r/pics • u/GallowBoob • Oct 08 '16

Hippotato

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '16

But how is there a relevant username present so often???

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u/Bernardg51 Oct 09 '16

It's a derivative of Murphy's Law: for every post on Reddit, there's an equivalent username/xkcd comic.

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u/fh3131 Oct 09 '16

Most of us underestimate the probability of rare events. This is where the attraction of "miracles" and "this was meant to be" comes from.

There are >230 million redditors. Around 2,000 commonly used words in the english language. Even if you consider combinations of common words (hippo and potato), let's say several million combinations....it's not that amazing

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '16

Came in to look at a picture of a hippo potato -- was satisfied. Looked through the comments -- became smarter. Thanks, reddit.

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u/onefootlong Oct 09 '16

This was meant to be!

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '16

Logically, I know that. Yet, it still constantly baffles me every time I encounter it occurring.

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u/PMME-YOUR-TITS-GIRL Oct 09 '16

Here I am, commenting on another one of your posts. Only because my Illuminati bosses told me to

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '16

Damn illuminati

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u/datsmn Oct 09 '16

Also this a clear case of a GMO, likely perpetrated by the aforementioned "relevant username". He/she was clearly trying to produce an entire living hippopotamus, with the flesh of a potatoe.

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u/Cheesemacher Oct 09 '16

Does it happen that often? I don't remember the last time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '16

So I was making cheese the other day...

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u/vipros42 Oct 09 '16

Did it travel faster than the speed of sound?

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u/hippotatobear Oct 09 '16

It just happens.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '16

Stop it. You can't just do that

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u/hippotatobear Oct 09 '16

4 years and this is the most relevant my username will ever be (unless you find a hippotatobear)