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What percentage of the population do you think is good looking?
— Seinfeld • 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker asks for a numerical estimate of attractiveness, treating a subjective judgement as though it could be expressed as a percentage. The question makes personal standards of beauty part of a population-wide comparison. Any answer would reveal as much about the judge’s preferences as about the people being judged.
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