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minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·8 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-up15·8 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-up13·8 hours agoI make a mode dish, by which I mean I perfectly replicate a McDonald’s hamburger.
minus-squareKlear@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoExcept you’ll call it “steamed ham”, right?
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoOh, no, I’m from Utica.
minus-squarePhoenixDog@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 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-up4·5 hours agoWhen your dish gets a rating of 3.6 Roentgen 💀
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 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?
What about a la mode?
Mm well that depends on how you define right in the middle of. You might be looking for a median dish instead.
I like my steak median rare.
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.
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.