Todd Snider - Statistician's Blues
Why Hacker News recommends it
It is mostly cited as a joke or a wry reference in threads about dubious statistics.
What it is
A live 2007 performance of Todd Snider's song 'Statistician's Blues' at the Great American Music Hall. The song satirizes statistics and how readily people believe them.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2022 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Recommends seemaze · 2026-07 · on “42% of adults rely on their parents for financial support”
The premise of TFA along with the entirety of the comments are eloquently embodied by the misfit troubadour and grunge philosopher Todd Snider in Statistician's Blues [0] [0] [this video]