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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8607818" data-attributes="member: 67338">okay... about is not a mathematical term, we are not rounding to the nearest 10's...But if we round to the nearest minute we are rounding down and 6 seconds is 'none'if we round to the nearest WHOLE minute then it is a minute.If we round 6 days to the nearest week it is 1 week, if we round it to the nearest month it is 0 time again or 1 month depending on if you count 0 as an option.if 0 isn't an option and we round to the nearest half minute then it is about 30 seconds... or they were just useing 'about'I plain don't believe you... no one ever in your life said &quot;about a minute&quot; and it took less then ten seconds... never?I am not conflating. I am showing how our minds work and time is strange and realative.&nbsp; 6 seconds is closer to 30 seconds then an hour, but it is closer still to 0 seconds... but most people can't visualize or imagine 0 seconds... so 'about 6 seconds' can mean 30 seconds...no it isn't... It is an explanation. disagreeing with your argument is not a distraction.show me where 'about' says it can't be withing 24 of something... or even within 100 of somethingthen make it simple prove me wrong. show a definition of about that says that if you are withing 24 of it, that isn't 'about'</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 8607818, member: 67338"] okay... about is not a mathematical term, we are not rounding to the nearest 10's... But if we round to the nearest minute we are rounding down and 6 seconds is 'none' if we round to the nearest WHOLE minute then it is a minute. If we round 6 days to the nearest week it is 1 week, if we round it to the nearest month it is 0 time again or 1 month depending on if you count 0 as an option. if 0 isn't an option and we round to the nearest half minute then it is about 30 seconds... or they were just useing 'about' I plain don't believe you... no one ever in your life said "about a minute" and it took less then ten seconds... never? I am not conflating. I am showing how our minds work and time is strange and realative. 6 seconds is closer to 30 seconds then an hour, but it is closer still to 0 seconds... but most people can't visualize or imagine 0 seconds... so 'about 6 seconds' can mean 30 seconds... no it isn't... It is an explanation. disagreeing with your argument is not a distraction. show me where 'about' says it can't be withing 24 of something... or even within 100 of something then make it simple prove me wrong. show a definition of about that says that if you are withing 24 of it, that isn't 'about' [/QUOTE]

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