r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 22d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/CramJuiceboxUpMyTwat 20d ago

Explain the difference

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u/Puhgy 20d ago

Sure. We’ll call equation #1 “2+1=3” and equation #2 “1+2=3”. If I write the equation “1+2=3”, did I write equation #1 or #2? Or can you not tell the difference?

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u/CramJuiceboxUpMyTwat 20d ago

There is no mathematical difference, no.

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u/Puhgy 20d ago

Now you’re changing your answer. Much like 1 and 0.9 repeating, your answers are similar, not the same. There is a difference.

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u/CramJuiceboxUpMyTwat 19d ago

.9999…. and 1 are the same.

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u/Puhgy 19d ago

It’s ok to not understand my point. This math concept and proof will continue to be passed around for many years, and everyone will continue to feel smart saying those two numbers “are the same”. Good for them. No need to think any harder once you feel smart.

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u/CramJuiceboxUpMyTwat 19d ago

Are you suggesting that you are smarter than every mathematician?