BAD//GRAPHS

mundane statistics, rendered like they matter.
a live feed of the great gender divergence — men ◼ / women ◼

THE LONELINESS WAVEFORM

Two signals, one lifetime. Young men transmit alone (63% single at 18–29); the channels cross in midlife; old women end the broadcast solo (51% unpartnered at 65+).

SRC: PEW RESEARCH 2022 · CENSUS CPS 2023 · MIDLIFE INTERPOLATED

FAILURE-TO-LAUNCH ORBITAL SYSTEM

Every particle is a young adult. Gravity is a childhood bedroom. Escape velocity is rent. Men hold lower orbit longer at every age.

SRC: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU 2022–23

THE CROSSOVER

Two rivers of bachelor's degrees. In 1982 they switched beds — and never switched back. Women now take 58% of degrees, and among 25–34s lead 47% to 37% in attainment.

SRC: NCES DIGEST TABLE 318.10 · PEW 2024

THE GREAT FILTER

Every digit is a right-swipe falling toward the filter. The median man converts 2.0% into matches; the median woman, 41%. On Hinge the male attention economy has a Gini of 0.542 — roughly the 8th most unequal country on earth.

SRC: SWIPESTATS · TYSON ET AL. 2016 · HINGE INTERNAL VIA QUARTZ — APP-SCRAPED, NOT OFFICIAL

THE DROUGHT

Rainfall = intimacy. The forecast for 18–29-year-olds has halved into a dry season: sexlessness doubled from 12% (2010) to ~24% (2024).

SRC: GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEY / IFS 2024

THE RIFT

Since 2001, young women drifted from 28% to 40% liberal self-ID. Young men didn't move. The plate boundary is opening at ~0.5 pts/year.

SRC: GALLUP 2024 · FT/BURN-MURDOCH FULL-SPREAD ≈ 30 PTS

SIGNAL LOSS

A man's constellation, replayed on loop: 1990 → 2021. Six-plus close friends collapsed 55% → 27%. Zero-friend nodes quintupled, 3% → 15%.

SRC: SURVEY CENTER ON AMERICAN LIFE 2021 vs GALLUP 1990