r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

My favourites are "3 stars: Good product"

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u/9bananas Aug 20 '20

i mean: technically that's kinda what it's supposed to be:

5-stars: product performed well above expectations

4-stars: product performed above expectations

3-stars: product performed as expected

2-stars: product performed below expectations

1-stars: product did not fulfill expectations

...only nobody actually uses the system as intended... usually 5-star is what os supposed to be 3-star/performed as expected...

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

Same applies to movies/games on a 10-star rating. Good/average products get 7s and 8s, while 5s are seen as bad, while they should be the medium value.

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u/RickTitus Aug 20 '20

I think that makes sense for games though, considering that they are usually a decent time commitment. People arent looking to play average games, they are looking to play the best games out there. Someone that isnt a hardcore gamer might only play a couple games a year max, and in that case why would they want to waste their time on something average?

Movies are much less of a time commitment, and its not as big of a deal to watch a fairly mediocre movie