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afterburner on July 18, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people k...

Colloquially, average only ever means mean.

OJFord on July 18, 2019 [–]

I'm inclined to agree that's what most people mean, (particularly non-STEM people) but it seems that's not what the poster I replied to above meant.

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