Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 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-square22fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down13
arrow-up171arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareShellofbiomatter@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoMakes sense. I wouldn’t say being mediocre is bad, but each to their own.
minus-squareEffortlessGrace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 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.”
minus-squarefolkrav@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoSomething being rare doesn’t make it inherently mediocre.
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.”
Something being rare doesn’t make it inherently mediocre.