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astrodust on Nov 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Man Arrested At Airport for Unusual Watch

There are very many car "trips" under a mile, but virtually zero in aircraft. You need to compare on a more useful metric, like time spent travelling.

sliverstorm on Nov 19, 2012 [–]

Right, what I'm saying is you should be careful and explicit about your metric and why it is your metric. Otherwise it's just the same old "lies, damned lies, and statistics".

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