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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

While possible, it goes against the Mediocrity principle:

The idea is to assume mediocrity, rather than starting with the assumption that a phenomenon is special, privileged, exceptional, or even superior.[2][3]

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Everything is mediocre

Everything is blah, when you're part of a team

Everything is mediocre

When you're living in-between (the narrow ends of the Bell curve)