Reality and fiction meet in a bad way

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Omnirizon said:
I didn't mean to insult you, foodstamp. I guess I just wanted to start my diatribe with a bold statement to capture attention; "lying with statistics" was what came to mind.

I don't see it as an insult. I think that the term "lying with statistics" was coined long ago and used so many times that it is just a common well-known saying. I think that some people even wrote books about it with that exact title. All that it means is that statistics can be misinterpreted and easily represented in a misleading way to imply a wrong meaning.