The Picard ManeuverM to Lemmy [email protected] • 1 month ago1 in 3 peoplelemmy.worldmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1347
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minus-square@ReallyActuallyFrankensteinlinkEnglish13•1 month agoI’m having a particularly braindead morning. Mario and Luigi are two people. 1 in 3 leaves the possibility of a third person being ugly and both Mario and Luigi being not ugly. Why does Mario conclude Luigi is ugly based on the 1 in 3 comment?
minus-squaresubignitionlinkfedilink47•1 month agoThey’re looking at the reader and concluding they’re not ugly
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•1 month agoThank you for the explanation! I am also wondering why the “L” on Luigi’s hat is backwards.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoIndeed, but that’s harder to observe casually.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•1 month agoIt was dawn by Luigi who was modelling in front of a mirror. It’s the only logical explanation.
minus-squareThe Picard ManeuverOPMlinkfedilink12•1 month agoThe meme usually ends with them looking at you, the reader, then concluding “it must be 1 in 4” because you’re clearly not ugly.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 month agoIt’s okay, I must be particularly silly this morning because I’m laughing at it way too hard
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoI mean if you really trying to make sense of it, it doesn’t anyway, that’s not how statistics works.
I’m having a particularly braindead morning. Mario and Luigi are two people. 1 in 3 leaves the possibility of a third person being ugly and both Mario and Luigi being not ugly. Why does Mario conclude Luigi is ugly based on the 1 in 3 comment?
They’re looking at the reader and concluding they’re not ugly
Thank you for the explanation!
I am also wondering why the “L” on Luigi’s hat is backwards.
Don’t worry, the m is backwards too
Indeed, but that’s harder to observe casually.
¯\(ツ)/¯
It was dawn by Luigi who was modelling in front of a mirror. It’s the only logical explanation.
That is a spectacular theory.
Ahhhhhhhh!
The meme usually ends with them looking at you, the reader, then concluding “it must be 1 in 4” because you’re clearly not ugly.
It’s okay, I must be particularly silly this morning because I’m laughing at it way too hard
I mean if you really trying to make sense of it, it doesn’t anyway, that’s not how statistics works.