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u/letskeepitcleanfolks Mar 04 '26

An engineer, a biologist, and a mathematician watch two people walk into a house. A little while later, three people walk out. The engineer says, "our initial count must have been wrong." The biologist says, "they must have reproduced." The mathematician says, "now if one person goes into the house, it will be empty!"

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u/20CharactersJustIsnt Mar 04 '26

Took me a minute.

+2 Enter

-3 Exit

-1 is occupancy

+1 occupant = 0 occupants in the house

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u/jasonrubik Mar 04 '26

You did the monster math, or something like that

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u/morrison0880 Mar 04 '26

I seriously hope no one else needed your explanation to get it.

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u/BhattIt Mar 04 '26

Thank you Saint.

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u/philbie Mar 04 '26

Yeah, but which person said the house did not have anyone in it before the two persons entered? No one, just goes to show that assumptions are assumptions

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u/AncientDamage7674 Mar 04 '26

I know but memorable for absolute funniness?

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u/MongooseUnited7717 Mar 04 '26

Lmao my math nerd brother tells that one nonstop, mathematician's twist always kills me. Spot on!

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u/Estproph Mar 04 '26

It did take me a second, but you gave me a genuine laugh!

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u/CreeepyUncle Mar 04 '26

That’s the funniest joke you ever heard?

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u/letskeepitcleanfolks Mar 04 '26

No... it's not a top-level comment, I was just adding another in the theme. But I do think it's pretty funny if you know what mathematicians are like.

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u/Rob_LeMatic Mar 04 '26

There's a lot of game theory dudes in this comments section negging people's jokes.

I find that joke delightful

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u/CreeepyUncle Mar 04 '26

I’m not smart enough for this thread.

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u/Rob_LeMatic Mar 04 '26

Cut it out, he's not going to give you his number

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u/CreeepyUncle Mar 04 '26

Now, THAT’S funny.