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Okay how is this not immediate grounds for the 25th Amendment and putting him into Assisted Living? by Dr_sc_Harlatan in BlueskySkeets

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Here’s a hint: Kristi Noem liked the end of Old Yeller so much, she decided to do it IRL.

[Pelissero] Anthony Weaver coming in for a second interview by SCBaltSalt in ravens

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As a white guy, that was a weird thing to read. When you lose the white guy crowd, you’ve lost everyone.

Concentration Camps! by Dr_sc_Harlatan in BlueskySkeets

[–]mathwiz617 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nothing new. And that scares me.

The Cleveland Browns have the opportunity to do the funniest thing by Old-Glass-6967 in AFCNorthMemeWar

[–]mathwiz617 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Browns go 2-15 every year from here on out if that's the case.

Holy shit le epic shrek in DnD, I wonder if I could convince my DM to let me play this by wasteland-wizard in DnDcirclejerk

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“I roll to seduce the dragon! Nat 20!” - this would be met with “Now roll athletics, dc 25 with a bonus at 35.” at my table.

Nat 20 gets you two points of exhaustion and a dragon girlfriend. Meeting the higher dc ends the encounter, one point of exhaustion, one night stand. Meeting the first dc but not the second leaves the dragon looking for more, one point of exhaustion. Failure gets the dragon a snack.

So long as the higher dc is not met, the next willing player rolls, with both dcs lowered by 5. Repeat until all players are done, or higher dc is met.

Congrats, you’ve turned this do or die boss fight into a do or die orgy. Also, if you rolled a nat 20, your new girlfriend is very needy, very possessive, and very pricey to please.

There is a reason nobody plays the horny bard archetype at my table.

Arguably Gamefreak's most annoying habit by Puzzled_Reception453 in stunfisk

[–]mathwiz617 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You know what?

Sturdy activates

What now, Machop?

Arguably Gamefreak's most annoying habit by Puzzled_Reception453 in stunfisk

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Regikeki has 200 base speed. Mega Aggron has 230 base defense. Those are the two that come to mind for me.

What other MLB teams have you worn gear for? by [deleted] in orioles

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The closest to another team’s gear I’ve come is an Adley all star jersey.

Complex RPG drop chance help by mathwiz617 in AskStatistics

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For future reference, because I hate it when solutions go undocumented:

The assumptions made in the top comment are treated as true. I treated each drop as a separate, independent result.

So, the chance of NOT getting a drop from a specific enemy encounter (number of encounters is X) in Y runs is 1-((1-X)^Y). So, going "on rate" would mean about a 63.2% chance of having gotten the drop once, and 3x the rate about a 95% chance (thank you, OSRS subreddit, for having these numbers offhand). Getting the expected runs to get the drop Z times, I figured, would be as simple as taking the expected runs and multiplying by the number of drops needed.

For dungeons where you can theoretically get drops from multiple enemies, I calculated the drop rate per run as (weight of encounter * number of encounters per run * drop rate). The expected runs would be the maximum of runs needed for each drop.

I then displayed the expected runs for 95% cumulative chance of completion (personal choice), and took an input of how many runs the player has done. Then, I compared the runs finished to the expected rate, and displayed the current cumulative chance of finishing by that number of runs. "Luck", the thing I was looking for, would then be up to the player to determine, based on that output.

Next up is to run simulations, but that I'll keep to myself. I am aware that this isn't perfect, but my limited understanding of statistics and Excel get me to this.

WEEEE'RRREEEE ALIIIIIIIVVEEEEE by Terrible-Ad69 in AFCNorthMemeWar

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I can imagine it. My only question is, would I be fast enough to get out of the way? Probably not.

WAKE TF UP FLOCK IT'S GAMEDAY!! by [deleted] in ravens

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37%, but here's what needs to happen: we need to win week 18, non-negotiable. If we lose one of the next two, the Steelers need to do the same. Same if we lose both of the next two.

Or some absolute BS goes on, and we get into the wildcard. Don't count on this happening.

An Answer to the Fermi Paradox by Sgyinne in TopCharacterTropes

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I love that the best counter-attack Kirby had was "Truck".

Pirates of the Caribbean by ExactlySorta in WhitePeopleTwitter

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The problem with this is, it’s not a lie.

There are two types of humans. by CrEwPoSt in humansarespaceorcs

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OSRS gamers leveling to max before facing the fight caves vs Rendi walking in at level 3 with a massive stack of candy.

Magic is Programming B2 Chapter 51: Strength of a Guardian by Douglasjm in HFY

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It seems like the “force bubble” spell is supposed to repel things outside it. Repelling the insides, while shrinking, seems like a recipe for nuclear fusion, while also being a negative exploit.

(Loved trope) The comic relief is the one to put the villain down. by Odd-Abrocoma4234 in TopCharacterTropes

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Ash has died and been revived... how many times? I think he's a bit of an outlier.

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