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@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 2 months ago

cherry pickers

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@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 2 months ago
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    • @[email protected]
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      Anti vaxers cherry pick information to state their claims are correct. Therefore they’re super good at it

      • DreamButt
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        8•2 months ago

        My dumbass thought it was programming related

        • MrPistachios
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          I thought like the cherry picker carts that help you drive around at elevated altitude

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        • @[email protected]
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          I thought the death rate among antivaxers was so high that they provide regular fertilization for the trees.

          • Pot8o
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            That was my thought too. Nothing like a bit of blood and bone to get plants growing. Something, something…it’s what plants crave!

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        I thought they kept dying and adding nurtiants to the soil

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        There’s also a sort of second level to the joke in that reporting on the results for a single orchard is in itself cherry picking.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      For the sleepy brains and ESL-ers: It is an idiom.

      • @[email protected]
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        I still don’t get the 340% increase in the production part though.

        • @[email protected]
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          They’re very experienced at cherry picking, since they do it all the time. Therefore they’re able to do it better / faster than most.

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          Anti-vaxxers love cherry picking.

          • @[email protected]
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            3•2 months ago

            Yeah, but if your results are only a biased subset of your total gamut (vaccers + anti-vaccers) then 340% is still an astonishing result when only taking your preferred group.

            It actually does build credibility that the group you’re biased towards had the most significant result.

            If the total gains were 1000% including contributions from both groups, then yes I can understand the point the post is making (340 from anti-vaccers, 660 from vaccers, clear cherry-picking).

            But 340 is already an incredibly high number, so it sort of weakens the post, if you catch my meaning

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              You are overthinking a (bad) joke

        • walden
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          Me either, but assuming it’s a real screenshot, the date is 2018. I didn’t do much digging, but 2018 saw an increase in cherry crops according to this source https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/usda-2018-cherry-crop-production-up-from-last-year.

          An overall increase of 60% is pretty big! If this specific farm had an especially bad year in 2017, a 340% increase isn’t out of the question.

          • @[email protected]OPM
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            8•2 months ago

            It’s from an Onion-esq science blog.

            • walden
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              4•2 months ago

              Ah, I see. https://thesciencepost.com/local-cherry-orchard-only-hires-anti-vaccers-production-increases-by-340/

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