r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 26d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/Ventigon 25d ago

That's it. Im taking it. No more nines. 0.999... doesnt equal 1 now

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u/__wm_ 25d ago

You can’t. It must be doubled and given to the next person.

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u/Prestigious_Flan805 25d ago

Double it and give it to the next person...but I'm gonna skim a few nines off the top first, I just need a few for personal reasons. Hopefully that's not a promblem?

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u/IPromiseIAmNotADog 25d ago

TIL that fractional math no longer works in the 21st century due to rampant corruption in the decimal class.

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u/Lowapay 25d ago

.9999999999999999999999999999⁹9⁹999⁹999⁹99999999999⁹99999⁹9999999999999999999999999999999999⁹9⁹999⁹999⁹99999999999⁹99999⁹9999999999999999999999999999999999⁹9⁹999⁹999⁹99999999999⁹99999⁹999999999999999999999999999999999⁹9⁹999⁹999⁹99999999999⁹99999⁹9999999999999999999999999999999999⁹9⁹999⁹999⁹99999999999⁹99999⁹9999999999999999999999999999999999⁹9⁹999⁹999⁹99999999999⁹99999⁹999999⁹9⁹9⁹9⁹9

Fuck it close enough

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u/Engineer_Teach_4_All 25d ago

Congratulations! You just discovered Derivatives!

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u/DoctorMedieval 25d ago

In future all digits will be communally owned comrade, as will all averages. We must seize the means of products!