lemonadebunny to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-square214fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down111
arrow-up1345arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square214fedilink
minus-square@quinnly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoThe average person has one fallopian tube
minus-square@jbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years ago"The average person has… " is very different from “People on average have…”. I suspect you meant the second, but sometimes people truly mean the first. The difference doesn’t matter until it very suddenly matters. 😉
minus-square@quinnly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoI was actually quoting Bo Burnham, it’s a direct quote from his 2010 special Words Words Words
The average person has one fallopian tube
"The average person has… " is very different from “People on average have…”.
I suspect you meant the second, but sometimes people truly mean the first.
The difference doesn’t matter until it very suddenly matters. 😉
I was actually quoting Bo Burnham, it’s a direct quote from his 2010 special Words Words Words