Mine hit me with the “We’re spending all this money on you now so you can’t grow up and say we didn’t spend money on you when your were a kid.”

  • Joe Dyrt
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    61 month ago

    Fifty percent of people are dumber than the average. Of course a much smaller percentage are REALLY effing dumb.

    • @Freshparsnip@lemm.ee
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      51 month ago

      “Think how stupid the average person is, then realize half the people are more stupid than that”- George Carlin

      • Max
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        21 month ago

        Shouldn’t it be the median person?

        • Joe Dyrt
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          11 month ago

          <shaking my head> Statistics majors! Whadda ya gonna do? But yes.

        • @steeznson@lemmy.world
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          21 month ago

          For some reason the conservatives in the UK are really keen on pointing out that the “silent majority are with [them]” on their policies. However, originally that phrase referred to the dead so it all sounds a bit strange when you keep that in mind.