I'm like 98% sure they do.
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Yeah. In college my friends used to make fun of my confirming attendance to things in percentages.
"You coming to the party later tonight?"
"Yeah, I'm like 70% sure I'll be there"
How can someone even be mad at this?
If you said 95% sure and didnt show up, id just think I rolled a critical fail.
They weren't mad, they just thought it was 86% odd.
80% here. It’s actually a great way to communicate approximate confidence
This is exactly how I use it and thus, yes, when I say 100% it has real meaning to those who know me.
I make up random percentages for things 76.5% of the time
And there's only a 50% chance of that.
But when it works, it works 100%!
"I'm 99% sure of this."
"It's 50/50."
"I agree with about 25% of what you said."
"There's not a 1% chance you're right."
My favorite that trips people up is "nine times out of a hundred"
Same energy as "We'll burn that bridge when we get to it"
“Spilt milk under the bridge.”
Did you know that only 23% of social media users know how to sharpen a pencil?
And that's an absolute fact. I absolutely 110% pulled that fact out of my ass.
There he goes, the highest dude in the fediverse
You spelled drunkest wrong.
But I might have some more weed around when I get home..
In the future,
User: why does the pencil break every time I sharpen it?
GPT models: Statistics, that pulled out of the ass, shows that only 23% of social media users know how to properly sharpen a pencil. This is mainly due to lack of training. Let me help you with the steps:
I hope Google has fixed that problem in the future
Otherwise they'll just pull the plug.
Given that every time my friend uses my can opener she has to ask me or figure out how to use it, I believe there are plenty of adults who don't know how to sharpen a pencil.
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One call that I never will forget came at close to four A.M., waking me; he must have just gotten up in Los Angeles. His voice said, "Alex Haley?" I said, sleepily, "Yes? Oh, hey, Malcolm!" His voice said, "I trust you seventy percent" -- and then he hung up.
Afterword to The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Normalize this. Measure everything thing that is measurable, and make everything measurable that is not measurable. We need quantifiable communication. End linguistic quinary!
+1. i <3 float(x)
I do about 80% of the time, and I try to be genuine in my approximations, and I will adjust them as more information comes in.
And if I promise you over 100%, it's something that I'm really excited about and that if you bail there's x% chance I'm going to not let you out of it, or find someone to fill in your roll.
Yeah this post feels like a personal attack
No, but I might start.
I definitely have been known to use a variety of percentages depending on the situation
I answer like that when someone asks me if I'm sure about something. I only answer in increments of 5, though.
Yeah, being too specific just raises more questions in people.
If I say I am 92.6% sure, they look at me funny.
If you ask me at what time we should meet, there's a 78.8174% chance I'll say somethink like "8:51" or "12:27", then i message you shortly before and say "sorry I might be 17 seconds late" (but I'll make a point coming precisely at the time I said)
Bookmaker gives estimates
When I'm uncertain about something, I'll often go with "I'm 76.5% sure that..." (Or some other number which reflects my confidence).
On a mental estimate… 15% of the time.
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The only time I ever answer in a percentage is when im almost certain it'll happen, like 60% sure
I'd love a 50% and 1000% emoji.
I'd love an emoji that changes value each time you render it, making it hella confusing
Because no-one says 50/50 chance?
Everything's 50-50 if you think about it
60% of the time, it works every time!
23%!
Yes? Isn't it the normal thing to do when someone's uncertain?
If it’s not 100% then it’s just a maybe.
99% is more maybe not
There are a lot of questions and statements with nuanced answers and replies, such as this exact exchange we're currently experiencing. 100% therefor indicates that you would have captured the concept perfectly as it relates to both of our relative experiences, without anything to correct or add.
Ten billion percent correct
I like to give my percentages in like 93% prime numbers. It confuses people about 87% of the time.
Ill go about half sometimes
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