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SgtViolation
it's spiders georg...
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.
saikaici
Where did this meme originate? I know it made rounds on tumblr, I never understood it though.
Spookyactionman
Did you know that 75% of statistics are made up?
BoldAndBrash
Um his name is spiders georg.
sangatster
Might not be so funny after all http://www.cbsnews.com/news/11-totally-disgusting-things-the-fda-allows-in-your-food/
truthpick
that's why we have median and mode
TheAmbiguityShows
Who lives in a cave and eats up spidey!
yattadog
Sure, you could remove him from the data set, or you could just take the median instead of the mean.
razetherunner
but... george is the spider that lives in my bathroom, ARE YOU TELLING ME A CANNIBAL LIVES IN MY HOUSE!?
VladLong
This is genuinely funny and a good demonstration of outliers in statistics. That being said, http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp
arcgap
Sorry Spider George is not real and you have eaten your quota of spiders
mibango
Ryannihilation
*Georg *adn
SlutForStarWarsLore
Well meme'd, my boy!
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?
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
Wasindear
Probably
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.
princeslayer
http://imgur.com/XKBQZjQ
underlord2132
For some reason this cracks me up.
charlierunkle
I've heard the tumor
0gre
I am Spider George and I'm here to fuck shit up.
MacRockatansky
@SpiderGeorge?
roonic86
It's all Ogre now.
NotSoDarkKnight
Shrek is love. Shrek is life.
julgran
Are you here to fuck spiders?
0gre
Like a 20-year-old Scotsman on a three day bender
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...
smarmageddon
I heard that "factoid" was deliberately spread to see how gullible people were about online info.
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
irrelevantusernamehere
Why the air quotes around factoid? It means something that sounds true, but isn't.
smarmageddon
Thank you for this "correction".
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.
wolfonlyroadway
nope its from a tumblr called reallyreallyreallytrying.tumblr.com
SpicedNipples
It's older than tumblr
bbdroll5000
Nope. Heard that spider one before the internet even existed.
SaxonsNowRedux
Same.
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.
nole
http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp
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nole
Beat me to it :)
SentientChickenNugger
Yet noone can fimd the actual article or anything else concerning Holst.