[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Okay, this probably should be a DC statement, so I'll spoiler it. I think it's relevant enough that I'll take the hit if I need to delete it.

Spoiler!

And it's a way for people to make money, even if they know it's untrue.

I have an older relative who is constantly spouting off "facts" that he's heard that are not even close to being accurate, but they frighten and concern him so he keep watching those scummy people to "learn more" about these fake issues.

My favorite one recently is about how immigrants are overrunning the country. He informed me with certainty that 80 percent of Arkansas' population is now Hispanic (and presumably illegal immigrants).

Arkansas' population is 9 percent Hispanic. This is about a quarter million people. He's only off by 71 percent.

To get to 80 percent Hispanic, you'd have to add 11 million Hispanic people to Arkansas' current population of 3 million people. And if you do that and then add the same proportion to Texas (not even counting any other state), Arkansas and Texas would be absorbing 116 million people, which is almost the entire population of Mexico.

The very concept is absurd to any reasonable person, but he won't believe me because "the television" said otherwise.

I don't disagree with anything you said, but I'm now distracted by the possessive form of Arkansas. I'm pretty sure that the right answer is technically "Arkansas's" but I have no idea how one would say that aloud...