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Question: Fondness of O.P.P.

arcticwoman — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:04:31 -0800

Can you help me find funny graphs/charts to show in my university level statistics class? They don't have to be technically correct, I just want something to put onscreen while the students are coming into class. Stuff like this is ok, but SFW is preferable.

By: k8t

k8t — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:07:09 -0800

The Cartoon Guide to Statistics has some great ones...

By: procrastination

procrastination — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:10:30 -0800

Maybe the relationship between pirates and global warming.

By: Brian James

Brian James — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:10:49 -0800

This blog "strange maps" looks promising, but I had this map in particular in mind.

By: txsebastien

txsebastien — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:14:45 -0800

my favorite

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:14:53 -0800

There's always the Pac-Man chart.

By: hydrophonic

hydrophonic — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:18:05 -0800

Indexed, now in book form.

I swear I'm not her agent or anything.

By: sarahnade

sarahnade — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:19:07 -0800

xkcd has a bunch as comics, specifically here, here and (the best one) here.

By: hindmost

hindmost — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:19:43 -0800

Indexed has been mentioned on the blue in the past and is pretty funny. I'm especially fond of the early stuff.

By: yarmond

yarmond — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:26:53 -0800

1000 Ridiculous Tragedies has some excellent pie charts.

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:49:28 -0800

There were some pretty funny user-created charts in this Mefi thread. For example:

Pie is seven times better than cake

what butts are

etc.

By: pombe

pombe — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:51:49 -0800

For xkcd comics, don't forget Science!

By: jockc

jockc — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:52:24 -0800

The pac man chart is my favorite

By: Diskeater

Diskeater — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:47:33 -0800

I have the pac man chart on my door at work and its gotten a lot of positive feedback, so definitely include that one.

By: Zebtron

Zebtron — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:50:15 -0800

Statshot on the Onion website has hilarious graphs and charts.

http://www.theonion.com/content/statshot/top_selling_nintendo_wii

By: thinkingwoman

thinkingwoman — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:51:24 -0800

seconding (thirding by now?) indexed.

By: eightball

eightball — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:00:04 -0800

The Graphic Truth?

By: pmurray63

pmurray63 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:32:49 -0800

Slideshow with some of David Letterman's "Charts and Graphs." Not the best selection, alas, but worth a look.

By: pmurray63

pmurray63 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:43:56 -0800

Text content of many more Letterman "Charts & Graphs" bits from 2002 and later can be found here. You'd have to recreate the graphics yourself, but that wouldn't be hard.

By: KathyK

KathyK — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:49:36 -0800

How about the Rambo Death Chart?

By: lpsguy

lpsguy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:45:08 -0800

Have you checked out portions of Demtri Martin's standup where he uses a large pad on an easel with some very funny charts? (My favorite being the relationship between how beautiful a girl is and how much he is willing to listen to her talk about her cats.) I think that one is in his latest special "Demetri Martin: Person" Hope that's right.

By: yarrow

yarrow — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:09:45 -0800

I like this slide from the Gettysburg address powerpoint presentation.

By: mhum

mhum — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:27:04 -0800

America's Most Popular Charts is a personal favourite Statshot from The Onion.