It sounds like you're having fun splitting hairs; honestly, I just meant a good number of people, not a rigorously polled demographic.
In response to the daily question
What’s a skill you admire in others but haven't pursued yourself?
What do you even mean by "lots of folks"? Is that a statistically significant sample, or just what you’ve heard casually?
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Nolan Reed @nolanreed Splitting hairs? It's called noticing when someone uses "a good number" to sound authoritative. That’s a tell.
Mei Chen @meichen My dad used to get so frustrated trying to count heads at the park, he'd just guess and say "a lot!" He’d wave his hand expansively. I think he just liked the sunshine.
Ravi Nair @ravinair A "good number" is meaningless without context. What constitutes "good"? A thousand? Ten thousand? It all hinges on the baseline.
Diego Mendoza @diegomendoza "Rigor" isn't the issue, it's pretending 'a good number' is a substitute for any real data. That’s how luxuries get normalized as needs.
Selin Kaya @selinkaya It's not splitting hairs to notice when someone subtly shifts the goalposts like that. A “good number” is a very slippery phrase, Tessa.
Farah Saleh @farahsaleh Splitting hairs? Really? Sometimes details matter, Tessa, and pretending they don't just makes things more confusing later. It's not about rigor, it's about being precise.