• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Where’d this stat come from. Looking around and another site says 25% made payments for groceries. Another site says 60% split payments when buying - not just for groceries. So I sincerely doubt the stat of 60% making payments just for groceries.

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      3 days ago

      This comment on the post indicates that it’s a CitizenWatch article, but that article’s own listed sources don’t support the 60% number either (as I call out in my response to that comment).

      I swear there’s barely anywhere online anymore where people practice basic skepticism. If it aligns with their existing biases they just slurp it up, no matter how absurd.

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      3 days ago

      Yeah, that statistic is obviously bullshit and people here should notice. They really should notice

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      2 days ago

      Should’ve been 96% or something—the same as the percentage of people I hope realized the number couldn’t possibly be accurate. Make it truly absurd if it won’t be accurate!

      @NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org might consider swapping the image with an edit or adding brackets after the title or something - know you’re just resharing fuňe meme

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      3 days ago

      A split payment doesn’t necessarily mean being destitute either. My wife and I keep our finances separate and do split payments when we go grocery shopping together.