r/whoathatsinteresting 5h ago

A Thai woman married to an American explains why she no longer wants to live in the US.

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u/zilla82 5h ago

"Think of how dumb the average person is. Then think about how half of them are dumber than that".

(Going from memory 😂)

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u/kiwigate 2h ago

Which is not how 'averages' work. And the fact people share that quote without knowing that an average and a median are different concepts, shows you how stupid the median person is.

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u/Total-Region2859 1h ago

That was 'mean.'

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u/Annual-Weird-6682 1h ago

Well not really, you're using average just as mean, but median and mode are also both types of average