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Land use in the US (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of people sure keep saying "a lot of people" and getting mad at the graph instead of just laughing it off that they didn't get it at first. It's not the end of the world if you don't immediately understand something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's an infographic. It's purpose is to be understandable at a glance. I thought it was a pie chart then second guessed myself then read the comments and saw a lot of comments that were confused about it. You think I am saying "A lot of people" when I mean "just me I didn't get this shit at all but I am going to say a lot of people to cover that up"? Read other comments here.... a lot of comments (which I assume come from different people) seem like those writing them are confused.

I don't have any anger here. It's a random infographic. If something like this was presented to me at a job where I needed a clear concise answer immediatley and my job depended on me using it... then I dunno maybe anger and frustration then?

I think you are reading things into my words that are not there.

Anyway TLDR: Inforgraphics are supposed to be understandable at a glance..this one is not therefore it is not a very good infographic. I dunno why I would laugh about it either...it's an infographic.