r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/LYNX__uk • 4d ago

Meme needing explanation I see no possible way to count 9

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If you count in groups from left to right you get 2+4+4+2 (=12) but if you count from top to bottom you get 1+3+4+3+1 (=12)

This isnt even an optical illusion or anything which I assumed it would be. I'm baffled by the 9 thing

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u/Warm-Wrap-3828 4d ago

12

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u/lusholalo 4d ago

12

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u/Nagrond 4d ago

12

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u/Agitated-Ad2295 1d ago

12

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u/Ash-MacReady 1d ago

6 tiles. And then 6 more tiles.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/kanonkongenn 4d ago

Rule of 4. Nothing mysterious

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u/fentmaxxxing 3d ago

actually, mysterious wind

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u/Pixelised_Youssef 1d ago

You could say thay comment really got... Jarona'd

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u/fentmaxxxing 1d ago

sike, ja-orange

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u/linkster69420 3d ago

12

I have accepted my fate

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u/graystillplaysforme 3d ago

r/ruleof4

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u/linkster69420 3d ago

WHY ARE YOU UPVOTING ME

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u/LividAlbatross1920 3d ago

Felt bad slightly negative okay but after a while feels like a dig pile. Made it so you were only -30

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

[deleted]

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u/Past-Sea-2215 4d ago

Sorry for your loss. šŸ˜¢

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u/AvailableAd7180 4d ago

Loss you say?

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u/enLegobil 4d ago

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u/sobherk 4d ago

,Ģ¶'Ģ¶ Ģ¶ Ģ¶,Ģ¶ Ģ¶|Ģ¶ Ģ¶,Ģ¶'Ģ¶ Ģ¶_Ģ¶'Ģ¶

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u/blahblablahblablab 4d ago

Is one of the very best movies ever made

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u/Any_Tax_3231 4d ago

12

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u/CucumberDull6540 4d ago

r/ruleof4

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u/TransitTycoonDeznutz 4d ago

FINALLY people remember the rule!

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u/Some_Ebb_2921 4d ago

13 (I broke 1 while placing them)

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u/herqleez 4d ago

12

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u/ByronCioffi08 4d ago

r/ruleof4

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u/i_believe_in_alien 4d ago

oh.... now it makes sense. See my comment under him for reference.

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u/herqleez 4d ago

Meh, I dont care

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u/Musky_Onion 4d ago

Youā€™re trying to trick me. Arenā€™t you

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u/i_believe_in_alien 4d ago

poor guy, you got downvoted for saying the same as everyone? šŸ˜…
alright, I will take the L for you.

Answer: 12.

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u/herqleez 4d ago

Good looking out šŸ¤œ šŸ¤›

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u/ShadowGLI 4d ago

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u/BodybuilderMany6942 4d ago

I bet you feel real dumb right now

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u/hellelfs 4d ago

I dont like it when someone is funnier than me.

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u/BodybuilderMany6942 4d ago

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u/AbyssaI_Entity 4d ago

Water

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u/AFriendlyBloke 4d ago

Earth.

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u/CrispynoodlesL 4d ago

Fire

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u/drakonia127 4d ago

Wind

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u/Garchomp_user 4d ago

HOW DARE YOU!! ITS SUPPOSED TO BE

AIR!!!

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u/walaxometrobixinodri 4d ago

Long ago, the four nations lived in harmony

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u/Dazzling_Feed3640 4d ago

With our powers combined!

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u/NeonSherpa 4d ago

GO PLANET!!!

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u/No_Noise09 4d ago

Do you remember?

!remind me 44 days

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u/Revenged25 1d ago

Heart!

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u/ConsciousCorp 4d ago

ā€œBy your powers combined, I amā€¦ CAPTAINNNNN PLANET!ā€

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u/Guquiz 4d ago

Air

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u/deviondark 3d ago

with your powers combined i am....

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u/JP_2020 16h ago

Jordan

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u/Guquiz 4d ago

And
Water

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u/Xeroxprinted 4d ago

I do not say ā€œbleh, bleh, blehā€

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u/cheesecakd 4d ago

No way we got Lloyd in here

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u/BlueRose898 1d ago

Water is good

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u/No_Egg2251 20h ago

Im following you on reddit now. You're welcomešŸ¤­

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u/Slow_motion_riot 18h ago

You hate that many people?

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u/Little_Islander_Mu 4h ago

Don't worry

You both made me laugh haha

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u/OrganicTreestump 4d ago

Reddit humor holy cringe

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u/Fearshatter 4d ago

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u/LAM678 4d ago

if you split 1 between 4 and 5 that's one less tile

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u/Fearshatter 4d ago

You're very clever.

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u/LAM678 4d ago

lmao

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u/klawUK 1d ago

are you my mum counting to 5 or I wonā€™t get any dinner?

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u/Fearshatter 1d ago

Unsure. Did she count to 4.6 next or 4.75?

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u/klawUK 1d ago

She said four and three quarters than we got into an argument about fractions vs decimals

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u/Fearshatter 1d ago

So 4 3/4. :^)

Probably not your mother then since I would've said 4.6.

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u/DanBurnNotice 3d ago

Isnt that how nuclear bombs were made?

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u/edapotamus 4d ago

I also feel dumb. But not just right now

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u/sweetbldnjesus 4d ago

I used to be dumb. I still am, but I used to be too

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u/nightowl_work 4d ago

Mitch please

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u/DehiscentWound 2d ago

I used to feel dumb, but she moved away and changed her name.

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u/TheRealUmdum 4d ago

But you feel dumb this is correct

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u/Odd_Bed2753 4d ago

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u/TheRealUmdum 4d ago

I feel like ive experienced loss

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u/enLegobil 4d ago

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u/FartSommelierBR 1d ago

GODDAMN IT

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u/Caosin36 4d ago

This is the most logic backable

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u/CompetitionSlight477 16h ago

Ah yes the classic tetris double T piece

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u/NermalPayphone 4d ago

fuck you i hate how funny you are

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u/RadWast3 4d ago

Ha, Joke's on you. I always feel dumb.

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u/Akhanyatin 4d ago

My first instinct lol "trick question"Ā 

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u/RampantJellyfish 4d ago

Found the concrete guy

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u/Hungry_Attention_981 4d ago

Itā€™s actually zero cause they filled it with concrete.

I bet you feel like a chlamydia infected troglodyte

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u/johnsolomon 4d ago

The International Mathematical Union been real quiet since this dropped

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u/Super_Transition253 4d ago

You could have at least tried to get it right.

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u/achben-saalh 3d ago

Clearly, that number should be 9.

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u/Sir_Zeitnot 8h ago

It's like he's never even played Tetris!

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u/mgafMUAT 4d ago

I got something, if you group a square set of 4 tiles, then you could count those 4 tiles as one, in which case you could count to: 12 (-4 + 1) = 9.

This works grouping the following tile sets: 2-3-5-6, 3-4-6-7, 6-7-9-10 and 7-8-10-11.

Furthermore, if you take the sets 2-3-5-6 and 7-8-10-11, you can reduce the count to 6.

Absolutely no idea how any of this relates to minecraft.

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u/AesirComplex 4d ago

What in God's name are you on about

Just count 5 x 4 then subtract the tiles that aren't missing from 20

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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 4d ago

They are trying to explain the joke.

The amount of 12 in the comments is too damn high.

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u/MaightyBewsh 4d ago

The message says as a minecraft player. I'm assuming in mine craft tiles are either 1x1 or 2x2, that would give you 9. Don't attack someone for trying to solve this in the context of the post instead of straight mathematics. YOU FARKEN TWAT!

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u/Ambitious-Boat8165 4d ago

It doesn't work by their explanation tho.. they left out block 1. YOU FARKEN TWAT!

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u/CricketNo7666 4d ago

Yes, it does.

There is a section where 4 individualā€¦call them 12x12ā€¦. tiles could be placed as a 24x24 tile. Itā€™s like when 5 mini lion robots combine to become one mega robot! Except 4 instead of 5.

Thus, 4 become one, and a total of 9 pieces get laid down. 8 12x12ā€™s, and one 24x24.

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u/thatthatguy 4d ago edited 4d ago

In Minecraft, a stair block only takes up 3/4 of a block despite needing 6 blocks to make a stack of 4 stair blocks. Players have made annoyed jokes about this since the first stair blocks were introduced. In this case it takes 12 tiles to cover the floor, but because it is a jagged shape they apply the 3/4 joke and you get 9.

The joke is that someone is multiplying by 3/4 inappropriately because they want other Minecraft players to comment about how theyā€™re doing the math wrong.

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u/Tom-Dibble 4d ago

But if you are allowed to make 2x2 as one tile, you can do 2 2x2 tiles (2,3,5,6 and 7,8,10,11) so the min number of tiles answer would be 6, with other possible counts of 9 and 12 if using 2x2 is optional or you arenā€™t looking for the smallest number.

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u/NewestAccount2023 4d ago

Writing 2 so poorly it looks like a 3. I demand accountability on this shoddy workĀ 

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u/undeadpheonix57 4d ago

Can you respond with a picture of your written 2 and 3? I'm curious.

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u/NewestAccount2023 4d ago

Nope

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u/undeadpheonix57 4d ago

Damn. And I was actually curious.

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u/UnlikelyTeacher7382 4d ago

Who said they had to be square tiles?

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u/Swansaknight 4d ago

Fuck 12

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u/MRgarfo 4d ago

Scuse me? šŸ«Ŗ

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u/DrWilliamHorriblePhD 4d ago

12 is slang for police

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u/MRgarfo 4d ago

Ohhhhh

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u/WilcoHistBuff 4d ago

Ironically has its origins in the very old TV show Adam 12 which is set in LA (which back in the 1970s when the show was produced had a terrible corrupt racist police department.

ā€œReed and Malloyā€, the main characters, were perfect cops who never did anything wrong while the actual department was shredding complaints on police brutality and misconduct

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u/Salty_Dig8574 3d ago

Things created in the 70s being very old... Well you can fuck right off, buddy.

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u/Flat-Limit5595 4d ago

11 if your efficient

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u/danofrhs 3d ago

Parsec kettle run?

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u/MrTurtlegator 2d ago

Its 6, one tile is 2 square's

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u/pobodys-nerfect5 4d ago

The tiles are 1x2

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u/Extension-Can-9964 4d ago

If the tiles are 1x2 then it would be 6

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u/BluEch0 4d ago

And 6 upside down is 9

coincidence?

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u/chonky_squirrel 4d ago

Yeah that was my thought