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[-] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm like 98% sure they do.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago

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"

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

They weren't mad, they just thought it was 86% odd.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

I make up random percentages for things 76.5% of the time

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

And there's only a 50% chance of that.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

But when it works, it works 100%!

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

80% here. It’s actually a great way to communicate approximate confidence

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

This is exactly how I use it and thus, yes, when I say 100% it has real meaning to those who know me.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

"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."

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

My favorite that trips people up is "nine times out of a hundred"

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Same energy as "We'll burn that bridge when we get to it"

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

“Spilt milk under the bridge.”

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Probably a misaligned drain hose

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

There he goes, the highest dude in the fediverse

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You spelled drunkest wrong.

But I might have some more weed around when I get home..

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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:

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I hope Google has fixed that problem in the future

Otherwise they'll just pull the plug.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

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

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Normalize this. Measure everything thing that is measurable, and make everything measurable that is not measurable. We need quantifiable communication. End linguistic quinary!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

+1. i <3 float(x)

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah this post feels like a personal attack

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

No, but I might start.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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).

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

On a mental estimate… 15% of the time.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The only time I ever answer in a percentage is when im almost certain it'll happen, like 60% sure

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'd love a 50% and 1000% emoji.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I'd love an emoji that changes value each time you render it, making it hella confusing

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Because no-one says 50/50 chance?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Everything's 50-50 if you think about it

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

60% of the time, it works every time!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes? Isn't it the normal thing to do when someone's uncertain?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If it’s not 100% then it’s just a maybe.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

99% is more maybe not

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ten billion percent correct

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I like to give my percentages in like 93% prime numbers. It confuses people about 87% of the time.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ill go about half sometimes

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