4 ms·
I don't disagree, but my response was directed to someone who was commenting on the average American. Didn't seem reasonable to interpret them differently just
by SeanAnderson 3y ago
I don't disagree, but my response was directed to someone who was commenting on the average American. Didn't seem reasonable to interpret them differently just to build a more convincing answer.
- playingalong 3y ago"The average American" could easily be interpreted as the median.
- SeanAnderson 3y agofair enough
- pseudalopex 3y agoAverage person means median usually. Average expense could be either. HN guidelines say respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says.[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html