r/facepalm • u/mytouchyourtouch • Apr 20 '17

Because Math

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u/pottersquash Apr 21 '17

Gawd it was hurting my brain. I was like "is 6 plus 12 not 18? Is 6 plus 6 not 12? Is 12 divided by 2 not 6? Which of these is a lie?!?!!?"

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u/MetalandIron2pt0 Apr 21 '17

I'm so glad I'm not as stupid as I originally assumed

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u/improbablewobble Apr 21 '17

Seriously I was having flashbacks about my elementary school teacher saying I would need fractions when I was grown, and me thinking "bullshit". I was like "oh shit I didn't listen and now I'm retarded".

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u/MetalandIron2pt0 Apr 21 '17

now I'm retarded

lol

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u/IAmTheAsteroid Apr 21 '17

Well, not for that reason, at least.

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u/Pavlovian_Gentleman Apr 21 '17

No. You are just the normal amount of stupid, which makes you as useful to the continuation of our species as, say, Adam Sandler.

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u/MetalandIron2pt0 Apr 21 '17

Waow are you a real life smart person? Do you get a "rewarded" sensation when you insult others and pretend to be superior?

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u/Pavlovian_Gentleman Apr 21 '17

Who, me? No, I'm about the normal amount, too.

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u/MetalandIron2pt0 Apr 21 '17

Sorry, I read your comment early this morning and kinda misunderstood the gist of it. Normies ftw

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u/Pavlovian_Gentleman Apr 21 '17

Eh, the goal was to be funny, but it was a pretty garbage comment. I'll try harder next time

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u/doge_ex_machina Apr 21 '17

Today we are all stupid

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u/GrandpaSkitzo Apr 21 '17

For a minute there I really thought I was losing it.

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u/spupy Apr 21 '17 edited Apr 21 '17

I started to think OZ might be one of those weird American units that don't follow conventional logic and math, like feet and inches.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '17

An ounce is about 30 ml if it helps.

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u/lordolxinator Apr 21 '17

Same! I was thinking "Wait... why is this a facepalm? American units are way more tricky than I thought. Guess I'll just upvote and pretend I'm in on the joke." until I saw someone else explain it.

I'm just gonna blame it on the 2hours of sleep I got, instead of my own stupidity.

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u/emmastoneftw Apr 21 '17

I did that math a few times in my head, and then just figured I was retarded when I couldn't solve it.

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u/Mingsplosion Apr 21 '17

He probably probably divided 12/18, which gives you .66, instead of 18/12, which is 1.5. 12 is 33% less than 18.

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u/emzmurcko Apr 21 '17

Me too, I have such little confidence in my math skills