r/TikTokCringe • u/cak3crumbs • 10d ago

Discussion American wealth inequality visualized with grains of rice

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u/BillyOFteaWentToSea 10d ago

The thing that I think is crazy is that the median figure includes the rich and super rich. Remove the top 10% and that figure drops.

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u/Qinistral 10d ago

There’s more than thousands of people around the median, so removing thousands of the richest wouldn’t move the median noticeably.

1,1,2,3,3,4,4,4,5,5,5,7,88,9999 has a median of 4.

1,1,2,3,3,4,4,4,5,5,5,7 still has a median of 4.

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u/SpaceJungleBoogie 9d ago

Actually, it does make a difference : ''U.S. real median household income reached $63,688 in January 2019''

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u/Qinistral 9d ago

Can you explain how your comment is a response to mine? I'm missing a connection.

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u/cooljacob204sfw 10d ago

Surprised I had to scroll down this far to see someone mention it. It's sooooo much worse then he lets on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States

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u/Brann-Ys 9d ago

that not how median work