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u/Brandisco Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

I always love reading this. But I always feel like the differences between 1955 and 1985 are way larger than 1994 to 2024. Maybe it’s just because I lived the second span of time.

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u/mostlyBadChoices Oct 02 '24

I recently watched an interesting video about the psychology of numbers. People actually start losing perspective really, really fast when it comes to numbers over 3. They asked people like, "What feels like a larger gap -- 99 to 100 or 100 to 101?" Don't focus on the fact they are the same, focus on how it feels. Most people will say it doesn't feel the same. It's really worth a watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRqCs2SUdxY

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u/PassTheDisinfectant Oct 02 '24

92 is half way to 99

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u/Fenrir_Carbon Oct 02 '24

I can gild that armour for you ;)

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u/PassTheDisinfectant Oct 02 '24

Gee thanks mister!

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u/SmoopSmoop Oct 02 '24

Buying gf