I hope he signed up for it cause otherwise someone's got some 'splainin' to do!

So this is all a question of comparison, right? Most things, most of the time, are "better" than some things and "worse" than some other things -- it just depends which things you choose to examine. I took this poster as using a shorter comparison window and trying to spread some potential cheer. You, on the other hand, seem like a glass half empty person -- which is fine, too! Neither of you are wrong, but for myself, I'm going to enjoy the small win. 😊

Well to be fair the article does make this pretty clear.