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Apr 30, 2016 5:04 AM
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SgtViolation
it's spiders georg...
saikaici
Where did this meme originate? I know it made rounds on tumblr, I never understood it though.
arcgap
Sorry Spider George is not real and you have eaten your quota of spiders
Remne
This is why mean ain't always best. The average number of arms is like 1.8.
DannyGG
Fun fact. A factoid by definition is an assumption or speculation repeated so many times it is taken as fact.
TheAmbiguityShows
Who lives in a cave and eats up spidey!
razetherunner
but... george is the spider that lives in my bathroom, ARE YOU TELLING ME A CANNIBAL LIVES IN MY HOUSE!?
Spookyactionman
Did you know that 75% of statistics are made up?
Ryannihilation
*Georg *adn
SlutForStarWarsLore
Well meme'd, my boy!
VladLong
This is genuinely funny and a good demonstration of outliers in statistics. That being said, http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp
princeslayer
http://imgur.com/XKBQZjQ
underlord2132
For some reason this cracks me up.
charlierunkle
I've heard the tumor
mibango
truthpick
that's why we have median and mode
sangatster
Might not be so funny after all http://www.cbsnews.com/news/11-totally-disgusting-things-the-fda-allows-in-your-food/
BoldAndBrash
Um his name is spiders georg.
brassmule
So wait, you're saying my tri-annual spider meals are no longer required?
Brotzbertz
They are no longer required but recommended by spider George.
Zippla
Spider Bran... Spider Bran... eight legged cereal for Tri-Annual Man...
yattadog
Sure, you could remove him from the data set, or you could just take the median instead of the mean.
0gre
I am Spider George and I'm here to fuck shit up.
roonic86
It's all Ogre now.
NotSoDarkKnight
Shrek is love. Shrek is life.
MacRockatansky
@SpiderGeorge?
julgran
Are you here to fuck spiders?
0gre
Like a 20-year-old Scotsman on a three day bender
smarmageddon
I heard that "factoid" was deliberately spread to see how gullible people were about online info.
wolfonlyroadway
nope its from a tumblr called reallyreallyreallytrying.tumblr.com
SpicedNipples
It's older than tumblr
SpicedNipples
Ayyy I see what you did there
KnightofMalta
No. Spider george. Didn't you read?
sendmetoGary
Wait, is THIS a factoid to...deliberately spread...gullible people...Oh god.
smarmageddon
Yup.
irrelevantusernamehere
Why the air quotes around factoid? It means something that sounds true, but isn't.
smarmageddon
Thank you for this "correction".
HttpWayne
That can be said of just about anything on the internet today, and I believe intelligence agencies do just that to see how effective they ar
bbdroll5000
Nope. Heard that spider one before the internet even existed.
nole
http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp
SaxonsNowRedux
Same.
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nole
Beat me to it :)
SentientChickenNugger
Yet noone can fimd the actual article or anything else concerning Holst.
flamingflamingo
No you didn't.
mysterowl
Can confirm.
WowSuchDoge
The other guy was kinda right, it was spread to see how gullible people were but not on the internet, it was in 1993 I think.
flamingflamingo
It was spread via email, so it was the internet.
Slashenaar
Statistically speaking there are very few good math jokes, this is one.
EightYearOldsDude
Buncha standard deviants around here
manystripes
So you're saying it's an outlier and should not be counted?
Wasindear
Have you heard the latest joke about statistics?
Wasindear
Probably
tiegland
57% of statistics are made up on the spot...
Wasindear
The problem with quotes from the internet is that often they can't be trusted - Abraham Lincoln
Bamjam13
There's less than 5% chance I don't find this funny as a result of a type 1 error
Wasindear
Is that a systematic or random error?
MisterDrow
Stats jokes aren't always funny, but they have their moments.
Zippla
Usually they deviate from the punchline
MisterDrow
And some are just plain mean
Rowland446
And have a high probability of offending everyone you love and hold dear.