• Kirca@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    top 1.9% of only fans

    This is a complete aside, but does anyone feel like putting “top 2%” sounds better than “1.9”?

    Like when I hear top 2 percent I think wow this person is somewhere between 1.5 and 2% but 1.9 makes me think 1.90 to 1.99.

    Maybe it’s just me.

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      11 months ago

      That’s the idea behind significant figures in high school science

      1.9 is more precise because it has 2 significant figures

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    11 months ago

    Second user’s name: “Warm beer is a war crime”

    Klok fans: “Now listen here you tyfusleijer”

    context

    Klok is a Dutch beer, where a common meme is “een man van cultuur drinkt zijn Klok op kamertemperatuur,” i.e. a man of culture drinks their Klok at room temperature.

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      11 months ago

      Then, there’s most of the rest of the world where neither of those words mean anything, heteronormative or otherwise. I guess have heard of topping pot plants, though…