Graphical depiction of the past 17 government shutdowns.

[SlipperySlope]

Here's an interesting graphic from the WP describing the past 17 US government shutdowns. I searched and couldn't find that it had been posted before; if it has, well, then here it is again:

[NightWatcher]

1. why that's as clear as mud

I thought info-graphics were meant to simplify things. The few people that don't know what's going on this time certainly won't understand it more from this.

[Orsino]

2. Leaves out the recent default threats, too.

I believe this is a disinfographic intended to tell us that this shutdown isn't a big deal.

[DireStrike]

3. Yeah, I'm afraid that's one of the worst graphics I've seen in my entire life.

I'm looking for good resources to explain the shutdown, and this isn't one of them.

[SlipperySlope]

4. Well, it made sense to me!

Two people have said it was unclear, so I'll take your word for it, but it made perfect sense to me.

[DireStrike]

5. It's not so much that it doesn't make sense as that it's not useful.

You can't see clearly how long the shutdowns were; the reason for each one isn't described, nor is the party that caused each one; there's a huge gap at the end that is left off for some reason. Much of this information could be put into a graphic like this one and it would be a lot better.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

6. I understand it. n/t