Golf cart ER injuries

correlates with

Tweets sent per day (Twitter/X)

r = 0.90090% · 2008-2022

Golf cart ER injuriesTweets sent per day (Twitter/X)

These two datasets have a 90% correlation over 2008-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

Golf cart ER injuriescpsc.gov ↗

Tweets sent per day (Twitter/X)internetlivestats.com ↗

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