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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

I didn't say it was impossible.

That said, if somebody gave me the option to bet on a calico cat being female, I would always take that bet because I'd only be wrong about one in three thousand times (0.03333...% of the time) if the cat was randomly selected, whereas other coat colors it'd be 50-50.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that be three in a thousand?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Ah, you're right. It'd be 0.03333333...%

I'll edit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

My wife's sister has an adult male Calico. Are you telling me that super chonker is rare?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yes, quite rare.

[–] zewm 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But you did say exclusively which implies that it would be only female. Which is just inaccurate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The word "barring" in the context of my comment means "with the exception of"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Generally if people offer such a bet on a rare event they know something you don't

[–] BeardedBlaze -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What do you think the word "exclusively" means?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

What do you think the word "barring" means? My original comment noted the sole exceptional case.