the average age of protesters at last weekend's anti-gun youth rallies was.....49 years old.
Well, there you go again, spreading the third of Mark Twain's types of lies: Statistics.*
I know it's hard for guys like you and me to grok, Steez --the two of us being single alcoholics and all-- but a whole fuckton of parents and grandparents showed up to support their kids who, for some silly reason, want to avoid getting shot. And, no doubt, some also showed up to keep 'em out of trouble. Either way, when that happens, you're gonna get an average like that. Here, for example:
17 year old kid goes to rally. Takes 81 year old grandma with her.
17+81=98. Divide that by 2, and their average age is... wait for it... 49.
Wanna know how those averege income statistics work?
* In case you've forgotten, the other two are: (1) Lies; and (2) Damned Lies.
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