April 25, 2024

XKCD Web Comic #985: Percentage Points (described)

A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

 

 

Scene: Drawing of a stick figure sitting in a comfy chair, watching TV.

TV: Senator’s Grayton’s campaign has imploded following the candidate’s promise to give tax breaks to drunk drivers and to authorize the use of unmanned predator drones in the War on Christmas.–Grayton had been polling at 20%, but his support has since plunged by 19%.

Caption: I hate the ambiguity created when people don’t distinguish between percentages and percentage points.

Hover text: Grayton also proposed making college scholarships available exclusively to sexually active teens, amnesty for illegal immigrants who create room for themselves by killing a citizen, and a graduated income tax based on penis size. He has been endorsed by Tracy Morgan, John Wilkes Booth’s ghost, and the Time Cube guy.

 

Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

Comic by xkcd.com. Described by BlindGadget under the Creative Commons license.

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