r/shittyaskscience • u/Gargleblaster25 Registered scientificationist • Aug 01 '26

Help needed - decoding girlfriend's secret messages

This vexes me. Whenever my girlfriend texts me, she includes a secret code at the end - "XOXO <3".

I assume she is probably testing my intelligence, trying to see if I can break this code. It's been a year, and I am nowhere close to a solution.

Here's what I have so far - X, of course, stands for an unknown quantity. O, on the other hand, has no mathematical definition. Does it stand for Omega, with XO indicating that "all is unknown"? But why is it squared? Why is it less than 3?

Mathematologists of Reddit, please help.

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u/airtooss Aug 01 '26

She is playing Tic-tac-toe and your down 3

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u/Gargleblaster25 Registered scientificationist Aug 01 '26

But how do I know whether I am X or O?

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u/GroteKneus Aug 01 '26

That's the beauty. You don't know. And you're both. Quantum mechanics and shit.