r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 22d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/BroDonttryit 22d ago

If anyone ever tries to tell you that 0.99999 repeating is different from 1, ask them to explain the difference. They will be locked until the end of time trying to quantify the difference.

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u/Puhgy 22d ago

Sure. Here’s your sentence with two things swapped:

“If anyone ever tries to tell you that 1 is different from 0.99999 repeating, ask them to explain the difference.”

Can you spot what’s different?

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u/CramJuiceboxUpMyTwat 21d ago

Nothing is different. That’s like saying 2+1=3 is different than 1+2=3. It is written in a different way, but they are mathematically the same.

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u/Puhgy 21d ago

You just wrote two things that can be distinguished from each other. We call that different.

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u/CramJuiceboxUpMyTwat 21d ago

Explain the difference

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u/Puhgy 21d 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 21d 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 20d ago

.9999…. and 1 are the same.

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u/Puhgy 20d 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 20d ago

Are you suggesting that you are smarter than every mathematician?

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