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Odd_Science t1_is56ia5 wrote

Is this graph stacked or did Russia always have a much bigger stockpile? Looks like it's stacked, but if the aim is to compare the two then that's not the best option.

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Freak_Out_Bazaar t1_is58c5r wrote

It’s stacked. This way it really emphasizes how many warheads there were in the world in total during the Cold War era

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Odd_Science t1_is59ilo wrote

Yes, but that makes it pretty much impossible to compare Russia and NATO. Plus, it should be clearly labeled that this is stacked.

You could have three lines (Russia, NATO, and total) and the result would be much clearer and more useful.

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Freak_Out_Bazaar t1_is5avly wrote

I don’t think precise comparison is the point here anyway

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Odd_Science t1_is5b9di wrote

We are on r/dataisbeautiful. The whole point of this sub is good data presentation. OP posted a super basic graph that is incompletely labeled and doesn't even allow us to compare the two things it shows, when it would be trivial to make it better. Why make excuses for this?

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SystemEarth t1_is9xkj8 wrote

It's enough to destroy life on earth multiple times over either way. doesn't even matter if it's stacked anymore.

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