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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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E: Maybe I should crosspost this to !dadjokes@lemmy.world

explanation50/50 = 1 = 100%

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[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 15 points 6 days ago

Pretty much correct. A 50% chance of A and a 50% chance of B equals a 100% chance of either A or B happening.

[–] andra17@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

You don't deserve these downvotes that joke was peak lmao

[–] Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 9 points 6 days ago

More washing, less thinking!

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Funny how many people in the comments don't get the joke.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Because it's not a joke, it's not even funny. It's a simple mathematical thing which depends on a specific perspective.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Seems like you didn't get the joke.

The joke is a mathematical pun, purposely misunderstanding the "/" in "50/50" as a division sign instead of a separator.

50/50 means, 50 of hundred fall on one side, 50 on the other.

But in mathematical notation, 50 divided by 50 equals 1, and 1 is 100%.

It's just as much a joke as any other pun, just in mathematical notation instead of in a natural language.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

Why are they booing, OP is right!

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 6 days ago
[–] kip@piefed.zip 4 points 6 days ago

pun-ctuation

[–] masb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

!weedtime@crazypeople.online

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Even if you do it twice, it's still not 100℅.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

The joke is that they interpret the "/" as a division sign, not as a separator.

So 50/50=1 and 1=100%.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

You are on to something. But call it entropy, not chance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_entropy_function

[–] johsny@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago