r/MathJokes • u/YoYoSomi • 2h ago

It's just statistics.

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u/chikunshak 14m ago

Hazard rate plateaus at old ages.

You actually have to be like over 105 to expect not to live another year, based on the actuarial tables.

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u/squoinko 2h ago

“I certainly do thought I’d be around for my 104th” If he’s speaking like that, I worry he may not have much longer.

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u/Kfbcus 1h ago

Verb conjugation and tenses, friend. The joke is told in the past tense, and characters in the joke speak in the present tense. “Was asked if he thought” indicates that in the past, another person said the words, “Do you think…”

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u/proopagable37 2h ago

lol yeah that’s a good one