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		pavs on Oct 22, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ewww, You Use PHP? 63.5% of stats are made up on the spot.

davidwparker on Oct 22, 2010 [–]

He did say "But I still find 90% of..." as opposed to "90% of..." making it an opinion, not a pure statistic.

edit: that's not to say he didn't make up the statistic for his opinion.

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