whats the conversion rate from touchdowns to 9/11s? - ThreadSky

crimew.gay • 47 days ago

whats the conversion rate from touchdowns to 9/11s?

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"He was having a gay old time of it," said Detective Christopher Poppe of the Nassau County Forgery Squad. "For kids as bright as this one, getting into a system like Grumman is like a football player scoring three touchdowns."

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meow77.net•47 days ago

that was zero cool

flippo9204.bsky.social•47 days ago

Like a fortnite player getting a "squad eliminated" W

flippo9204.bsky.social•47 days ago

Based detective, ngl

crowtzubat.bsky.social•47 days ago

Sean McDermott, coach of the Buffalo Bills NFL team, once used the 9/11 hijackers as an example of teamwork.

crowtzubat.bsky.social•47 days ago

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/bills-coach-sean-mcdermott-apologizes-for-referencing-911-hijackers-in-team-meeting-4-years-ago

realtime.crt.video•47 days ago

you're gonna also have to take inflation into account
a touchdown 30 years ago was not the same as a touchdown now

datlasscass.bsky.social•47 days ago

depends on the size of stadium they're scored in tbh

entropydog.bsky.social•47 days ago

According to Nielsen, at least 80 million americans watched 9/11 on TV, roughly the same as watched the 2001 superbowl, which is probably the safest point of comparison to avoid questions of inflation. 41 total points were scored in superbowl XXXV, and a touchdown without accompanying field goal is

entropydog.bsky.social•47 days ago

worth 6. Importantly, though, people generally like touchdowns and hate 9/11s, which we can account for with a difference in sign. Altogether, this suggests that one 9/11 is roughly equivalent to -6.8 touchdowns.

galenshark.bsky.social•47 days ago

If my team gives Ohio 6.8 touchdowns without us putting one up, that would be the emotional equivalent to 9/11. Math checks out.

entropydog.bsky.social•47 days ago

Incidentally, superbowl LVIII had 121.5 million viewers according to Nielsen, with a total of 47 points scored. Assuming the 9/11 to touchdown conversion rate has remained constant, this suggests that if 9/11 happened today, it'd be about 13% worse than the 2001 attacks

crimew.gay•47 days ago

im so glad you did the math but i think one flaw in this calculation is forgetting to account for which team scored the touchdown, since some of them should probably be considered negative depending on the team you're rooting for

entropydog.bsky.social•47 days ago

I had considered that, but I figured more touchdowns = more ball goes far = more people jumping amd yelling = more fun :D

I am open to differing interpretations, though 😌

new-moons.bsky.social•47 days ago

do the different signs mean that if 9/11 happened during the superbowl it would cancel out

deerly.bsky.social•47 days ago

thank god someone did the math

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