The replies to this maths problem will have you facepalming into next week
Over on r/facepalm, a Redditor named u/3KidsInTheTrenchCoat has shared something that definitely fits the bill, in the shape of what appears to be a fairly straightforward maths question.
They added –
I expected some people to get the wrong answer, I didn’t expect it to be nearly 1/3 of them. I had to stop looking when it went from funny to sad to scary.
It seems that maths is hard. Very, very hard.
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Whatever you’re thinking now, a Redditor probably thought it too – and these were the top responses.
Them: “44.”
Me, scrolling: “at least they didn’t say 80.”
Next slide: “80.”
Me: “oh, fuck…”
Them: “96.”
Me: “ok, we need a world flood, a real one this time.”
NotEnoughWave
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ they were on drugs.
NirvanaPenguin
I appreciate the ones saying 80. They knew what they were doing.
Aporkalypse_Sow
I’m going with ellevendy seven.
djluminol
My favorite is the utmost confidence in their wrong answers.
soybeanasteroid
u/EvErYLeGaLvOtE had a scathing assessment.
The explanations are Lauren Boebert level.
Steady on! They’re not that bad.
For those who want to see the workings –
2 x 2 = 4, so the big sister is 2 years older.
When the questioner is 40, the sister is 42.
Life, the universe and everything.
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