The Picard Maneuver to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 4 months agoIt doesn't quite work any other waylemmy.worldimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1655arrow-down117
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minus-square@asexualchangeling@lemmy.mllinkfedilink10•4 months agoI definitely have been known to use a variety of percentages depending on the situation
minus-square@Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoI answer like that when someone asks me if I’m sure about something. I only answer in increments of 5, though.
minus-square@Honytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink3•4 months agoYeah, being too specific just raises more questions in people. If I say I am 92.6% sure, they look at me funny.
minus-square@morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink5•4 months agoIf you ask me at what time we should meet, there’s a 78.8174% chance I’ll say somethink like “8:51” or “12:27”, then i message you shortly before and say “sorry I might be 17 seconds late” (but I’ll make a point coming precisely at the time I said)
I definitely have been known to use a variety of percentages depending on the situation
I answer like that when someone asks me if I’m sure about something. I only answer in increments of 5, though.
Yeah, being too specific just raises more questions in people.
If I say I am 92.6% sure, they look at me funny.
If you ask me at what time we should meet, there’s a 78.8174% chance I’ll say somethink like “8:51” or “12:27”, then i message you shortly before and say “sorry I might be 17 seconds late” (but I’ll make a point coming precisely at the time I said)
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