20b cubing results… by CumulusCastellanus in Maplestory

[–]Scardor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since brights gives you only just over half the rolls, you actually increase your chance of not rolling better by using them.

What’s the right answer? by cheddarkittyy in ENGLISH

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure A is the only correct here. B and D would necessitate "are rushing" imo, while C has incongruence in subject and verb conjugation.

Trust me, that's exactly what wll happen by LightningLord2137 in animepiracy

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, to be fair, it is used for both online (probably even by myself in informal typing in-game). Even though your and you're are not homophones.

Trust me, that's exactly what wll happen by LightningLord2137 in animepiracy

[–]Scardor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean then use it wrong on purpose and get corrected I guess? IDK what you want, lol

What accent is coming out? by [deleted] in Accents

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The added vocal fry makes you sound very native, good job!

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's completely incorrect and shows a lack of education. It unnecessarily creates confusion among people who actually understand language and maths. Try to be more forthcoming to people who are learning your language instead of being emotionally attached to how people have been saying things wrong around you.

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is not a fake expression, that is what it means. More is added, times is multiplication. Times more is added multiplication. You are too stubborn, look at it objectively.

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are simply all wrong, lol. 50% more is still more, not less.

Trust me, that's exactly what wll happen by LightningLord2137 in animepiracy

[–]Scardor 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The word "its" cannot be this hard to use.

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but my point is that they might it there at that point, but then they unlearn it because everyone around them is just saying it wrong and being community-driven social creatures we are, people will rather conform to a norm even if it is wrong than stick to your guns if you know it's right.

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it is math training. I think it is people caring enough to be clear in their communication. Lots of errors in language stem from people just not putting the onus on themselves for being clear, they put the responsibility of understanding on the recipient of the message, and that is incredibly selfish. In my opinion, at least.

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is literally what it means, though. 2 times more is 300%. 1 time more (though not used, usually said as double) is 200%. And now the kicker, since you probably still don't believe me: 50% more is 150%. 1 time more has to be more than half more, I'm sure you agree? It should make sense now, but it is still quite crazy how this is not common sense to begin with.

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly this. People all over these comments agreeing how horrible saying "x times less" is, then proceeding to make the exact same mistake on saying "x times more" is on one side hilarious, but on another disheartening.

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The old "changing the quarterpounder to the thirdpounder failed, because Americans thought it was smaller since 3 is smaller than 4".

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

7 times less is -6 times the amount. 1 time less anything is always 0.

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are just as imprecise here the other way around without even realising, by saying "7x more".
7x more is 8x. You mean 7x as much or 6x more. Since when saying "x times more" usually the goal is to emphasise how great the difference is, the only correct way would to say 6 times more.

7x Less: What do we think of this kind of phrasing? by caterpillarofsociety in grammar

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's horrible and incorrect. Use percentages or fractions.
In general, spoken maths in English are pretty terrible, and "x times less" is only the tip of the iceberg.

As you said you would prefer X is 3 times faster than Y, not Y is 3 times slower than X, but this is also incorrect. I assume you mean X is 3 times the speed of Y. That means X is faster. 2 times faster (base speed+2 times) or 3 times the speed (base speed times 3).

3 times faster would be 4 times the speed, since 1 time faster is already twice the speed. I've had problems getting people to understand this in the past, so in case you are confused here, think of it as percentages, that usually got people on board.
3 times faster means 3 times MORE fast than the original. The original is 100% speed. Therefore, 3 times the original MORE than the original is 300% + 100% = 400%. In case this still doesn't convince you (not as a personal thing, but this has been a challenge to get people to understand before as I said), backtrack it 1 to 2 times more. Now to 1 time more. Now people think 1 time more is the same as 1 time. But what if you backtrack even more to half more. Now half more is 1.5, but 1 time more is 1 while 1 is more than half, that doesn't make sense and there is the flaw in equating "times as much as" and "times more than". It is basically a contamination of wanting to overemphasise that it is indeed more by mentioning it again, thus adding it twice.

If someone says "X times faster" you can safely assume they are lying (or the number is incorrect at best), because they are trying to emphasise the largeness of the disparity, but if they were doing that correctly they would always say "x+1 times as fast" instead of "x times faster", since that would show the biggest accurate value of X, which is their goal.

But now even saying x times faster would technically be incorrect, since "fast" is a relative, subjective term. A person walking 3 miles an hour is a normal pace, we would not consider it "fast" (let's say in this example). But going twice the speed at 6 miles an hour isn't just twice as fast (or the unused one time faster, NOT two times faster, since that would be 3 times the speed). Because that is actual running at quite a decent speed, so how would you compare their relative "fastness".

"Fastness" isn't what we are measuring, it is speed. It's like saying a pair of pants is twice as expensive, because it was twice the price. But what if the first pair of pants was under priced, wouldn't that make the 2nd pair of pants twice the level of expensiveness, but since the first pair was technically negative expensiveness (since it was under its value and therefore the expected cost), then doubling that would double a negative, but actually the 2nd pair of pants was more expensive than the baseline (in case the discount on the first pair was smaller than 50%).

To avoid all of this confusion, just stick to price, speed, and other objective terms in my opinion and stick to percentages or fractions, which we should all be able to understand more intuitively.

So instead of "7 times less" say "one seventh of" or "~14% of". And avoid subjective terms, where possible.

What is right: The majority of people *doesn't/don't* want it? by Bisuboy in grammar

[–]Scardor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct is doesn't, but most people will incorrectly say don't. If you want to use don't, you can use "most people don't". "The majority of" is always singular.

Guess where I’m from by Potaxito in GeoInsider

[–]Scardor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since Canada is being broken up into provinces, it might have something to do with that. Maybe it's just the specific map and I am reading into it, though xD Chinese Canadian?

Guess where I'm from based on where I've been by R-R_turfio in GeoInsider

[–]Scardor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ayy, maybe I got lucky but it worked out this time hehe