r/pics • u/lnfinity • Aug 12 '21
The majority of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is discarded fishing gear.
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46% That is the majority
46%
That is the majority
Please explain
Edit: Majority almost always refers to an absolute majority of >50%. If OP means a plurality or relative majority, they should specify that. Not doing so is intentionally misleading.
7 u/I--Pathfinder--I Aug 12 '21 well 46% isn’t the majority but i think he could mean that of all groups of trash in the ocean it is the most. 0 u/swinging_ship Aug 12 '21 No other material makes up more than 46% making 46% the majority -1 u/PM_ME_U_BOTTOMLESS_ Aug 12 '21 no, the plurality 4 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Take 5 seconds and google majority and its definitions
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well 46% isn’t the majority but i think he could mean that of all groups of trash in the ocean it is the most.
0 u/swinging_ship Aug 12 '21 No other material makes up more than 46% making 46% the majority -1 u/PM_ME_U_BOTTOMLESS_ Aug 12 '21 no, the plurality 4 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Take 5 seconds and google majority and its definitions
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No other material makes up more than 46% making 46% the majority
-1 u/PM_ME_U_BOTTOMLESS_ Aug 12 '21 no, the plurality 4 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Take 5 seconds and google majority and its definitions
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no, the plurality
4 u/Its_Nitsua Aug 12 '21 Take 5 seconds and google majority and its definitions
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Take 5 seconds and google majority and its definitions
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u/_Apatosaurus_ Aug 12 '21 edited Aug 12 '21
Please explain
Edit: Majority almost always refers to an absolute majority of >50%. If OP means a plurality or relative majority, they should specify that. Not doing so is intentionally misleading.