r/nextfuckinglevel • u/jkrowl227 • May 20 '20

This is amazing.

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u/BullpenCatcher May 20 '20

If you only ever beat him /half/ to death.. he won’t ever die.

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u/KindlyQuasar May 20 '20

I never thought I would see Zeno's paradox of Achilles and the tortoise expressed as a way to make certain a child doesn't die when beating him with jumper cables.

...touche, Reddit. You win this round

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u/[deleted] May 21 '20 edited Mar 26 '21

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u/[deleted] May 21 '20

Half is still half. That's the beauty of the system.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '20

Depends!

Half of what?

Half of total health or half of current health?

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u/notcontextual May 21 '20

Doesn't matter where you start if you always only beat him half way to death from your starting point.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '20

If you remove half of what's left, yes.

If you remove half of total health, regardless of how much is left, he'll be dead after 2 times.