Dilbert cancelled himself

[The Brain]

Is it hip to be square?

[The Minsky Moment]

Meanwhile Adams continues to train wreck himself on his twitter feed:

I've lost three careers to direct racism so far. Crocker Bank, Pacific Bell, and cartooning.

All three were perpetrated by White people for their own gain.

No Black person has ever discriminated against me. That's partly why I identified as Black for several years.

Maybe he thinks his best path to climb out is to convince everyone he's mentally ill?

[Valmy]

Ah. He is a twitter user.

Well that explains a lot.

[Barrister]

Ah. He is a twitter user.

Well that explains a lot.

Nah, he's been loony for quite awhile.

[Admiral Yi]

I concede the phrasing of the question is open to varying interpretation.  I don't think the 4chan thing has much to do with it.

[Valmy]

Ah. He is a twitter user.

Well that explains a lot.

Nah, he's been loony for quite awhile.

Twitter does have a way of radicalizing celebrities and enabling their worst behavior though.

And who has come in support? Elon Musk, of course! No points for guessing.

Musk is virtually the poster child for this effect.

[Savonarola]

Looks like the polled 130 black people.

Seems like a low sample for the entire US black population of 47 000 000.

Assuming a non-biased sample that would be about +/- 10% at 99% confidence (that is the survey shows with 99% confidence that between 63% and 43% of black Americans agree with the statement "It's okay to be white.")  That seems like a large margin of error to me (or a low confidence interval, the two are inversely proportional) but I'm approaching this from the standpoint of industry.  (Guller may have some better insight; this is more his area than mine.)

[The Minsky Moment]

The error margin should be disclosed in the poll details but you can't get them without paying Rasmussen $20 per month for a "platinum service" sub.

[viper37]

Looks like the polled 130 black people.

Seems like a low sample for the entire US black population of 47 000 000.

Assuming a non-biased sample that would be about +/- 10% at 99% confidence (that is the survey shows with 99% confidence that between 63% and 43% of black Americans agree with the statement "It's okay to be white.")  That seems like a large margin of error to me (or a low confidence interval, the two are inversely proportional) but I'm approaching this from the standpoint of industry.  (Guller may have some better insight; this is more his area than mine.)

Yeah, I'm going with Quebec's population of 7 million, and good sample size here is usually in the range of 1500-2000 people for 97,5%-99% confidence.

Now, I can't remember the exact formulas for calculating the right sample sizes, mind you...

[Jacob]

The question itself is very vague. What does it mean? How are people likely to interpret it?

Will they take it to mean:

"Is it okay for white people to exist at all?"

"Do you like this 4chan originated catch phrase?"

"Do you think whiteness as it exists in the US is free from white supremacist ideas?"

"Are you okay being friends with white people?"

"Would you feel okay with being white instead of black?"

"Do you think white people in general are careful not to wield their whiteness to harm non-white people?"

"White people as a group haven't really done anything to hurt non-white people."

"Is racism basically solved in this country?"

"Do you think it's cool for black people to 'act white'?"

"Would you be cool with someone telling you you're 'acting white' personally?"

"Do you approve of perfomative whiteness?"

"Do you think 'acting white' is better than 'acting Black'?"

... poorly worded questions - and IMO this is one such question - leave way too much room for respondents to read things into the question.

[DGuller]

Looks like the polled 130 black people.

Seems like a low sample for the entire US black population of 47 000 000.

Assuming a non-biased sample that would be about +/- 10% at 99% confidence (that is the survey shows with 99% confidence that between 63% and 43% of black Americans agree with the statement "It's okay to be white.")  That seems like a large margin of error to me (or a low confidence interval, the two are inversely proportional) but I'm approaching this from the standpoint of industry.  (Guller may have some better insight; this is more his area than mine.)

Yeah, I'm going with Quebec's population of 7 million, and good sample size here is usually in the range of 1500-2000 people for 97,5%-99% confidence.

Now, I can't remember the exact formulas for calculating the right sample sizes, mind you...

The population size from which you're sampling doesn't matter for all practical population sizes.  The margin of error is the same whether you're sampling from 47 million or 47 thousand.

[Legbiter]

Twitter does have a way of radicalizing celebrities and enabling their worst behavior though.

Yeah, should be a clinical term for this social media pattern of behavior by now.

Nicholas Perry (born May 19, 1992), known online as Nikocado Avocado, is a Ukrainian-born American Internet celebrity best known for his mukbang videos on YouTube. As of November 2022, he has accumulated more than 7 million subscribers and approximately 1.8 billion total views across six YouTube channels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikocado_Avocado

Algorithmic virality as a feature is the original sin of social media...

[Josquius]

Looks like the polled 130 black people.

Seems like a low sample for the entire US black population of 47 000 000.

Assuming a non-biased sample that would be about +/- 10% at 99% confidence (that is the survey shows with 99% confidence that between 63% and 43% of black Americans agree with the statement "It's okay to be white.")  That seems like a large margin of error to me (or a low confidence interval, the two are inversely proportional) but I'm approaching this from the standpoint of industry.  (Guller may have some better insight; this is more his area than mine.)

Yeah, I'm going with Quebec's population of 7 million, and good sample size here is usually in the range of 1500-2000 people for 97,5%-99% confidence.

Now, I can't remember the exact formulas for calculating the right sample sizes, mind you...

Unnecessary.
https://www.qualtrics.com/blog/calculating-sample-size/

But yeah. 2000ish is usually good for an accurate representation of entire countries. You can get a basic unreliable survey for such big populations with a few hundred but it becomes even more important to make sure you get your sample right there.

[garbon]

Twitter does have a way of radicalizing celebrities and enabling their worst behavior though.

Yeah, should be a clinical term for this social media pattern of behavior by now.

Nicholas Perry (born May 19, 1992), known online as Nikocado Avocado, is a Ukrainian-born American Internet celebrity best known for his mukbang videos on YouTube. As of November 2022, he has accumulated more than 7 million subscribers and approximately 1.8 billion total views across six YouTube channels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikocado_Avocado

Algorithmic virality as a feature is the original sin of social media...

Why do you know of such things?

[HVC]

Why do you know of such things?

Don't kink shame