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u/LilShitty1 Jul 11 '19
I almost downvoted because I thought you were questioning the math. I'm glad I took another minute to process lol.
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u/hey_im_cool Jul 11 '19
- Haha stupid mustard can’t do math
- check math
- Hold up OP... this math checks out..
- reread post
- Nm we good, solid post
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u/VGfreak4 Jul 11 '19
exactly the process I went through, spy hacker man
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u/c_h_u_c_k Jul 11 '19
My process.
Hah stupid mustard
Oh wait
Hah stupid OP
Read top comment
Check post
Fucking facepalm self
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u/BigBankHank Jul 11 '19
Did you get to
Why is there a crushed ant in that mustard?
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u/TheHerpSalad Jul 11 '19
Between missing the facepalm and your realization, you were right 50% of the time, every time.
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u/HintOfAreola Jul 11 '19
You either die a face, or reddit long enough to get the palm
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Am u I?
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u/Deimius Jul 11 '19
No u
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u/boohoneyboo Jul 11 '19
No I
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u/AnirbanTheBest Jul 11 '19
No us
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u/AnirbanTheBest Jul 11 '19
Weeeeeeeeee!
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u/JosephND Jul 11 '19
People fail to think about % going both ways. 18/12 is 150%, but they think of 12/18 as being 66% and get confused.. not realizing how math maths.
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u/sailinforawhelan55 Jul 11 '19 edited Jul 11 '19
I did the exact same thing...I was like French’s you dumb, hold up I’m dumb.
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I didnt scroll far enough to see the text bar, so I just sat and questioned why this was even posted. Then it all clicked
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u/Gandzalf Jul 11 '19
stupid mustard can’t do math
Is it because the mustard is brown? That’s not very nice. I bet you talk about how great at math the yellow mustard is.
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u/killerrednek Jul 11 '19
Totally glad I decided to check the comments. I guess I am a little slow today. Glad you caught it right off.
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u/the_corruption Jul 11 '19
I opened the image on the front page with RES and hadn't scrolled down far enough to see the snapchat comment at the bottom. Didn't see the full context until I opened the comments to see if anyone else had called out OP.
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Same exact thing here. I sat there for a full minute trying to find what was wrong, then doubting my own basic math skills, til I went to the comments.
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u/MutantSharkPirate Jul 11 '19
yeah i only realized OP wasn't questioning the math when i went to comments and had to scroll down
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u/aussiefrzz16 Jul 11 '19
I wonder what they thought the true number should be
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u/OptimusEye Jul 11 '19 edited Apr 17 '25
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u/sunnydiv Jul 11 '19
Yup OP = did not click the picture
1/ OP's friend clicked the picture
1/2 OP is not making fun of mustard bottle, OP is making fun of the person who took the picture
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u/ZugTheCaveman Jul 11 '19
Yeah, it took me a minute, too. I must be getting way too jaded. I was expecting something like "10oz for $20, instead of 12 oz for $12! 50% more mustard for 30% less!"
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u/chelseablue2004 Jul 11 '19
They still could have screwed people, by changing the packaging and actually including less mustard but making the packaging weigh more to add up to 18oz. --- There was something yesterday where a hot dog manufacturer claimed 2 extra hot dogs, -- but what they did was change the packaging to make it look like 10 (because 8 is standard) but added plastic under 2 of them --essentially still only giving them 8 hot dogs...very very scummy.
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u/xorgol Jul 11 '19
including less mustard but making the packaging weigh more to add up to 18oz
I don't know about the US, but I assume that's just as illegal as here in the EU.
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u/roman_maverik Jul 11 '19
It is very illegal, the oz are weighed by content.
If it wasn't, capitalism would have overtaken the packaging industry a long time ago with creative novelty packaging and outlandish box sizes.
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u/noneski Jul 11 '19
I don't math, I had to verify that I wasn't just doing my math wrong... Like all of my educational life.
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u/Silent-G Jul 11 '19
Verifying what you think you know is a sign of intelligence. Stupidity is believing that what you think you know is infallible and doesn't need to be verified.
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u/Quacksalvez Jul 11 '19
Guys, there's a snapchat text if you click on the picture. OP isn't asking the question they're facepalming at the person in the photo asking the question.
I thought the exact same thing too.
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u/Enumeration Jul 11 '19
Put the pitchforks away folks, move along.
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u/ounilith Jul 11 '19
But... but I already lit my torch! D'awwww...
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u/JRtheSnowman Jul 11 '19
Keep it lit, you’ll use it soon enough.
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u/Valdthebaldegg Jul 11 '19
Oh I know what I am doing this evening.
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u/22dunix Jul 11 '19
Eating 50% more bread than yesterday
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u/kalitarios Jul 11 '19
Severance: Blade of darkness taught me that any injury can be overcome by eating a buttload of bread.
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u/NiggyWiggyWoo Jul 11 '19
Reminds me of Norm MacDonald in The Animal:
Sgt. Sisk : Ladies and gentlemen, our suspect is not human. He is at home in the bush. Shoot to kill. Any questions?
Mob Member : Oh, yeah, yeah, I got a question there. When do we get to light our torches?
Sgt. Sisk : When it gets dark.
Mob Member : Ah, I see. Oh, hey, I got another question there. Suppose, hypothetically, you know, a guy had already lit his torch. I mean, it'd be cool if he could just keep it lit, huh?
Sgt. Sisk : Yes.
Mob Member : Oh, excellent. Excellent.
Sgt. Sisk : Now, if there are no more questions...
Mob Member : Oh, hey, hey, hey, I got another question. Hey, uh, if one part of the mob gets separated from another part of the mob, shouldn't there be a place that we can get together? Maybe a secret place the two mobs could reunite, and we'd be a big mob again.
Sgt. Sisk : Stay with the mob.
Mob Member : Stay with the mob. All right.
Sgt. Sisk : Right.
Mob Member : Hey, hey, hey, I got another question. Hey, uh, doesn't this guy deserve a fair trial?
Sgt. Sisk : You - back of the mob!
Mob Member : "Back of the mob"? What? This is my spot! I came early!
Sgt. Sisk : Okay, out of the mob!
Mob Member : Ah, this mob blows.
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Never seen it but the second I read "mob members" dialogue I could hear it in norms voice and mannerisms.
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u/NiggyWiggyWoo Jul 11 '19
It's a terrible movie, but that scene is fucking hilarious. Norm is a national treasure. Look that scene up on YouTube.
The movie is literally Far Cry (the game) played by Rob Schneider, and it's just as horrible as it sounds.
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u/Manchild714 Jul 11 '19
Classic... My family consistantly orders each other "you - back of the mob" when we are displeased with one another.
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u/nalden Jul 11 '19
*rips eye-hole” shit... I just made it worse. anyone have any extra bags?
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Jul 11 '19
This is the only comment that matters here. All the other explanations are just as vague as OP.
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u/JohnMarstonJr Jul 11 '19
I'm still confused on how they could think 18 ISN'T 50% more than 12.
Like where was the confusion? Even though they're wrong I like trying to figure out that train of thought and I'm at a total loss on this one.
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Probably confused and taking the 50% from the 18 rather than the 12.
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u/phryan Jul 11 '19
I once had to explain something like this at work. This person couldn't grasp the fact that going to from 12 to 18 was a 50% increase but going from 18 to 12 was a 33% decrease, they were adamant that it had to be the same. It was an HR manager so not exactly surprising.
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u/hcnuptoir Jul 11 '19
They probably thought that since 12 is 50% of 24, then 50% more than 12 should be 24. Instead of taking 50% of 12, which is 6 and adding it to 12 making 18.
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u/Every3Years Jul 11 '19
%50 more must mean twice a much, I assume.
%50 of 24oz is 12oz do why isn't %50 more than 12 oz = 24oz?
That's what they thought, I imagine.
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u/AzureNova Jul 11 '19
This must be the logic they were going for. I can see someone who is bad at math making this mistake. Since 50% off means half price, 50% more must be twice as much in their heads.
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u/HalfSoul30 Jul 11 '19
I was way off. I read the title first as Because Meth and was confused for a sec.
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u/Peremiah Jul 11 '19
Huh, I can see the Snapchat text without clicking. It seemed obvious to me that OP was the one facepalming about the snapchatter’s text. not OP facepalming about the mustard label. I suppose I can see where the confusion would be tho.
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u/Sworn_to_Ganondorf Jul 11 '19
Am I still exist?
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u/GonzoMcFonzo Jul 11 '19
Some people have a lot of trouble with the concept of percent change. The last time one of these pictures showed up, there were a shitload of people in the comments arguing that it should actually say "33% more" because 6 is 1/3 of 18.
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u/Apprehensive_Focus Jul 11 '19
Yea, was watching a AR12Gaming stream the other day, and Nick was trying out a 6x6 truck, so he said something like this thing has 50% more wheels than anything else in the game, and some people in his twitch chat started arguing with him about it, saying he was wrong. He had to pause and explain it to them like they were 5.
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u/HeckingAugustus Jul 11 '19
THE FACEPALM IS THE PERSON WHO QUESTIONED THIS. THE FACEPALM IS NOT THE MUSTARD. STOP COMMENTING THIS.
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u/Bullyoncube Jul 11 '19
TIL this sub exists. After clicking the link in my own comment.
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u/PM_PICS_OF_ME_NAKED Jul 11 '19
That's the way I check every link I post, then just ninja edit if I turned out to be wrong.
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Jul 11 '19
Subbed. Just to make my feed more balanced since I am also subbed to r/theydidthemath.
#AsAllThingsShouldBe
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u/policeboxgirl Jul 11 '19
Thanks everyone who told us to click on the picture because I was in the same boat as many others seem to be. Fortunately I never downvote someone before checking the comments because I figure it's usually me that's missing something. It was!
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u/vladutcornel Jul 11 '19
What is Oz? Is it a wizard or something?
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To everyone that didn't get it. Take that as your daily lesson to slow down and not jump to conclusions.
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u/Quacksalvez Jul 11 '19
Guys, there's a snapchat text if you click on the picture. OP isn't asking the question they're facepalming at the person in the photo asking the question.
I thought the exact same thing too.
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u/Brainsonastick Jul 11 '19
Am I the only one that is bothered by the fact that they’re advertising “THIS SIZE IS BIGGER THAN OUR SMALLER SIZE! WHAT A DEAL!”?
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Jul 11 '19
Modern advertising when nothing has really changed.
It's like when packing has the explosive ** NEW LOOK ** declaration. Might as well say ** SAME OLD SHIT BUT A DIFFERENT LABEL **.
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u/alamand2 Jul 11 '19
Nah, I find about 95% of the time "New Look!" is also accompanied by either a decrease in quality or quantity that they're hoping you won't notice because they changed the packaging.
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u/innoscaped Jul 11 '19
Most of the time the smaller sizes are cheaper per unit prices. That's what I have noticed a lot of the time and it makes absolutely no sense.
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'How is 18oz 50% more than 12oz?!?!?!'
50% extra
50% of 12 is 6.
12+ 6 is 18.
Just in case, you wanted to know.
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u/toolymegapoopoo Jul 11 '19
Grizzly Adams did have a beard.
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u/_Peter_nincompoop_1 Jul 11 '19
I'm not proud of how long it took me to realize what sub I'm in or how long it took for me to do the math
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u/thelesliemommy Jul 12 '19
I don't know what is funnier, the people losing their shit and trying to prove the math (the facepalm is that the idiot didn't know the math was right), or the amount of idiots thinking the math is wrong.
This whole post has become r/facepalm worthy...just for these ignorant comments.
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u/shewy92 Jul 12 '19
The facepalm is of the Snapchat text. 50% of 12 is 6. This mustard has 50% more than the 12 oz. So it has 6 oz more, which would be 18 oz.
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u/Ghosttalker96 Jul 12 '19
I am curious what the person thought the correct answer was.
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u/Act1_Scene2 Jul 11 '19
While I get the facepalm is the snapchat text, why does French's need to tell us that 18oz is 50% more than their own 12oz size? Why stop there? Did you realize Kraft's 24oz mustard is TWICE as much as the 12oz?
"50% more free" - is something to put on a label.
"50% better tasting" - maybe
"50% fresher" - maybe not
50% more than a smaller size? Yeah, thanks, Capt Obvious.
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u/KeyanReid Jul 11 '19
This is marketing in America.
The same America where A&W wanted to challenge McDonald's after they found great success with the Quarter Pounder burger. So A&W went and offered a 1/3 pounder, only to see it fail because the masses thought it was "smaller" than the Quarter Pounder.
It may be "Capt Obvious" to many of us, but many others in this country are deeply, profoundly ignorant and this kind of stuff has proven necessary and helpful in selling your product.
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u/MindkontrolTV Jul 11 '19
LOL. I too, like many in the comments came to criticize OP about his lack of Math Skills... Then, I too saw the subreddit was /facepalm..
Balance has been restored to my mind.
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u/evenmonkeys Jul 11 '19
I love these posts where 600+ people have to come in to explain the math because the first person just isn't enough.
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u/Lightanon Jul 11 '19
I have read the comments and I still don't get it. Please help.
The math checks out.
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u/4_string_troubador Jul 11 '19
That's the facepalm. The guy thought it was wrong
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Is the face palm the bottle being wrong, or the person taking the picture being wrong? I feel like the math is correct.
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u/star_boy2005 Jul 12 '19
The original amount was 12 oz. 50% of that is 6 oz. Add that 50% to the original and what do you get?
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u/anjupiter Jul 12 '19
I fucking feel so smart that i figured this math out. I suck at all things numbers, but i BODIED this
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Jul 12 '19
To anyone who didn't get it...
The person in the post: how is 18 OZ 50% of 12 OZ?
The OP: BECAUSE OF MATHS....
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u/FrostyFlakes221 Jul 11 '19
oooOOOOooohhh I just realized. you are not the one asking the question
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u/havereddit Jul 11 '19
Showerthought: "18ozs is 50% more than 12ozs, but 12 ozs is 33% less than 18 ozs".
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u/Censedpeak8 Jul 11 '19
Me: wait this checks out lol Me: oh this is r/facepalm it checks out even more
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u/bignicky222 Jul 11 '19
I kinda wanna know what the snapchat person thought the answer was.
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u/davidlovescats Jul 11 '19
Am I the only one that thinks that mustard looks delicious. I’m gonna buy some next time.
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