Barnum's Law must be updated!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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First, I’m aware that historians now say it was one of Phineas Barnum’s rivals, not PT himself, who said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Second, it was probably a wild guess at best.

However, if it was true at the time:rolleyes:, it no longer is. Today, the population is larger and, even allowing for a smaller birth rate, there are a whole lot more babies being born every minute than in Mr. Barnum’s time.

With that in mind, there are now (wild guess) 4.3 suckers born every minute! :eek:

So, whaddya think? Is my wild guess any crazier than Barnum’s rival’s wild guess?

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I would change it to “A sucker goes online every minute.”

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How often is a human born? Well, very slightly less often than that.

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With very few exceptions, just once.