xkcd points out the importance of considering the baseline when making comparisons:
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Most of the major pizza chains are within a 5-mile …
For as far back as I can remember, I’ve always had corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day, or at least on the week of.
But not every group’s median income increased by the same amount.
The wind was blowing smoke and ash from wildfires further up north from where I live. The sky turned an eerie orange. I wondered about past fires and made the chart below.