Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.
Culturally, there is often the expectation that women should be repelled by anything too ugly, too violent.
I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.
Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.