Editing 314: Dating Pools
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
[[File:half-plus-seven.png|right|Half Plus Seven Rule]] | [[File:half-plus-seven.png|right|Half Plus Seven Rule]] | ||
− | Megan is upset because she is apparently older than 26, | + | Megan is upset because she is apparently older than 26, so more than {{w|median|half of people}} her age have gotten married. Cueball reassures her using the [http://onehalfplusseven.com Half Plus Seven Rule] combined with {{w|United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau}} data to show that her eligible dating pool is still increasing. |
− | + | Megan notes that graph-making nerds like Cueball may have a hard time finding dates, but this is belied by the title text. | |
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− | Megan notes that graph-making nerds like Cueball may have a hard time finding dates, but this is | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Megan is sitting on the ground with her elbows on her knees and her hands on her chin.] | :[Megan is sitting on the ground with her elbows on her knees and her hands on her chin.] | ||
− | :Megan: This sucks. The median first marriage age is 26. The | + | :Megan: This sucks. The median first marriage age is 26. The pools of singles is shrinking. I'm running out of time. |
:Cueball: Actually, not quite. | :Cueball: Actually, not quite. | ||
− | + | :Cueball: Yes, older singles are rarer. But as you get older, the dateable age range gets wider. An 18-year-old's range is 16-22, whereas a 30-year-old's might be more like 22-46. | |
− | :Cueball: Yes, older singles are rarer. But as you get older, the dateable age range gets wider. An 18-year-old's range is | ||
:Text on chart: Standard creepiness rule: Don't date under (Age/2 + 7) | :Text on chart: Standard creepiness rule: Don't date under (Age/2 + 7) | ||
− | + | :Cueball: I did some analysis of this with the Census Bureau numbers just last weekend. Your dating pool actually GROWS until middle age. So don't fret so much! | |
− | :Cueball: I did some analysis of this with the Census Bureau numbers just last weekend. Your dating pool actually | + | :[The first chart is labelled Singles, and is a decreasing graph. The second graph is labelled Dating Pool, and is a bell curve.] |
− | :[The first chart is | + | :Megan: Did you analysis say anything about the dating prospects of people who spend weekends at home making graphs? |
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− | :Megan: Did | ||
:Cueball: Come on. Somewhere at the edge of the bell curve is the girl for me. | :Cueball: Come on. Somewhere at the edge of the bell curve is the girl for me. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Romance]] | [[Category:Romance]] | ||
[[Category:Statistics]] | [[Category:Statistics]] | ||
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