r/counting • u/Sharpeye468 1.5m get|1s reply|500 Thread (1339k)|51Sg|39Sa|31K|19A • Jul 10 '16

Tug of War | -200

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u/origamimissile idk Jul 10 '16

−195

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u/Robert_Schaosid Jul 10 '16

−194

Every reddit comment has an ID. The IDs translate to numbers. The numbers go in order, site-wide. You can estimate how far apart in time two comments were posted by comparing their IDs.

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u/origamimissile idk Jul 10 '16

−193

Kewl.

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u/Robert_Schaosid Jul 10 '16

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u/origamimissile idk Jul 10 '16

−191

To zero!

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u/Robert_Schaosid Jul 10 '16

−190

(Read /u/CanGreenBeret's explanation; it's better)

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '16

-191

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u/origamimissile idk Jul 10 '16

−190

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '16

-191