This is terrifying.

[ailantd@mastodon.art]

This is terrifying.

#climateChange

[jfaulken@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Ailantd all Y axes should start at zero. Not that it's not terrifying, I agree! I'm just always skeptical of any graph that clips the Y axis. Regardless of intent it skews the perception

[jfaulken@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Ailantd man, we are so fucked

[kmck@mas.to]

@jfaulken @Ailantd However in this case, zero degrees Celsius is not intrinsically meaningful.

[samfirke@a2mi.social]

@kmck @jfaulken @Ailantd agreed. Imagine showing this with zero degrees Kelvin on the y-axis.

I generally agree with what you said if we are talking about bar charts, which imply a total quantity.

[ailantd@mastodon.art]

@jfaulken Degrees are degrees.

[jfaulken@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@kmck @Ailantd true, but the visible delta between the lines on the graph would be much closer together if the scale were compressed to include zero. But I do see your point about the zero line for C° not being as relvant as something counted (currency, sales, deaths).

[neonor@ludosphere.fr]

@Ailantd
This is terrifying

[jfaulken@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@samfirke @kmck @Ailantd thinking about this for a moment and I think I've actually come around. The graph contains all temperatures inside the range it shows. This is the relevant data set, regardless of distance from zero. It's the coldest to hottest ever, inclusive. It makes more sense this way WITHOUT y being zero-based.

[kmck@mas.to]

@jfaulken @samfirke @Ailantd Hah, I hadnt thought about it *that* deeply. Your reasoning is sound.