• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    11 days ago

    If they frequently die very young that would indeed affect the average and it did - - the average life span has changed. Perhaps you mean the median age and mode age of death were disproportionately less affected?

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      11 days ago

      Ohhhh! Look at @Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works, knowing that words have meaning and what they mean!

      Yeah, I totally meant that, and I can see how that mistake would make the rest of my argument look ridiculous. Especially the part where I incorrectly say that the average wasn’t affected, and then later explained how the average was affected.