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it's like the 3rd repost of this Cherrypicking galore: They literally took 27 which is the fire deaths from rear-ending only (vs 41 fire fatalities from a 2.5 year period instead of the 9 years they mention They conveniently did not use the 1,626 pinto fatalities from those 2.5 years. They used the total number of pintos produced, not the number of pintos on the roads at the end of the analysis, which would be less than 2.2M. At least they did get your clicks.
Speaking of cherrypicking....the report also counts that Cybertruck in Las Vegas loaded with fireworks and gas canisters, where the driver died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Yeah, he even calls it out as controversial but then "fuck it I'm gonna include it anyway".
No, that's not what I said at all. Get your quote right. I said "fuck it, we ball."
Serious tho, if you're curious why I did that, read up the thread, I explain it. Nothin nefarious (I hope)
"damned if you do, damned if you don't" isn't a reason. You've provided the exact reason why it shouldn't be included and then just 🤷♂️.Even sympathetic readers on lemmy are pointing out how dishonest it is...
LOL, I dishonestly flagged it for the reader to review themselves? Wow, I must be a real piece of shit.
So anyhow, you're an honest person, so if I'm a lying bastard with some non-specific ulterior motive (or I just really fuckin suck at math), what's your number when you run the stats with one fewer fire fatality in the Cybertruck column? Does it change the overall meaning of the study, or nah?
"This death was not caused by fire, but I'm going to include it in a list of deaths caused by fire."
I don't know what to tell you buddy. If it doesn't effect your results then leave it out?