A 40% chance of thunderstorms for the general area translates to a 100% chance of thunderstorms for various, specific locations. Unfortunately, a 0% chance does not exist. The point is that statistics lie to the individual. If you get struck by lightning, the odds were stacked against the occurrence in the first place, but the fact still remains that there is a 100% chance that someone out there will sustain an unlikely, 54,000 degree (fahrenheit) jolt of supercharged electricity. Go ahead. Ask that person what they think about statistics. You can attempt to console them with the knowledge that it's extremely rare to be struck by lightning twice, however I doubt this will be an effective ploy since the individual has already defied incredible odds once.
Earth is struck by more than one-hundred bolts of lightning every second. Any one person has a one in three-thousand chance of being struck in their lifetime, while the odds of being struck in the United States in one calendar year is one in seven-hundred-thousand.
I could not find statistical data to support my theory that your chances increase exponentially with certain behavioral patterns stemming from a lack of common sense.
Your chances of being attacked by a shark in your lifetime is considerably less with the odds set at one in four-million. Although, I can honestly say if you never go in the ocean, you have a 0% chance of being attacked by a shark in the ocean (the last line has been revised to allow the infinitely miniscule possibility of being attacked by a Sharknado while not in the ocean), but that does not protect you from mule kicks and falling vending machines. Far more people die of malicious mules and vending machines plagued by gravity than shark attacks, yet I've never heard of anyone having a fear of either of those.
At every turn, whether golfing in a thunderstorm, swimming in shark infested waters, standing behind a pissed off mule or under a hovering vending machine, there are inherent risks. None of the aforementioned threats pose a significant hazard, overall, but they add up little by little. Eventually, if you gather up all the inherent dangers we face in our day to day lives from the absurd to the common, the general public has close to 40% chance of running into some form of compromising situation. That translates to a 100% chance of running into some form of compromising situations for specific members of the population. Unfortunately, a 0% chance does not exist.
Earth is struck by more than one-hundred bolts of lightning every second. Any one person has a one in three-thousand chance of being struck in their lifetime, while the odds of being struck in the United States in one calendar year is one in seven-hundred-thousand.
I could not find statistical data to support my theory that your chances increase exponentially with certain behavioral patterns stemming from a lack of common sense.
Your chances of being attacked by a shark in your lifetime is considerably less with the odds set at one in four-million. Although, I can honestly say if you never go in the ocean, you have a 0% chance of being attacked by a shark in the ocean (the last line has been revised to allow the infinitely miniscule possibility of being attacked by a Sharknado while not in the ocean), but that does not protect you from mule kicks and falling vending machines. Far more people die of malicious mules and vending machines plagued by gravity than shark attacks, yet I've never heard of anyone having a fear of either of those.
At every turn, whether golfing in a thunderstorm, swimming in shark infested waters, standing behind a pissed off mule or under a hovering vending machine, there are inherent risks. None of the aforementioned threats pose a significant hazard, overall, but they add up little by little. Eventually, if you gather up all the inherent dangers we face in our day to day lives from the absurd to the common, the general public has close to 40% chance of running into some form of compromising situation. That translates to a 100% chance of running into some form of compromising situations for specific members of the population. Unfortunately, a 0% chance does not exist.
Today's Jazz Hands proceed with caution. Day one-hundred and ninety-seven complete.
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