Because “I make a perfectly average dish that is neither great nor terrible” doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.
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Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 days ago
I assumed a mean dish was one that was right in the middle of the statistical data points for that dish. Did math lie to me?
PhoenixDog@piefed.ca 6 days ago
marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
When your dish gets a rating of 3.6 Roentgen 💀
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
3.6. Not great, not terrible.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
What about a la mode?
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
Mm well that depends on how you define right in the middle of. You might be looking for a median dish instead.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I make a mode dish, by which I mean I perfectly replicate a McDonald’s hamburger.
Klear@quokk.au 6 days ago
Except you’ll call it “steamed ham”, right?
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Oh, no, I’m from Utica.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 5 days ago
Pie à la Mode?
jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
I like my steak median rare.