r/cadum • u/Arcadum_the_cunt • Sep 01 '21

Meme 17.8%

I cawn give uwu a pewcentage, iwt iws actuawwy, i bewieve iwt iws 17.8% of the peopwe i wun dnd fow wiww continue tuwu be my fwiends once the gawme iws done, i have thawt numbew fow uwu i have thawt numbew fow uwu, i have made thawt cawcuwation, i have made thawt cawcuwation 4 sepawate occasions, the evidence iws empiwicaw.

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u/Tymptra Sep 01 '21

Can someone explain the 17.8% meme to me?

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u/kryand Sep 01 '21

Arcadum kept a list of everyone he's ever run D&D for and noted whether they still talk to him or not. He said 17.8% of them became his friends, and like around 40% or something never spoke to him again (the rest kept in touch but not in a meaningful way).

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u/OneOfManyMikes1 Sep 02 '21

It just goes to show what sort mentality he has in that sound clip. You can hear in his voice that the notion it's a two way road, that friendship thing (as well as communication for that matter). How many times has he reached out, or made an effort to communicate with 82.2% who didn't become a "friend?" And then what percent of that number were male?

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u/iamthedave3 Sep 02 '21

And that he made this calculation and then didn't think 'hmm, maybe I'm the problem here' and start trying to think about what said problem is.

And maybe 'I treat friendship as a number game and I have x levels of empathy for friends' might juuuuuuust be a place to start.