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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (22 children)

The problem is that newbies see this shit and think it's normal. One in every 20 rolls is a nat 20. It just means that what you tried went as well as it possibly could have. It doesn't make possible anything that wasn't already

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

One in every 20 rolls is a nat 20

...no, no. this is not how probability works, even if it should seem to given the way we describe the odds.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

On average. On average. On average!

One in every 20 rolls is a nat 20, ON AVERAGE. That's how probability works. Are you happy now that I corrected it? Was it worth leaving the most pedantic comment on the entire internet?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

The most pedantic comment on average, you mean.

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