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Comment by leflambeur

15 days ago

It's easier if you just tell me what the bias is.

Incidentally, there are many less privileged people around me and, let me tell you, they're not going to work on foot.

Most people are friends with people like themselves?

The selection bias of extrapolating an entire country (not to mention one as large and diverse as usa) by using your friend group should be very obvious.

  • Yet I wasn't talking about my friends. I live in a large city and get to see many people I don't know every single day.

    Incidentally, my friends are much more likely to not need to drive at all (tech or otherwise who WFH) than the average person around me.

    • Do you often ask people you don't know if they have a driver's license?

      > live in a large city

      Ah yes, large cities. Famous for their rural populations.

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Just read all the answers in this thread. Your PoV is far from reality, especially at a time where elections are decided by single digit margins.