• @[email protected]
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    938 days ago

    I guess remembering grade school order of operation means you’re a guinus now? Bar has gotten pretty low…

    • Miles O'Brien
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      268 days ago

      That’s the point.

      Set the bar low, but just high enough that tons of people still trip over it.

      Sit back and enjoy the comment wars.

      The people who are confident but wrong are too proud to admit they were wrong even if they realize it, and comment angrily.

      The people who are right and know why, comment for corrections and some to show off how S-M-R-T they are.

      The people who are wrong but willing to accept that just have their realization and probably don’t think about it again. So do the people who don’t know and/or care.

      But those first two groups will keep the post going in both shares and comments, because “look at all these wrong people”

      It’s all designed to boost engagement.

      • @[email protected]
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        98 days ago

        I like the version where these problems are made purposefully ambiguous so people will fight over it and raise the level of interaction

      • Ulrich
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        68 days ago

        This right here is exactly why it’s been so popular for so long.

    • rigatti
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      108 days ago

      G U I N U S.

      I know it’s probably a typo, but I’m enjoying it.

      • @[email protected]
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        7 days ago

        It’s jeenyus you moran!

        All I can envision with that alternative is Whoopi Goldberg with a very fanciful hat serving drinks in space.

      • @[email protected]
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        58 days ago

        I would like to say it was on purpose but it was not :( I might do math, spelling is not my forte.