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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Err... im not sure everyone in this thread is getting the joke?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That the bottom 25% of scorers in standardized tests are in the bottom quartile of the distribution, which is literally defined as the bottom 25%, but the Twitter user seems to be using that fact to justify something yet he's literally just stating a fact?

The bottom 25% will always exist and there will always be 25% of the results contained within it.

Not sure how anyone doesn't get it, but this Twitter screenshot exists, so there's that.

Oh, sorry, this "x" exists. Dumb fucking name.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am I misreading this or are you doubling down on not getting it’s satire?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I like you kid, you've got grit.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The twitter account is a satire account. They're trying to stir the pot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

But have you considered that a whopping 25% of satire posts are in the bottom quartile on the funniness bell curve?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't forget that about half the population have an IQ below average

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the average IQ is already pretty low.

Good thing that IQ numbers are largely pointless.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Money doesn't matter" – rich people

"Look doesn't matter" – beautiful people

"IQ doesn't matter" – intelligent people

Edit: "IQ is important" – high IQ people

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Intelligence matters. Just that IQ number is not a very good indicator of intelligence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's my intended joke: intelligent people see that IQ is bullshit while high IQ people don't (implying there is no overlap)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You sound like you're at the top of the bell curve

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Poe's law is a bitch.