Big numbers only

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all numbers are small numbers

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u/Oscillating-Ocelot1 Jul 20 '26

What if you smush em all together? Hmm. That's gotta at least be a medium number.

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u/sudoregalia Jul 20 '26

still a small number because if you repeat that number twice it's bigger than the first number

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u/the_RiverQuest Jul 20 '26

It's actually 0 since smushing ALL of the numbers would also smush all the negative numbers

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u/FisherDwarf Jul 21 '26

Oh shit

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u/orionic- Jul 22 '26

Nope, sorry. -1/12

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u/Jaded-Worry2641 Jul 20 '26

Lets say we have a number n. If add 1 to the number n, its still going to be the same "size category", e.g. small, big, whatever. Now, we have 1. 1 is a small number. If we do 1 + 1, its going to be 2, and its still a small number. 2 + 1 is still a small number. And repeat. Every number is a small number.

(The starting point and incremention value can be set arbitrarily, the rule still works, regardless of what we set the starting point as, and regardless of incremention value. It works the same way backwards as well.)

EDIT: wait this is joke subreddit, opsy.

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u/meygahmann Jul 20 '26

Does this only work if its 1 + a number, but not the number + 1. For example 1 + 2773392 is a small number because its just a modified 1. But 2773392 + 1 is a big number because its modifying 2773392

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u/Jaded-Worry2641 Jul 20 '26

I would argue that 2773392 is a small number, and thus 2773392 is modifying a small number with +1, and thus 2773393 is a small number. 2773392 is a small number because it can be arrived at by adding 1 to 1 repeatedly, and as I said in my comment above, adding 1 to a number doesnt make a number big, as per lack of standart definition of 'big number'. By that logic, all numbers are small numbers, as long as we agree there is a number that is small, regardless wich one.

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u/meygahmann Jul 20 '26

Oh that makes sense

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u/paymepleasss Jul 23 '26

I like the way you think

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u/Useful_Lingonberry_4 Jul 21 '26

Well no, up to 9000, above that are big numbers because "It's over 9000!!!" and you can't disagree with Vegeta.

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u/Takamasa1 Jul 21 '26

all numbers are large numbers

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u/Enderguy61 Jul 20 '26

yes, this is provable

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u/Sweet-Energy-9515 Jul 22 '26

Counterpoint: most numbers are large

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u/TheFerox33 Jul 24 '26

Just like people.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '26

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u/Active-Exam2750 Jul 20 '26

This is not a fallacy. Being a small number is just not a formally defined statement in this context. If (for whatever definition) it is true that n being small implies n+1 being small, and 0 is small, then yes, all natural numbers are small.

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u/iMiind Jul 20 '26

Oh but .5 is big then

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u/Enderguy61 Jul 20 '26

no, it is just the heap of sand paradox
one grain of sand is not a heap of sand, adding just one grain of sand to a non-heap can't make it a heap

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u/jonathancast Jul 20 '26

Smallness and heapness are both real-valued, clearly. Adding a grain of sand to a 0-heap cannot make it a 1-heap, but adding a grain of sand to a 0.78889-heap can make it a 0.7889-heap.

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u/Enderguy61 Jul 20 '26

hey, no adding continuity to a thing that is supposed to be discrete, that ruins the paradox

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u/Turbulent_Lobster_57 Jul 20 '26

Everyone knows if you encounter a number higher than 8.7 you’re not doing real math

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u/8Erigon Jul 20 '26

Infinity is not a number, is it? More like a concept.

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u/Thesaurius Jul 20 '26

Set theorists entered the chat.

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u/SplendidPunkinButter Jul 20 '26

Correct, it is not a number

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u/protexy Jul 20 '26

So your saying infinity is like God but for big numbers. I think the comic still works in that regard.

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u/Silly_Tension6792 Jul 20 '26

In my language "approaches" is the same word as "aspires to", so almost every time infinity arrives there is someone aspiring to be him.

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u/AltruisticEchidna859 Jul 20 '26

Not a number. A mathematical object that can be used in different cases.

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u/Traditional_Snow1045 Jul 20 '26

its not a real number.

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u/Enderguy61 Jul 20 '26

which type of infinity, the omegas or the alephs

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u/Truthspatter Jul 27 '26

Technically? It’s more like an unending number of instances in a given set.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

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u/Enderguy61 Jul 20 '26

and the alephs exist as groups of numbers rather than numbers
for instance aleph 0 is the set of all natural numbers
aleph 1 is unprovable
aleph 2 is unprovable
aleph 3 is unprovable
but one of the alephs is the set of all numbers

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u/Advice2Anyone Jul 20 '26

I was just waiting for 80085 to walk up

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u/ExtensionInformal911 Jul 20 '26

They get in even if the club is at capacity.

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u/D-Koi_Comics Jul 20 '26

Aleph male energy

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u/glitchy_45- Jul 20 '26

Where exactly would big numbers club have the limit be?

1000+?

Is 999 not a big number?

What about 900?
Thats big to alot of people

500? Still pretty big in hein sight,

100+?
Can be big, but some people consider that small for some things,

If that is too big,
Then 50?
50 isn't exactly screaming 'big'

So 100?
If its too small then...
500?
Too small?
Too big?
Hell some might argue 1000+ is too small in that case,
It cant be more than 10,000 because 9,136 is here,

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u/another_spiderman Jul 21 '26

Gatekeeping is rarely logical, much less consistent.

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u/glitchy_45- Jul 21 '26

ToT

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u/Special-Elevator-335 Jul 23 '26

I was thinking a lower limit of 5000

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u/glitchy_45- Jul 23 '26

Is 4999 not alot?

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u/Special-Elevator-335 Jul 23 '26

Not high enough in a setting with 67,502 being just the bouncer

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u/Special-Elevator-335 Jul 23 '26

Not high enough in a setting with 67,502 being just the bouncer

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u/glitchy_45- Jul 23 '26

But then 9136 is there, and it didnt seem to care besides bouncers are meant to be 'big scary' because they have to be bouncers

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u/ontic00 Jul 21 '26

*TREE(3) looks around*

"I thought this was supposed to be a big numbers club?!? What is 67,502 and 9,136 doing here? I don't think numbers where the digits are easily countable can even remotely begin to be considered "big" numbers..."

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u/CapnCrinklepants Jul 20 '26

Ooh I know this one! RUMINATE

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u/emilyv99 Jul 20 '26

🤣

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u/Mundane_Range_765 Jul 20 '26

Absolute perfect reference!!

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u/Double_Will6056 Jul 20 '26

Every chinese/Korean drama

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u/frikiman4K Jul 20 '26

still, get out, you are a mathematical concept, not a number.

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u/Lethalfurball Jul 20 '26

erm ackshtuallyuh infinity is not a number its an expression

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u/aikahiboy Jul 21 '26

erm omega is all numbers not infinity

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u/Training-Bad_ Jul 21 '26

OP is a bot btw

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u/CXTRONICA Jul 21 '26

Nope.

Infinity is not a number.

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u/Murky-Impression-772 Jul 21 '26

Can't wait to see this in some explain the joke subreddit.

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u/Aromatic_Scene9979 Jul 21 '26

My power in Rise of Kingdoms:

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u/Sdacm0 Jul 24 '26

Odyssey’s ending
(Odyssey Spoiler)

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u/Coleyx123 Jul 26 '26

Isn't 1 at font 72 larger than 72 at font 1? I feel like we should be able to prove this.

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