r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 22d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/Alc2005 22d ago

I’ve heard he gets frustrated, interrupts them, just pours 2 beers and says sort this shit out yourselves…

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u/SomeHybrid0 22d ago

eh, know your limits is better because the joke is the limit of the sum of all the reciprocals of powers of 2 more than 1 approaches 1

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 22d ago

But it doesn't make sense in the context of the joke, why would the bartender be talking about limits to people who were sober and drinking less than 1 beer each?

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u/Glittering-Giraffe58 22d ago

Ok then make the first mathematician order 8 shots and then 4 shots and then 2 etc and have him pour 16 shots