balderdash9

@balderdash9@lemmy.zip

I’m mostly half-serious.

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balderdash9,

So you have chosen death…

balderdash9,

Good catch, I’ll edit that sentence

balderdash9, (edited )

I understand that both sets are equally infinite (same cardinality). And I do see the plausibility in your argument that, in each case, since there’s an infinite number of bills their value should be equally infinite. If your argument is correct, then I should revise my understanding of infinity. So maybe you can help me make sense of the following two examples.

First, the number of rational numbers between 0 and 1 is countably infinite. That is, we can establish a 1-1 correspondence between the infinite set of fractions between 0-1 and the infinite set of positive integers. So the number of numbers is the same. But clearly, if we add up all the infinite fractions between 0 and 1, they would add up to 1. Whereas, adding up the set of positive integers will get us infinity.

Second, there are equally many positive integers as there are negative integers. If we add up the positive integers we get positive infinity and if we add up all the negative integers we get negative infinity. Clearly, the positive is greater than the negative.

In these two cases, we see that a distinction needs to be made between the infinite number of members in the set and the value of each member. The same arguably applies in the case of the dollar bills.

EDIT: I see now that I was mistaken.

balderdash9, (edited )

I meant to say that we can infinitely divide the numbers between 0 and 1 and then match each with an integer. But I realized that the former wouldn’t be rational numbers, they would be real numbers.

That aside, I see now that the original idea behind the meme was mistaken.

balderdash9,

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/7a93d416-a507-4ec6-83f2-e42773796097.webp

balderdash9,

I don’t know what you’d consider “sizable” but a lot of people these days are spiritual without being religious. Which is unsurprising. Atheism/agnosticism are on the rise, so it makes sense that people who believe in a god but don’t subscribe to a particular religion are also on the rise.

balderdash9,

I swear it’s always the memes that take the most effort to create that get the least reception

balderdash9,

What is the context behind this image? On second thought, I don’t want to know

balderdash9,

You may have a point…

balderdash9,

I completely forgot about Shaolin Soccer!

balderdash9,

Sam Ramey’s Spiderman 1 (Green Goblin), Spiderman 2 (Doc Oc.), Spiderman 3 (Venom)

balderdash9,

adult swim is wild lol

balderdash9,

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/06dbbec3-538d-4bb7-9773-e364fdfa5d3a.webp

balderdash9,

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/4d0bca8a-02f8-45a0-a387-9821b311edc0.webp

balderdash9,

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/ffbcdd04-f03e-4a61-b527-1d3cd3c9bfa0.webp

balderdash9,

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/b7885814-e83e-4901-b833-f7a1b049843e.webp

balderdash9,

Wups, I meant to reply to a comment about the Mongol/Huns on another post (hence the mention of nomadic tribes). I was wondering why my comment got downvoted lol

balderdash9,

Not quite what I’m saying. It goes the other way around: people are morally questionable by nature and this comes out when people have the chance to act without facing consequences.

So the debate essentially boils down to whether you think people are essentially good/bad at heart. That’s something people can reasonably disagree on.

balderdash9,

That was the weirdest video essay I’ve ever seen. Liked and subscribed lol

balderdash9,

risky click of the day

balderdash9,

You’re a real one Exusia 🫡

balderdash9,
  1. The joke is in the image: of course the text description of it won’t land. But I can’t post it because it would get taken down
  2. Whether its funny is beside the point. Why did it get taken down? I see people screenshotting unfunny tweets and posting it to meme communities and it gets 1k upvotes.
balderdash9,

I think you’re right. And if anyone wants to give a deep/thoughtful comment it often feels like swimming upstream. Nuances are ignored and people will just downvote you if they think you’re disagreeing with them (even if disagreement is only partial).

balderdash9,

I’m glad someone noticed!

balderdash9,

Mythbusters actually debunked the myth that you can jump at the right time and survive a falling elevator. Short clip for anyone interested: youtu.be/xmloyCC7MOY?si=DbmDkS4w1hyQ3OcZ

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