[UK EU Referendum] - UK VOTES LEAVE | 51.89% // 48.11%

[beachbum111111]

But this is an objectively bad decision. They're hurting themselves AND their neighbors. I thought UK politics were a bit more sane than in the US, but apparently not.

So you don't really give a stuff whether this is benefiting Britian or not. You just care about the countries that are leeching off of Britians economy like a parasite.

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[Red Spy]

So you don't really give a stuff whether this is benefiting Britian or not. You just care about the countries that are leeching off of Britians economy like a parasite.

For the love of god don't start a debate

[Nonnel]

A fairly small and completely expected dip

[WaterOre]

So you don't really give a stuff whether this is benefiting Britian or not. You just care about the countries that are leeching off of Britians economy like a parasite.

Does this mean we should crash the dollar so those "parasites" benefitting from the US economy go away?

[freshmin]

even with the reduction of the british pound it's still worth more than the american dollar

[ShadowsfeaR]

image illegibly small and y-axis deceptively set above 0.

I shrunk it down so it wouldn't stretch, you can just open the image in another tab. Also why would the Y show 0? This is relative worth of GBP/USD over the past few hours.

But if that isn't enough for you heres a month



and a year

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Someone take a screencap of when the results hits 0 and PM it to me, please.

[TristanLuigi]

So you don't really give a stuff whether this is benefiting Britian or not. You just care about the countries that are leeching off of Britians economy like a parasite.

But it's not benefiting Britain at all. That's why I don't understand it.

[SeventhSandwich]

Also why would the Y show 0?

[more deceptive graphs]

Because graphs that don't start at 0 are inherently deceptive? You can make it look like something has diminished by whatever percentage you want when you start the y-axis on some other value. This is like lesson 1 of how to mislead people with data.

Yes, the British pound is in a pretty bad place right now, but you're making it look worse than it actually is.

[Red Spy]

But it's not benefiting Britain at all. That's why I don't understand it.

How isn't it benefiting Britain again?

[TristanLuigi]

How isn't it benefiting Britain again?

The GBP is at its lowest value since 1985, and if they hope to continue trading with Europe (which is advisable due to transport costs), they're going to have to comply with regulations and fees anyway. The payments to the EU weren't even that high when the direct monetary benefits are subtracted from it; and while that number may be slightly lower post-leave, they'll still have to buy into the European market.

And that's not even to mention the negative diplomatic effects on the United Kingdom, or any unrest due to Scotland's opinion on the issue (which may or may not lead to them leaving). Either way, I won't have any sympathy if the UK is screwed over now.

[ShadowsfeaR]

Because graphs that don't start at 0 are inherently deceptive? You can make it look like something has diminished by whatever percentage you want when you start the y-axis on some other value. This is like lesson 1 of how to mislead people with data.

Yes, the British pound is in a pretty bad place right now, but you're making it look worse than it actually is.

Billions upon billions of dollars are being lost in this because of this "small deceptive" change. No market graph has ever shown a currency value with a 0, its always around the base of 1.

[SeventhSandwich]

Billions upon billions of dollars are being lost in this because of this "small deceptive" change.

I didn't say it wasn't a legitimate currency crash? Just that your graph is bad. The way you plotted the data made it look like the pound lost 80% of its value.

Starting at '1' is sometimes acceptable when you're comparing something to a standard unit like the US dollar. Notice how the graph you linked used sizable intervals to show meaningfully large trends. Regardless, your graph wasn't doing any of that lol.

[ShadowsfeaR]

I didn't plot the data, this is from widely used currency exchange websites. The purpose of a graph is to give visual representation of data. If I wanted to see a flat line to help me understand the ebbs and flows of the value of a currency, I'd draw it in MS Paint and call it a day.

[WaterOre]

If I wanted to see a flat line to help me understand the ebbs and flows of the value of a currency, I'd draw it in MS Paint and call it a day.

dont worry man I got u covered