Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 days agoHumans are obsessed with low probablility. From the rare picture to the rare poker hand to the sports hero, we love low odds.message-squaremessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareHumans are obsessed with low probablility. From the rare picture to the rare poker hand to the sports hero, we love low odds.Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareShellofbiomatter@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoMakes sense. I wouldn’t say being mediocre is bad, but each to their own.
minus-squareEffortlessGrace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days ago“Mediocrity” (sort of) implies “middling”, etymologically, which is what most people are. Average. Reminds me of some lyrics by the Foo Fighters, “There goes my hero; he’s ordinary.”
Makes sense. I wouldn’t say being mediocre is bad, but each to their own.
“Mediocrity” (sort of) implies “middling”, etymologically, which is what most people are. Average.
Reminds me of some lyrics by the Foo Fighters, “There goes my hero; he’s ordinary.”