Thomas House @tah-sci.com · Jul 8

The data journalists were so busy wondering if they could do something they never stopped to think if they should. www.theguardian.com/news/datablo...

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Milo Kei · Jul 8

Apart from the obvious idiosyncracy(?) of this graph, surely the main purpose of data tables and graphs is to relay data in a meaningful and obvious way? When x-y axes aren't clear or delineated in a sharp enough way, you've kind of failed. Both axes needs definition every if meaning doesn't

MegaErnz · Jul 9

Infographics peaked exactly here!

Joe Challenger · Jul 8

Gordon Bennett!

Ed Woychowsky · Jul 8

Eat bacon and stay safe.

Juli Nagel · Jul 8

I can see past the questionable artistic choices if they can also give me the data normalized by the overall consumption of each food item.

Khan Shawnery · Jul 8

The Art has a very "we all barf in a yellow submarine" feel to it.

Julia M. Rohrer · Jul 8

This is excellent but also unintuitive due to the orientation of the Y-axis, maybe they could have made them vomit upwards with a bit more pressure…

iethatis, for example · Jul 8

This is the best chart.

Dr Will Ball · Jul 8

Mona Chalabi is great!

Randy Boyes · Jul 8

Maybe controversial dataviz opinion but I think this rules Also turkey being that high when chicken must be 10x more popular means it’s the most dangerous per serving by far I imagine