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[–] grue@lemmy.world 113 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Of the ~100 billion humans who have ever lived, ~8 billion of them are still alive. Therefore, your chance of dying is only 92%, not 100%.

[–] Funkytom467@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah but no one of them survived the ~~116th~~ 122th year.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

These things are always subject to challenge but as I understand the oldest 'verified' person to have ever lived was 122 when they died.

[–] Funkytom467@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Ho yes you're right, just checked and that was Jeanne Calment.

[–] DanglingFury@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I'm going full Bilbo Baggins is i make it to 111 years old

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] diffcalculus@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Not if Mike Tyson says it

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 5 points 8 months ago

Big (soft) brain moment

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Who knows, at some point we might figure out how to stop/reverse aging, so your chance of dying (in the foreseeable future) is not 100%, only very close to it

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 95 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The average person has fewer than two legs.

[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 47 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Some women have four legs. It's a temporary condition, but I gander that it's common enough to offset the amputees.

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago (5 children)

What happens if I put my foot up your ass? Whose foot is it in this equation?

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Depends, do you have control of it once it's in? If not, then it's probably still the other person's, they're just using you as a shoe.

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I've been told he's tight, so my foot will probably get numb due to the contractions.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Doesn’t matter, the total amount stays the same

[–] thurstylark@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] tslnox@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago

Looks like your ass is next in line.

[–] tslnox@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago

Red Foreman's, obviously.

[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 1 points 8 months ago

Who is providing oxygen and nutrients to your foot?

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I saw your dad last night and he also temporarily had four legs so I guess he helped offset the amputeess too

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 62 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Unless there's a lot of dudes with 3 it really is less than 1 on average.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/737923/us-population-by-gender/

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Shut up before we start talking about p values...

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did you just assume my p-values!?

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No, but I know what you LSmean

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

Damn girl, your bell curves are statistically significant

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Let's all calm down, and have some Chi at the square.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 38 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

4 out of 5 participants enjoy gang rape

[–] red_pigeon@lemm.ee 33 points 8 months ago (1 children)

68% of statistical facts are incorrect, including this one

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

They say 3 percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their brain, 97 percent use 3 percent and the rest goes down the drain

[–] Deello@lemm.ee 27 points 8 months ago

So in other words I'm above average

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

If we’re including all humans, the mean is likely below 1, the median is possibly 1 and possibly 0, and the mode is probably 0.

If we’re limiting to the male sex, then the mode and median are probably 2, and the mean somewhere between 1 and 2.

[–] Zatore@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm partially responsible for this stat

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Zatore@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ya, but I'm also why the number is less than two

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

By being female or through loss?

Cuz I mean roughly half the population of the US has zero by default and they are included in this statistic. So for them you may also be part of why the number is greater than zero.

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Or through parenting, perhaps?

If you personally have two, but have two kids with zero, you're responsible for lowering the average to one, or lower depending on how we account for your partner's contribution

[–] notoftenthat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Unfortunate encounter with a Laplander.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

In a few months I'll be doing my part to lower the average

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

best of luck with your lopemoffomy

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

Somehow never heard that term before but I'm here for it

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago
[–] W3dd1e@programming.dev 7 points 8 months ago

For every snake on Earth, there is one snake dick. Half of all snakes are female.

[–] greencactus@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I am doing my part!

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

He didn't dare talk to Razek about an average of one hand. Otherwise the medics would have been very busy.