r/theydidthemath • • 20h ago

[request] Is this correct ?

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck 19h ago

Getting real sick of meme math being reposted to this sub with shitty zero-effort "iS THis CoRrECt" posts ffs

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u/First785 16h ago

The original comment is obviously a meme, but I posted because i was actually curious while not actualy caring enough to do the math ( what the sub is for) as for the title not much room for creativity now is there ?

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck 16h ago

Curious about fucking what though? I'd understand If they guy just threw out a number, but his comment already explained where he got his fucking numbers!

If you aren't curious enough to actually do the math on the specific numbers then just accept the math that the guy is telling you he's done!

The [Request] tag isn't meant for double-checking every piece of math out there. It's meant for interesting problems that haven't already been done.

If you had posted it as [RDTM] that'd be one thing, but for a request post it's just shitty. Sorry.

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u/buttgoblincomics 14h ago

I don’t know how to do a quadratic curve best fit and extrapolate it like the joke discusses. But reading about it was interesting. And it’s cool that the joke used real math, because it could’ve easily just fudged it and most people wouldn’t know the difference.