just messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two words

https://lemmy.world/post/16432636

just messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two words - Lemmy.World

is this not just a manifestation of the law of large numbers?
Idk, maybe, I just thought it was dumb and funny
Coincides with the release of Broke Back Mountain pretty well actually….

Why the law of large numbers?

I’d think it’s p-hacking. Meaning if he tried out many different combinations, the chances are high he’d eventually come across some which are only correlated by chance. Here’s a related XKCD: