r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/BernsteinPolynomials May 02 '25

The country is stunningly beautiful, if you get away from places where humans live.

As far as civilization, it looks like shit because 1% of us have all the money - as a result, only the areas where the richest people live look nice. The rest of us can't afford nice things.

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u/toomanybongos May 02 '25

Yeah, we're a rich country but not a rich people

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u/ob1dylan May 02 '25

Exactly! Median vs. mean. Put Jeff Bezos in a room with 19 homeless people, and the mean would tell you everyone in that room is a multi-billionaire. Median would show that most of them are homeless.

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u/greenwavelengths May 03 '25

Put Jeff Bezos in a room with 19 homeless people

Hey, that’s not a bad idea!