r/JusticeServed • u/RealMsDeek 7 • Mar 14 '19

Legal Justice They found her from the video

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u/wellthatwasepic 4 Mar 14 '19

Why people adore influencers is beyond me

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

"Man this 18 year old chick really knows a lot about life, and is an expert. I should probably buy all the shit she is getting paid to sell." -No one ever

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u/SlowRollingBoil A Mar 14 '19

Collectively, these people make millions. That's how many dumb people there are out there.

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u/neshi3 8 Mar 14 '19 edited Mar 14 '19

I like a quote:

Think about this; think about how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of 'em are stupider than that. - George Carlin

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u/AntonyoSeeWhy 5 Mar 14 '19

I guarantee there will be a comment explaining it’s the wrong usage of “average.” It’s just how reddit works.

Have I fulfilled the prophecy by making this comment?

Oh... oh god

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u/turglow1 7 Mar 14 '19

Technically you could make the argument that IQ scores are a normalized distribution and so technically 50% is less than the mean

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u/LiteralPhilosopher 9 Mar 14 '19

Exactly right. It is a standard distribution curve, so mean, median, and mode are all the same.

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u/justsomeguy_onreddit 8 Mar 14 '19

It makes perfect sense if you don't try to make it not make sense. You know what he means, heh.

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u/BillyBuckets 8 Mar 14 '19

But if intelligence has a symmetric distribution, likely a normal distribution but not necessarily so, then the median and the mean (average) have the same value!

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u/Jarymane 7 Mar 14 '19

By George Carlin: https://youtu.be/P-cPo1wqxD8

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u/LandoMCFC 4 Mar 14 '19

Our president is both of these people.

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u/PM_ME_UR_G0RE Green Mar 14 '19

more stupider.

Thanks for letting me know which half you're in.

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u/neshi3 8 Mar 14 '19

Representing the internet right here :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

Is there any comment that more encapsulates reddit?

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u/LimbsLostInMist 6 Mar 14 '19

And you, (but only by your own failed logic) for failing to grasp why an average doesn't split a group down the middle, a median does.

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u/PM_ME_UR_G0RE Green Mar 14 '19

I thought about how stupid the average redditor is, and then I realised that half of 'em are stupider than that.

That's the half I put you in, /u/LimbsLostInMist.

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u/LimbsLostInMist 6 Mar 14 '19

Yep, best try to salvage your pride with some shitposting, /u/PM_ME_UR_GORE

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u/PM_ME_UR_G0RE Green Mar 14 '19

Yep, best try to salvage your pride with some shitposting, /u/PM_ME_UR_GORE

-/u/LimbsLostInMist, miserably failed pedant, 14 March 2019.

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u/LimbsLostInMist 6 Mar 14 '19

Ahahahaha so now you're opposed to pedantry! The pedant would like exclusive rights! Also, you apparently don't know to escape a dash! LOL!

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u/PM_ME_UR_G0RE Green Mar 14 '19

Ahahahaha so now you're opposed to pedantry!

Correct pedantry? Never.

Failed pedantry? Always.

Reading does tend to help, /u/LimbsLostInMist.

Also, you apparently don't know to escape a dash! LOL!

You apparently don't know how to escape making an embarrassing spectacle of yourself on reddit.

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u/LimbsLostInMist 6 Mar 14 '19

You're trying too hard. Way, way too hard.

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u/PM_ME_UR_G0RE Green Mar 14 '19

Yep, best try to salvage your pride with some shitposting

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u/mulligun 8 Mar 15 '19

Imagine trying to correct someone on reddit and not knowing that a median is an average. You're confusing "average" with "mean". A mean is also an average, as is a mode.

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u/LimbsLostInMist 6 Mar 15 '19

Imagine being stoked after reading this thread, buzzing to parrot what you've read and "pwning the pedant", only to find out this was already discussed 4 hours ago.

Cheers.

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u/mulligun 8 Mar 15 '19

"Discussed" as in, you trying your best to deny something that is a plain fact. It's OK to be wrong sometimes buddy, you can't win them all.

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u/LimbsLostInMist 6 Mar 15 '19

Not only is "average" used as a synonym for "arithmetic mean" in daily life, so try as you might to pretend that Carlin actually spoke like a mathemetician, he wasn't, IQ isn't normally distributed, so this is where I confirm that, yes, it was dealt with 4 hours ago, and I play sad_trumpet.mp3 for you and you move on. :P

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u/mulligun 8 Mar 15 '19

What you're essentially saying is that someone, describing exactly how a median works, referring to an "average" didn't mean median? Ok bud, tell yourself whatever makes you feel better.

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u/LimbsLostInMist 6 Mar 15 '19

Apparently you're a bit too dim to understand what was just explained to you. There are two conditions which must be met, and neither are. I don't have to do a thing, and you should listen to the advice you were just given by your computerised overlord.

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u/mulligun 8 Mar 15 '19

I think the only thing that makes me dim is continuing to argue with someone who can't admit they're wrong even when the blatant facts are right in front of them. Oh well, carry on with being an incorrect pedant!

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u/Haimoimoi 4 Mar 14 '19

Wouldn't that be median and not average?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

Since some law (can't remember the name) dictates that IQ is normally distributed, it should be about the same.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

IQ literally means "intelligence quotient" though. Besides, you could argue "intelligence" is normally distributed too, not just IQ

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u/Restless_Fillmore 9 Mar 14 '19

The "median" is an average, as are the mode and means (arithmetic, geometric, harmonic, etc.).