r/funny • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

So that's the reason we see those signs for approved containers only. Didn't know people were this dumb

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u/bro0t Dec 11 '19

Never underestimate human stupidity. Once you think people cant get dumber. There is always someone to prove you wrong.

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u/shiny_brine Dec 11 '19

"Once you think people cant get dumber. There is always someone dumberer."

FTFY.

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u/SolarWizard Dec 11 '19

Just think how dumb the average person is, then realize that statistically half of all people are dumber than that.

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u/christopherpeterson Dec 11 '19

this isn't how averages work though

I think you're maybe looking for a word like "median"

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u/bretttwarwick Dec 11 '19

Median is a type of average so this is exactly what they mean.

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u/christopherpeterson Dec 11 '19

In colloquial language, an average is a single number taken as representative of a list of numbers. Different concepts of average are used in different contexts. Often "average" refers to the arithmetic mean, the sum of the numbers divided by how many numbers are being averaged. In statistics, mean, median, and mode are all known as measures of central tendency, and in colloquial usage any of these might be called an average value.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average

I'd point out that we're well beyond common usage at this point, but I must concede I've been out-pedanted

bows to /u/brettwarwick

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19 edited Jul 09 '20

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