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This comic, titled "Sad Truth: All Data Is Subjective," shows the same woman presenting the same statistic in two different ways. On the "Bad Version" side, she says with concern: "One quarter of our kids now have sex by age thirteen!" On the "Good Version" side, she cheerfully declares: "My fellow Americans, we have become a nation of sexual prodigies!"

The joke illustrates how the exact same data point can be framed either as alarming or as something to celebrate, depending on the spin and word choice. It is a commentary on how statistics are never truly objective because their presentation always involves subjective editorial choices -- tone, context, and connotation. The comic satirizes political rhetoric and media coverage, where the same facts are routinely used to support opposite conclusions depending on the speaker's agenda. The deliberate absurdity of calling underage sexual activity a matter of "prodigies" makes the point that sufficiently motivated framing can make anything sound positive or negative.