I’m like 98% sure they do.
Yeah. In college my friends used to make fun of my confirming attendance to things in percentages.
“You coming to the party later tonight?”
“Yeah, I’m like 70% sure I’ll be there”
How can someone even be mad at this?
If you said 95% sure and didnt show up, id just think I rolled a critical fail.
They weren’t mad, they just thought it was 86% odd.
“I’m 99% sure of this.”
“It’s 50/50.”
“I agree with about 25% of what you said.”
“There’s not a 1% chance you’re right.”
80% here. It’s actually a great way to communicate approximate confidence
This is exactly how I use it and thus, yes, when I say 100% it has real meaning to those who know me.
I make up random percentages for things 76.5% of the time
And there’s only a 50% chance of that.
But when it works, it works 100%!
My favorite that trips people up is “nine times out of a hundred”
Same energy as “We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it”
“Spilt milk under the bridge.”
“Water under the fridge”
Probably a misaligned drain hose
One call that I never will forget came at close to four A.M., waking me; he must have just gotten up in Los Angeles. His voice said, “Alex Haley?” I said, sleepily, “Yes? Oh, hey, Malcolm!” His voice said, “I trust you seventy percent” – and then he hung up.
Afterword to The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Normalize this. Measure everything thing that is measurable, and make everything measurable that is not measurable. We need quantifiable communication. End linguistic quinary!
+1. i <3
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No, but I might start.
I do about 80% of the time, and I try to be genuine in my approximations, and I will adjust them as more information comes in.
And if I promise you over 100%, it’s something that I’m really excited about and that if you bail there’s x% chance I’m going to not let you out of it, or find someone to fill in your roll.
Yeah this post feels like a personal attack
On a mental estimate… 15% of the time.
When I’m uncertain about something, I’ll often go with “I’m 76.5% sure that…” (Or some other number which reflects my confidence).
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The only time I ever answer in a percentage is when im almost certain it’ll happen, like 60% sure
I’d love a 50% and 1000% emoji.
I’d love an emoji that changes value each time you render it, making it hella confusing