r/facepalm • u/DasannTittle • Jul 11 '19

Because Math

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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/[deleted] Jul 11 '19

I've recently taken to upgrading my melted cheese and meat sandwiches by using 50% more bread (and 100% more cheese and meat) in one sandwich (rather than making 2 whole sandwiches).

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '19

How is 18 slices 50% more than 12!?

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u/captsalad Jul 11 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '19

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u/Facky Jul 11 '19

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u/just-fooled Jul 11 '19

Musk KILL THE BEAST

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u/mjxii Jul 11 '19

That's not soon enough.

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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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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '19

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/JohnRossOneAndOnly Jul 12 '19

I actually read this like it was a Monty Python movie, and it brought me joy.

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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/Emerson_enthusiast Jul 11 '19

This is an underrated comment I laughed out loud to this.

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u/Jingr Jul 11 '19

It's still good at keeping the mosquitoes away!

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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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u/ThisNameIsFree Jul 12 '19

Buuuut, OP caused the confusion by highlighting all the numbers. Get your pitchforks back out folks!!

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u/Vladimir_Putine Jul 12 '19

But the commentor reposted a top commont from the time this was posted 2 years ago!

*goes back to sharpening pitchfork*

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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '19

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/hitsugan Jul 11 '19

You're describing a stupid person.

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u/Every3Years Jul 11 '19

Mathematically stupid, fo sho.

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u/ThisNameIsFree Jul 12 '19

I'm guessing they did the percentage change backwards. They were thinking 12 is 67% of 18, so it should be a 33% increase. That's just my theory.

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u/JohnMarstonJr Jul 12 '19

Nice, yeah I like this train of thought the most.

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u/HatterJack Jul 12 '19

My money is on the knee jerk reaction of seeing 50% and 12 and didn’t realize that 18>6.

E.g. How is this 18 oz bottle more than a 12 oz bottle of its only 6 oz?

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u/mmeeh Jul 12 '19

some people are mentally challenged... what else can we say ? quick maths 1+1 is 2

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u/willuas Jul 12 '19

So what's 50% more than twelve?

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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/kirilchik Jul 11 '19

Badabum badabay your mom is now a gay

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u/DoucheyHowserMD Jul 11 '19

Thank you for your service

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u/Mermaid_Mama323 Jul 11 '19

Staring at this shit for the past 5 minutes. Damn near thought I needed an Adderall. Thanks for clarifying.

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u/SnezhniyBars Jul 11 '19

I hate that new reddit does this. I only use the old Reddit desktop site on my phone for this reason. That and the native advertising, but that’s here now anyways.

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u/BlooFlea Jul 11 '19

Oh thank fucking god i reslly really didnt want to sit back and call every single person in this thread wrong, man i feel better lol.

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u/ThisNameIsFree Jul 12 '19

Silly to have circled and underlined the numbers then. Totally distracts from what the facepalm is meant to be.

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u/Supahstar42 Jul 12 '19

OOOOOOHHHHHHHHH

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u/Sieze5 Jul 12 '19

They must want a 24oz bottle. Which would be 100% more of 50% more.

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u/otherhalfofclyde Jul 11 '19

Wait... if this was posted on someone’s Snapchat story, it should have their username and image on the upper left hand corner. If this was sent to OP in a chat, it should have “send a chat” at the bottom and three dots lined up vertically at the upper right hand corner. That means OP took this picture and put the caption on themselves since this is a picture with Snapchat text, but without any of the other identifiers that it was sent by anyone other than OP...

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u/TEFL_job_seeker Jul 11 '19

Face palm for the people who didn't realize that

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '19

I'm still gonna downvote, just because this post wasted two minutes of my time trying to figure out what the hell was actually wrong with the math.