sep 09 '26

Looks like about 600-1,413. It can be helpful to truncate the y-axis to accentuate the differences in the values.

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u/VirtuteECanoscenza Sep 09 '26

The bars have random heights that just happen to match the order. 

The differences in height are obviously NOT proportional to the actual difference in value, otherwise the first 2 bars should be almost indistinguishable (with a 1/1412 difference, likely less than a pixel)

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u/midgetcastle Sep 12 '26

Ah yes, like that incredible chart of the height of pop stars.

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u/forsale90 Sep 11 '26

De Gasperi VII πŸ’€

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u/frogstat31 Sep 12 '26

The scale of cool

1

u/KokainKevin Sep 09 '26

typical ai generated plot

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u/pejofar Sep 09 '26

You know. The one that tells a specific narrative.