Wulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square274fedilinkarrow-up1825arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1806arrow-down1external-linkAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldWulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square274fedilinkfile-text
Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-221 hours agoForget that. They think one out of their first 3 friends they have is gay. Assuming they’re straight that means 50% of their friends are gay. Fuck that means they think 25% of their first 4 friends are trans. Math is not their strong point apparently
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoTBF if you join random chat groups to meet people you might find abkut that proportion, but not roaming the parks and streets, no.
Forget that. They think one out of their first 3 friends they have is gay. Assuming they’re straight that means 50% of their friends are gay. Fuck that means they think 25% of their first 4 friends are trans.
Math is not their strong point apparently
TBF if you join random chat groups to meet people you might find abkut that proportion, but not roaming the parks and streets, no.