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    The Onion‏Verified account @TheOnion 20 Aug 2014

    Study Finds 79% Of Statistics Now Sobering http://onion.com/1tlV5Yl pic.twitter.com/nwYUl5HD0b

    9:29 AM - 20 Aug 2014
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      1. Scott Fabricant‏ @safabric 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @TheOnion

        And yet I get a high from significant p-values. RT @TheOnion Study Finds 79% Of Statistics Now Soberinghttp://onion.com/1tlV5Yl 

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      1. Frumious Scadateer‏ @scadateer 20 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @JimGilsinn It is sobering that Facebook needs to include a satire tags on such statistics.

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      1. Ben Harber‏ @XPlaneBen 20 Aug 2014
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        @JoelHeyman - but how can I know if it's #satire or not if @twitter doesn't tell me?!? @TheOnion #facepalmbook

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      1. Trig (Fed up Conservative)‏ @trigtrader 20 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @JoelHeyman maybe why alchohol sales up! When statistics get sobering, people tend to get drunk!

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      1. Ben Vander‏ @Vander 20 Aug 2014
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        @ashley_sphinx can I get a CI for that? In general, watching people fumble through using “statistics” makes me wonder if they’re sober.

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      1. Sarah Hutchinson‏ @SarahEHutchins 10 Sep 2014
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        @TheOnion @SethMacFarlane That's just what they want you to think.

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      1. Leo J Freisch‏ @Leo_J_F 1 Sep 2014
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        @TheOnion @SethMacFarlane 42.85% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

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      1. sic‏ @kimvie 21 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion horrific.

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      1. John Culvenor‏ @johnculvenor 20 Aug 2014
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        @Raf_Epstein Reminds me of @AlanKohler on ABC news! @TheOnion

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      1. Karl Bennett‏ @Bennett1973Karl 20 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @SethMacFarlane 84.59% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

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      1. Russell Barton‏ @bartonruss 20 Aug 2014
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        Exactly what I thought. “@TheOnion: Study Finds 79% Of Statistics Now Sobering http://onion.com/1tlV5Yl  pic.twitter.com/77Tilrqw7D”. #fb

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      1. LORI COURTNEY MARIE  📚 🐻 🍀 ❄️ 🏆 🎉 🌎 🌹 🔥 ⭐️‏ @lcoco37 20 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @SethMacFarlane Awwwwwwww!!!!😟😟😟😟😟😟😟😟😟

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      1. LORI COURTNEY MARIE  📚 🐻 🍀 ❄️ 🏆 🎉 🌎 🌹 🔥 ⭐️‏ @lcoco37 20 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion Awwwwwww!!!!!

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      1. Jaiami‏ @Jaiami88 20 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion 68% of prominent European scientists have recently discovered that almost 80% of statistics are at least 78.4% misleading.

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      1. TruthShallOut‏ @waupoos 20 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion well that is a sobering stat.

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      1. Joseph Pillsbury‏ @jtpillsbury 20 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @SethMacFarlane

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      1. Susan Schueler‏ @SusanSchueler 20 Aug 2014
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        @TheOnion @SethMacFarlane never ending... Bla

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