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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by robgibbons on Monday January 18, 2016 @10:05PM (#10928642)
If success is being better than average, then not everyone could enjoy it, or else success would just be the average.
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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by throwaway2048 on Monday January 18, 2016 @10:17PM (#10928682)
>99% everyone on earth has more than the statistical mean amount of legs.
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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by digbyloftus on Monday January 18, 2016 @11:33PM (#10928892)
Statistical mean would seem like a poor choice in determining average in that case then.
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Re:All Hollowed Out: The lonely poverty of America’s white w... by pyre on Monday January 18, 2016 @10:09PM (#10928653)
I think that @sliverstorm was conveying that idea via sarcasm.
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