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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 49 points 1 week ago (3 children)

When I was asked this in a hospital, for a brief moment I thought about answering like the xkcd. But decided it was better not to

https://xkcd.com/883/

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

There is a board game called Wavelength where you play on teams and try to get your teammates to guess where a randomly placed dial lies on a spectrum. The game is really about guessing what your teammates will think the two extremes are because everyone has different ways of thinking. For example, on a spectrum of cold to hot, you could think of it from like ice to fire or from absolute zero to the Planck temperature. It's very interesting and I think it's good to play because it shows that people's perceptions differ even on pretty basic things.

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Once a paramedic asked me to rate my pain, and I asked if I should use a linear or log scale. He said I could use whichever one I want, so now I always use a log scale

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago

Good idea, this actually makes more sense!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Japanese radiation guy. All pain pales in comparison to his death.

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

well, that was something I didn't need to research and now kinda wish I hadn't.