r/dataisbeautiful • u/Data_digger1 • 3d ago

OC [OC] Comparing the combined GDPs of China and India to the US GDP at that time

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u/myst1cal12 3d ago

Is there some restriction on what we're allowed to compare

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u/Lez0fire 3d ago

You can compare whatever you want, but if you compare apples to oranges, don't expect to extract any good conclusion from there.

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u/campionesidd OC: 1 3d ago

I don’t get this criticism. Should we compare the US and Iceland’s GDPs instead since they have comparable GDP per capita?

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u/myst1cal12 3d ago

What good conclusions do you think people are trying to draw here??? It's a comparison for fun to give a bare insight into how world economies compare in size, it's meant to be simple, fun and just not that deep for you to have a problem with it.

Even then, it's not like it's some crazy comparison to make, it's just large world economies, you don't have to have every disclaimer and asterix listed there. 

Do you think this is doing damage?

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u/Ovvr9000 3d ago

You’re arguing with a Redditor. There’s no point.

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u/Throwaway16475777 3d ago

that's always been an interesting saying, why can't you compare apples to oranges? How am i going to decide what to eat? woke nonsense

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u/spikeyfreak 3d ago

woke nonsense

LOL - woke is "living in your head rent free" if "you can't compare apples and oranges" is your idea of "woke."