E: Maybe I should crosspost this to !dadjokes@lemmy.world
explanation
50/50 = 1 = 100%
Why are they booing, OP is right!
You don’t deserve these downvotes that joke was peak lmao
Pretty much correct. A 50% chance of A and a 50% chance of B equals a 100% chance of either A or B happening.
Funny how many people in the comments don’t get the joke.
Because it’s not a joke, it’s not even funny. It’s a simple mathematical thing which depends on a specific perspective.
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.
More washing, less thinking!
No
pun-ctuation
Even if you do it twice, it’s still not 100℅.
The joke is that they interpret the “/” as a division sign, not as a separator.
So 50/50=1 and 1=100%.
No.
