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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,315 posts) Fri Mar 6, 2020, 11:54 AM Mar 2020

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See if you can spot the math error. (Man facepalming)

Actually, this is arithmetic, not math, but still....

I just don’t know how to process this. Is it satire and I’m missing it?

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See if you can spot the math error. Man facepalming

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See if you can spot the math error. (Man facepalming) (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 OP

OMG... that's going to leave a (life-long) mark hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1

Ya gadda be fuggin kiddin me.... Boxerfan Mar 2020 #2

i flunked math in college and even I saw this right away.. samnsara Mar 2020 #3

My bad. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #4

Because it was wrong. LisaM Mar 2020 #6

Oops. My bad. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #12

That was so funny! LisaM Mar 2020 #5

I can barely balance my check book and I got it. sarge43 Mar 2020 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author matt819 Mar 2020 #8

Brian Williams did. LisaM Mar 2020 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 #13

This what the pukes would call a gotcha question. yonder Mar 2020 #9

! rurallib Mar 2020 #16

It seems it is not only the corona virus spreading Bev54 Mar 2020 #11

That is one MAJOR eff up! sdfernando Mar 2020 #14

Wow, Disaffected Mar 2020 #15

hlthe2b

(102,138 posts)

1. OMG... that's going to leave a (life-long) mark

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 11:57 AM

Mar 2020

Boxerfan

(2,533 posts)

2. Ya gadda be fuggin kiddin me....

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 11:58 AM

Mar 2020

They read that and said alrighty then. We are lost as far as critical thinking I guess.

samnsara

(17,606 posts)

3. i flunked math in college and even I saw this right away..

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 11:58 AM

Mar 2020

58Sunliner

(4,372 posts)

4. My bad.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 11:59 AM

Mar 2020

And arithmetic is math.

LisaM

(27,794 posts)

6. Because it was wrong.

Reply to 58Sunliner (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 12:04 PM

Mar 2020

It's enough to give everyone one dollar each, not one million dollars each.

58Sunliner

(4,372 posts)

12. Oops. My bad.

Reply to LisaM (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 12:37 PM

Mar 2020

LisaM

(27,794 posts)

5. That was so funny!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 12:01 PM

Mar 2020

My boyfriend and I were watching and he immediately pointed it out. At least Brian Williams came back and corrected it right away and laughed at himself.

sarge43

(28,940 posts)

7. I can barely balance my check book and I got it.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 12:08 PM

Mar 2020

Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

matt819 This message was self-deleted by its author.

LisaM

(27,794 posts)

10. Brian Williams did.

Reply to matt819 (Reply #8)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 12:16 PM

Mar 2020

He came back and corrected himself on air almost immediately.

Response to matt819 (Reply #8)

mahatmakanejeeves This message was self-deleted by its author.

yonder

(9,657 posts)

9. This what the pukes would call a gotcha question.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 12:16 PM

Mar 2020

rurallib

(62,387 posts)

16. !

Reply to yonder (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 10:21 PM

Mar 2020

Bev54

(10,039 posts)

11. It seems it is not only the corona virus spreading

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 12:34 PM

Mar 2020

The dumbing down of supposedly very smart people has already happened. How could any of these people not noticed this, not just those in front of the cameras but those who set this up behind the scenes. This stupidity scares the hell out of me.

sdfernando

(4,927 posts)

14. That is one MAJOR eff up!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 12:51 PM

Mar 2020

Someone needs to take a night course on basic arithmetic.

Disaffected

(4,547 posts)

15. Wow,

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 10:06 PM

Mar 2020

I thought the population of the US was greater than 500!

Talk about innumeracy on steroids....

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