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[โ€“] finitebanjo 87 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Technically theres always a bias of the most amusing answer so the "no" would be close to 5% at a minimum.

[โ€“] ZoopZeZoop 1 points 2 months ago

It's also been shown that people often are bad a reporting accurately. So, your results may not be accurate just from that.

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