What is the first thing you notice when you see this picture of the Yale Statistics Dept.

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Anonymous wrote:I was surprised that they were not all Asian males. I also expected to see more Jewish looking males.

For some reason, the Jewish dominance in the sciences seems to have gone away. It started to disappear in the 70s. Not sure why. Guess they assimilated into the main stream culture.

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Anonymous wrote:I noticed how people seem to be grouped by ethnicity and sex: three of the four white women standing together, seven of the nine white men standing together, asians pretty much all bunched up together in the middle.

I think, actually, that a lot of that is a function of putting tall people in the back and shorter people of front.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I noticed how people seem to be grouped by ethnicity and sex: three of the four white women standing together, seven of the nine white men standing together, asians pretty much all bunched up together in the middle.

I think, actually, that a lot of that is a function of putting tall people in the back and shorter people of front.

Aren't all the Jews entertainment lawyers or agents out in L.A.?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the Asian male at the front and center was cute.

I also wondered whether he sought out front and center - i.e., he likes being in the spotlight?

I then noticed he is virtually surrounded by girls.

I then thought he might be gay?

But he isn't dressed spiffy enought to be gay, right?

So is he the A personality or the mascot?

I think he's cute.

That's basically my thought process. Circular thinker, I guess, which is why I bombed by Statistics class in college. LOL.

Given that it's a posed photo, it means he's short. Duh!

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When I see this, I think that OP got rejected from the Yale Statistics Dept.

[Anonymous]

More women and overall a younger group than I would have expected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised that they were not all Asian males. I also expected to see more Jewish looking males.

For some reason, the Jewish dominance in the sciences seems to have gone away. It started to disappear in the 70s. Not sure why. Guess they assimilated into the main stream culture.

Isn't it because Jews are typically more verbal and articulate and not so much with Asians because of the culture and they usually haven't been in the US for many generations? So the Jews migrate to other fields and Asians stay in the sciences, where quant prowess seems to matter more.

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Anonymous wrote:We are starting to accumulate decent statistics on statisticians.

The emerging picture is that statiscally speaking, statisticians are all pretty ugly.

Yep. Now there are more normal looking people in STEM fields. But they usually aren't as smart, or even really smart, as the fug ones.

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[Anonymous]

I noticed the pretty chink girl in the middle with the short shorts first. Im a woman, btw

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I noticed the pretty chink girl in the middle with the short shorts first. Im a woman, btw

So racist. But funny

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Asians

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Anonymous wrote:I noticed the pretty chink girl in the middle with the short shorts first. Im a woman, btw

Also shows your age most people are too young to know this is a slur

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I noticed the pretty chink girl in the middle with the short shorts first. Im a woman, btw

Also shows your age most people are too young to know this is a slur

Haha not true. Im the poster you are quoting. I grew up in Los Angeles in the 90's and the term was used commonly during this time. Im 29 currently turning 30 next month.

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I counted 5 gals I wouldn't mind doing. Guess which ones?