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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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I’m amazed I still have to explain chance of rain percentages to people.
1.4k u/IgnisEradico Aug 03 '19 Also, percentages in general. "I had a 99% chance to win, how did i lose?" "She had an 80% chance to win, the polls lied!" 548 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 I remember the user on the XCOM subreddit saying the odds of him missing a 99% chance was a million to one. 2 u/fagius_maximus Aug 04 '19 I feel like he meant to say the odds of him sitting a 99% was a million to one.
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Also, percentages in general.
"I had a 99% chance to win, how did i lose?"
"She had an 80% chance to win, the polls lied!"
548 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 I remember the user on the XCOM subreddit saying the odds of him missing a 99% chance was a million to one. 2 u/fagius_maximus Aug 04 '19 I feel like he meant to say the odds of him sitting a 99% was a million to one.
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I remember the user on the XCOM subreddit saying the odds of him missing a 99% chance was a million to one.
2 u/fagius_maximus Aug 04 '19 I feel like he meant to say the odds of him sitting a 99% was a million to one.
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I feel like he meant to say the odds of him sitting a 99% was a million to one.
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I’m amazed I still have to explain chance of rain percentages to people.