FOMO-metric Mean
The 'FOMO-metric Mean', defined and illustrated.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-08-06-which-mean-do-you-mean--fomo-metric-mean/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
FOMO-metric Mean: sum of the data, divided by the number of data points NOT included. A: "Wow, your Instagram makes your average day look magical." B: "But everybody else's makes my average day look like bread mold."