posted February 10, 2025 04:52 PM            

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Originally posted by Belage2:
Statistics can be manipulated to make any argument. Percentage numbers (18% and 8%) are not absolute numbers thus do not give a true and complete idea of what is going on in an increase. Percentage numbers represent a proportion of a whole, while absolute numbers refer to the actual value.

Example: An army of 1100 soldiers made up of 100 women and 1000 men.

-18% of women increase will give us: 18 more women
-8% of men increase will give us: 80 more men.

18 women vs 80 men. In the grand new total of 1188 soldiers, the 18 women did not significantly move the needle.

NOT SAYING in the US army the women increase did not move the needle. All I am saying that without seeing the actual values, it is inaccurate to make a statement one way or the other.

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In the article it clearly says 10,000 women and 45,000 men were recruited in 2024. Women are closing the gap. More than 1 in 5 recruits is a woman. Why are you being so dramatic about this? They clearly state in the article it’s about the trend. They’re not hiding anything.

posted February 10, 2025 04:58 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Statistics: "Hospital beds are at 90 percent capacity with infected Covid patients!"

The hospital has 10 beds.

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posted February 10, 2025 04:59 PM            

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Originally posted by Belage2:
As for my lack of ladylikeness, I said what I said... I am not your muthaf...ing child.

If you don't care if I read your posts, then why bother to even address me? You have that much free time on your hands?

Personally, I am getting to the point where I might just keep scrolling when I see your posts... That will solve all problems!

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posted February 10, 2025 05:09 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Statistics: "Hospital beds are at 90 percent capacity with infected Covid patients!"

The hospital has 10 beds.

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"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"

(quote attributed to Mark Twain)

posted February 10, 2025 05:21 PM            

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Originally posted by Belage2:
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics"

(quote attributed to Mark Twain)

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posted February 10, 2025 05:49 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoWasHere:
In the article it clearly says 10,000 women and 45,000 men were recruited in 2024. Women are closing the gap. More than 1 in 5 recruits is a woman. Why are you being so dramatic about this? They clearly state in the article it’s about the trend. They’re not hiding anything.

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Title of Thread: Army Recruiting Shatters Records AFTER President Trump Wins

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Randall is talking about the ones enlisting AFTER the election. PlutoWasHere is talking about the overall enlistment in 2024.
What I would like to see is the gender ratio of enlistment AFTER the election. I suspect it is mostly male.

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The election was in November, the peak month of 2024 was December. And that was because of the growth of women enlisting in that month. That’s clearly mentioned in the articles. It’s still relevant, Belage. The majority of enlistment is male, but the growth is driven by female enlistment. You should thank women in the army too, Belage. They’re serving your country.

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PlutoWasHere, nowhere in your article, nor in the one Randall posted does it say that the December 2024 growth was due to women enlisting.
If it does, please give me an exact quote because I must have missed it...

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It’s literally in the title of the first article: “A surge in female enlistments helped the Army reach its recruiting goal.” Enlistment of female recruits grew with 18% while enlistment of male recruits grew with 8%. In absolute numbers there were more men that enlisted, but the trend is amplified in female recruits. The Army is happy about the enlistment of women because women have more chances to actually meet the Army’s eligibility criteria. That’s the key takeaway from that story.

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Lots of blah blah blah and tangential comments, but you have still not given me a quote from the articles where it would say specifically that the December growth was driven by women enlisting.

I even did a search on the word December in the articles, and guess what, it yielded 0. THE WORD DECEMBER IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLES!

Bye! You can miss me with your sanctimonious sermons on reading comprehension. You must have some inferiority complex that you feel the need to proclaim that others cannot read just because they disagree with you or they are asking for quotes for clarification. I wish there was a block button, but since there is none, I will just have to use my scrolling fingers.

posted February 11, 2025 02:33 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Statistics: "Hospital beds are at 90 percent capacity with infected Covid patients!"

The hospital has 10 beds.

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posted February 11, 2025 03:16 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
Trump himself, said that it was really bad, but he didn’t want to lose the worship of his cult members, so he pushed ahead with conspiracy theories. He also helped us to get the first vaccine, the Pfizer vaccine. The same vaccine you share all of these conspiracies about. Just neglecting to mention that your guy is partially responsible for it.

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As a staunch vaccine promoter, why aren't you thankful to Trump for helping to get the first vaccine?

The main difference between you and us is that we do not believe that the vaccine should have been mandated.

posted February 12, 2025 01:39 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
He was fooled by Fauci.

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posted February 12, 2025 01:41 AM            

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Originally posted by Belage2:
As a staunch vaccine promoter, why aren't you thankful to Trump for helping to get the first vaccine?

The main difference between you and us is that we do not believe that the vaccine should have been mandated.

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It’s the one thing he did right. I’ve never said otherwise. Why are you trying to turn that around on me?

He tried to ask his supporters to get vaccinated, several times, and they booed him, so he stopped.

posted February 12, 2025 01:51 AM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
Oh, give it up. He was not. He knew how serious it was, and then he let a lot of people die.

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