xkcd points out the importance of considering the baseline when making comparisons:
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Using a century of data, we watch the shift of marital status in the United States.
Minimum wage has increased over the years, but by how much depends on where you live.
Names are incredibly personal things. It’s how we identity ourselves. …
We looked at shifts in job distribution over the past several decades, but it was difficult to see by how much each occupation group changed individually. This chart makes the changes more obvious.
