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If I get 50 up/downvotes then 500 people of all different walks of life read this, since only the distribution's tails vote. If that's 5-10% at each tail, then the 80-90% who thought the post or comment was mild have seen it and have not spoken.

If I leave it in the showerthoughts queue for ten days, then future people will see it too. Maybe they're from a year away!

Idk. Just sonder

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[–] willow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Like when you tell someone you can always see your own nose (look at it), I've been forced to remember I'm not the main character. Hi person somewhere out there c:

[–] fool@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Actually, you're the main character. I'm out of render distance and am only visible by coordinate pointer and randomized text messages :>

[–] willow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Just be happy you're in my star system. Aliens haven't gotten a simulation tick in almost a decade.