Oh, this is more statistics bullshitting, the kind Gould complained about decades ago wrt variation.
14% of Americans say the average date costs them nothing, up from 12% a year ago. At the other end of the spectrum, 14% say a typical date costs $300 or more, up from 11% in 2025.
It’s high income people drawing up the mean.
But I’m also skeptical of 1) the implication this is self-reported 2) the broad measurements that include grooming before the date for instance 3) the lack of publicly available methodology 4) the clear ragebait advertising BMO is doing here
Oh, this is more statistics bullshitting, the kind Gould complained about decades ago wrt variation.
It’s high income people drawing up the mean.
But I’m also skeptical of 1) the implication this is self-reported 2) the broad measurements that include grooming before the date for instance 3) the lack of publicly available methodology 4) the clear ragebait advertising BMO is doing here