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minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·13 hours agoI assumed a mean dish was one that was right in the middle of the statistical data points for that dish. Did math lie to me?
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·13 hours agoMm well that depends on how you define right in the middle of. You might be looking for a median dish instead.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 hours agoI make a mode dish, by which I mean I perfectly replicate a McDonald’s hamburger.
minus-squareKlear@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours agoExcept you’ll call it “steamed ham”, right?
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoOh, no, I’m from Utica.
minus-squarePhoenixDog@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours agoBecause “I make a perfectly average dish that is neither great nor terrible” doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.
minus-squaremarduk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 hours agoWhen your dish gets a rating of 3.6 Roentgen 💀
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours ago3.6. Not great, not terrible.
I assumed a mean dish was one that was right in the middle of the statistical data points for that dish. Did math lie to me?
Mm well that depends on how you define right in the middle of. You might be looking for a median dish instead.
I make a mode dish, by which I mean I perfectly replicate a McDonald’s hamburger.
Pie à la Mode?
Except you’ll call it “steamed ham”, right?
Oh, no, I’m from Utica.
I like my steak median rare.
What about a la mode?
Because “I make a perfectly average dish that is neither great nor terrible” doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.
When your dish gets a rating of 3.6 Roentgen 💀
3.6. Not great, not terrible.