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		gjsman-1000 on Dec 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than ... If normal is 86-96% “abnormal,” it would seem abnormal is normal and normal is abnormal. ;)

delecti on Dec 1, 2022 [–]

English certainly has a bad habit of conflating good/bad with common/uncommon.

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