If you picked a jyte user from a hat, it would likely be a male that drinks beer.

++ for the bunny bowtie and "felt prints"

It'd have to be a big hat for Xisth.

He's a big chap.

that's no lie. there's not a hat been made that can hold me.

I can bring a chicken

otoh, this is also true of adult internet users in general.

You think? I don't feel like more than 50% of internet users are men who also drink beer.

I don't think they have to be in the majority for "likely" to apply. Nor even a plurality. It's enough that they be a significant fraction.

D'A

party time !

hmm, in my mind likely is either greater than half or the largest available fraction.

"largest fraction" is what "plurality" means. however, once you do that you have to be specific about what your available categories are.

and "likely" turns out to be a weasel word. it doesn't really mean much.

Not necessarily, Vynce.

plu·ral·i·ty Audio Help /plʊˈrælɪti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ploo-ral-i-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ties.
1. the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority).
2. more than half of the whole; the majority.
3. a number greater than one.
4. fact of being numerous.
5. a large number; multitude.
6. state or fact of being plural.

And you might think likely is a weasel word, but it's not the way I use it, thank you very much. Take your pedantry elsewhere.

OK, then the way you use it is not the way it is always or maybe even generally used and you should have defined it in the claim description. Two of the common definitions are "probable" and "plausible" -- which are pretty different, in my opinion, so use without disambiguation is a bit weasely. In fact, Usage notes suggest that in formal writing one should not use it without quantifiers, as it is considered unclear.

But, to the point: if you mean "more than 50% likely" then, no, I don't think so. On the other hand, if you mean "largest fraction" then I still need to know what the other categories are in order to determine. If you are only dividing the site into 4 categories, based on sex & beer-drinking-ness, then, yes, probably that's the largest fraction. But if, for instance, you're dividing it into {males who drink beer} {females who do not drink beer} {either male or beer drinking but not both} then I am less sure.

(Thanks for the plurality of definitions; some of them I was not aware of, whereas others seemed not germaine to this conversation. I'm curious what your source was; neither Wikipedia, nor Wiktionary, nor Answers.com seem to quite agree, nor, I believe, does Robert's Rules of Order use the term differently than I describe it. You being a lawyer, I'd expect Robert's Rules to be familiar and pedantry to be de rigeur.)

"hmm, in my mind likely is either greater than half or the largest available fraction. "

That's "most likely".

"Take your pedantry elsewhere. "

Not only "no", but "hell, no".

D'A

Kara: Take your pedantry elsewhere.

like: to a different claim, right, Kara?

dub

pleasantly distractivating ...

dancehall stylee.

You might get a dog who drinks beer

*slurppee slurp slurp*

are you two related?