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Someone doesn't understand how averages work. And that someone is Bill Mitchell -- (link)

Posted by TWuG Apr 21 '20, 08:24

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https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1252592134265475073?s=20 (twitter.com)

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Even mathematically, he’s wrong. Down to the penny, 30.38 is an even number, not an uneven one. - Will Hunting Apr 21, 09:16 6
- Technically it’s a rational number -- nm - JackDawson Apr 21, 09:24 4
  - This the first intersection of Bill Mitchell and rational in the same discussion without a clear ‘not’ in the middle. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 09:28
  - if someone figures out a way to donate an irrational amount of money, that'll be something. -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 09:28 2
    - (this feels like it'd be a concept in a Terry Prachett novel) -- nm - Reagen Apr 21, 09:30 1
      - I’m sure B.S. Johnson figured it out at some point. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 09:39
- Yeah, he should have used ( ), not "," for his pennies comment. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:20
So the mode is foreign donations? Median is China? -- nm - VMan Apr 21, 08:44
I award him no points and may God have mercy on his soul. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 21, 08:43
Or they assume their audience won’t stop a second to think about it. -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 08:31
Some of the responses are great. And if that dude is serious, he’s..........I just can’t. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 21, 08:31
All I really learned is that some people live on Twitter. And that can’t be good. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 08:30
math is hard TWuG -- nm - decline Apr 21, 08:26
Damn those average people! -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 08:25

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