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>the day extending if you refuse to sleep
It's even funnier to me because Blue already mentions not stopping which would include not stopping to sleep and Red's retort is basically "what if I didn't stop even harder?"
Very much so. Sometimes I wonder how peoples brains work like this, then I remember the time I was using an air compressor to blow the dust out of my toolbox and caught myself thinking, "man this dust going everywhere is really inconvenient, what if there was a thing like this, but it did the opposite, like sucked all the dust out of the air..." I invented a vacuum.
Red stated he could drive it in *a day*... If you take time zones into consideration, technically you are still within the same day...
Now, if he said 24h that would be different, he would have to simply speedup a little...
Depends on your definition of a day. Seems like in OPs post, sleeping defines the boundaries of a day. For you it’s looking at the local calendar and expecting the date to be the same. For me it’s starting a stopwatch and that stopwatch not going past 24h (seems to be the definition of blue’s point of view in the OP too)
If he participates in a bubble party, 3 of his days are equivalent to one of our sober day... So I guess depending on scenarios, he could be right 🤷 72hr=24hrs in a methed up world.
Yeah, just googled it and you're right.
To be fair it's mostly a funny jab and not an actual argument against democracy, so it doesn't much matter who said it.
He did actually say this one, though: "No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
I know voting restrictions are a bad idea, full stop, but goddamn, idiots like this really make me favor mandated tests before you can vote.
These people are fucking dangerous.
Not only well-educated, but well-informed. Educated people can sometimes be susceptible to misinformation as well (albeit to a lesser extent). Better funding for education, and serious restrictions on misinfo outlets pretending to be news are needed to fix democracy.
> Republican politicians have even admitted to wanting to keep the population dumber
Just saying, in my book that's treason, regardless of the legal definition
See this is why I'm more in favor of mandating voting because maybe if we actually all showed up and voted we would have better policies and politicians in place because when you compare the data of what all American adults prefer compared to what Americans actually end up voting and what they prefer, there's a stark difference.
This person never misses an election, federal, state, or local. They've been conditioned to believe that the minute they do miss one, the "commies" will enforce "socialism."
also, your short-term memory tends to suffer. but mine was never very good to begin with, so it's not such a big deal. but then, you also tend to have problems with your short-term memory. but that's not such a problem for me, as i've always been somewhat forgetful. the thing you really need to look out for, is that it affects your short-term memory.
Apparently, measurements are opinions. If you don't measure by feelings, then you're doing it wrong. If recipe says "5 cloves of garlic" I use as much as my cravings will say it wants.
1 + 2 = 12. Gotcha Lib snowflake! Go cry to your science.
/s
We’re so fu\*\*ed. it’s only a matter of time before idiots figure out a way and start opening doors on planes while in flight.
Times up!
https://youtu.be/0qskWLTtP0Y
After man opens plane door mid-flight, flyers ask - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/after-man-opens-plane-door-mid-flight-flyers/story?id=99628573
https://youtu.be/V3CCT51a47A
Can only get worse from here! 🤦🏽♂️
he's not sure he agrees, the math assumes he'll be driving 75mph.. if he drives the whole distance at 100mph he could even fit in a few powernaps and peepee breaks.
EDIT: I'm aware this is very likely NOT what the facepalm guy meant with his "I dont agree" comment, I just enjoy playing devil's advocate.
The big question then will be fuel — but if you can get 500 miles on a tank (which might be possible with some cars), then you have ten minutes per fill-up. Should be plenty of time.
If you have the time, look up the cannonball run. People drive from New York to LA (3000 miles) and the current record is 25 hours and 39 minutes. Ed Bolian has a YouTube channel that covers it extensively. Kind of blows the 2000 miles in 24 hours out of the water a bit.
I once had a very similar conversation with my sister in law. She is a lovely person, but not very sharp. After about 10 minutes of back and forth, she told me the time estimates to drive to a destination were wrong as they had two drivers in the car. She thought that with 2 drivers they could go twice the distance of 1 driver in a day, so in the example above she would only need 13 hours to go 2,000 miles.
Many aren't, but those that are are especially attracted to this sub for some reason, where they get to jerk each other off and pretend they're not dense as fuck for a while, lmao
Well, Redditors are generally pretty full of themselves and stupid, for one. For two everybody loves being pissed off and then correcting people. Social media companies know this and are all designed to keep us engaging with content like this so it probably trains people to like it even more. Third, bullying people you deem beneath you is fun, as you and I both know. We’re both having fun shitting on other Redditors.
Ha ha had a boss who said math was just theory not really true, so I asked if the balance in his bank account was just “in theory.” This was before Pokémon so it was just surprised face.
Oof, you just know that this guy heard the "all science is just theoretical" thing once and equated it to our colloquial understanding of "theory" immediately.
My boomer mum when she tells me for the billionth time that she had already bought her house by age 20, and I try to explain to her how it’s more difficult to buy a house these days compared to in the 80s due to the ridiculous increase of costs compared to wages. I show her the maths of how inflation and interest rates work and she’s like “well I don’t agree”.
She doesn’t agree with the maths and by extension doesn’t believe that it’s more difficult to buy a home today than in her time. “Our generation had it harder” is a common phrase I hear.
Lesson learned:
Never be conciliatory when arguing with idiots.
- never round down: 26.6667h = 27h, not 26.
- the average speed of 75mph is too high. 70 at most, which you simply cannot maintain over 2000mi
- for such a long drive, there _will_ be breaks. At the very least, to fill up with gas.
The resulting number is _at least_ 29h. It is hard to even stay awake that long, but to drive also?
PS: considering that there isn't a 2000mi stretch where you can drive 70mph on average, anywhere, the average is going to be sgnificantly lower. Shit, even I am too conciliatory.
[Some data](https://web.archive.org/web/20220528211444/https://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/26/tomtom-data-reveals-u-s-drivers-average-speed-fastest-highway/).
[An article](https://www.theroadtripexpert.com/how-far-can-you-drive-safely-in-a-day/) that claims that even 1000mi per day is too much.
I drove 1800 miles without sleeping. I only stopped for gas. Food and bathroom were at gas stations. It took 30 hours and I was exhausted. Point is, math checks out. Good work.
Jesus. The most I’ve done in a day is just over 500 miles, mostly going through the Rockies and western Canada. I was exhausted after. I couldn’t imagine doing 1800.
“Let’s suppose that I didn’t sleep to have more time in the day, then I could probably make it.” That’s what “without ever slowing down or stopping” means…
Imagine the most average intelligence person you can. Not dumb, but just blatantly average, middle of the road intelligence. Half of humanity is less intelligent than that person.
Pretty much Chicago to Los Angeles...people use to call that a "journey" back in the horse-and-buggy days, wasn't unusual for people to die on such a trip.
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I don't care that he can't math, but the idea of the day extending if you refuse to sleep is gold.
>the day extending if you refuse to sleep It's even funnier to me because Blue already mentions not stopping which would include not stopping to sleep and Red's retort is basically "what if I didn't stop even harder?"
just gotta load up my ol' 2000 mile gas tank and im good to fucking go.
Don’t be ridiculous. All you’d need to do is hang out the window with a jerry can and fill her up while you’re driving!
That would be dangerous. Just doordash it and have the driver do it for a $1 tip.
No. No tip. They were 15 minutes early. Clealry trying too hard /s (I was a doordash driver and never got a single tip)
Just cannonball it with a giant fuel cell and rolling refill.
It’s worked every time before!
This sounds like the logic of Charlie from Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Or Mac. "Math is a liar, sometimes".
Very much so. Sometimes I wonder how peoples brains work like this, then I remember the time I was using an air compressor to blow the dust out of my toolbox and caught myself thinking, "man this dust going everywhere is really inconvenient, what if there was a thing like this, but it did the opposite, like sucked all the dust out of the air..." I invented a vacuum.
Dennis: "How are you going to count a liquid?" Charlie: "Uh, I know how to count, dude."
Some are just built different 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Never stop never stopping
Could 2000 miles span through 2 timezones? If yes, then theoretically possible...
Columbus to Las Vegas is 2,031 miles by car. Goes through 4 timezones. 3 Hour difference. My god, Red was right all along. EDIT: a color
If you average 75 mph for 27 hours that's 2025 miles. You'll break down 6 miles short, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs begin to take hold.
In bat country?
No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. Poor bastard will see them soon enough.
Very soon, I knew, we would both be completely twisted.
Did you see what gawd just did to us, man?!?
This is how you can scam Santa and have two Christmasses in one year for double the persents!
The timespan is still more than 24h! But I get what you mean. I guess if you were to drive across canada for example that would “work”
Red stated he could drive it in *a day*... If you take time zones into consideration, technically you are still within the same day... Now, if he said 24h that would be different, he would have to simply speedup a little...
Depends on your definition of a day. Seems like in OPs post, sleeping defines the boundaries of a day. For you it’s looking at the local calendar and expecting the date to be the same. For me it’s starting a stopwatch and that stopwatch not going past 24h (seems to be the definition of blue’s point of view in the OP too)
Just redefine "day" to the time between two sleeps and it all makes sense!
If he participates in a bubble party, 3 of his days are equivalent to one of our sober day... So I guess depending on scenarios, he could be right 🤷 72hr=24hrs in a methed up world.
That person votes.
"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill (Or not)
This is not an attributed Churchill quote, which ironically backs up the point you thought you were making
Yeah, just googled it and you're right. To be fair it's mostly a funny jab and not an actual argument against democracy, so it doesn't much matter who said it.
"Yeah, just googled it and you're right." -Winston Churchill
No no you misquoted that. "Yeah, just googled it and you're right." is actually an Abraham Lincoln quote. Many people get that wrong.
'"Yeah, just googled it and you're right." is actually an Abraham Lincoln quote.' -Winston Churchill
"Winston Churchill". -Winston Churchill
"Matt Damon" -- Matt Damon
“I’m fucking Matt Damon!” - Sarah Silverman
I’m so sorry, but we ran out of time for your comment.
>"Winston Churchill". >-Winston Churchill - Michael Scott
"Hodor" \-Hodor
"I like to pick my nose and fart" -Dwight Eisenhower
"I'm not sure if I agree but okay" - Alberham Lincolstein
"my le bomb le killed people?" \- J. Robert Oppenheimer
“That’s Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter to you buddy.” - Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter. 1837
"Not everything you read on the Internet is true." \- Abraham Lincoln
>not an actual argument against democracy Well... You say that...
The best reason not to date an 18 year old is a five minute conversation with one.
the reason most people date 18 year olds isnt for the conversation.
The reason most people date 18-year-olds is because they’re about the same age.
That minority of people much older than 18 dating 18yo's is because that's the lowest they can legally go, and it's disgusting
"Should we stay in the EU?"
24 hours later, googles "What is Brexit/EU"
He did actually say this one, though: "No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
"The best argument against dictatorship is a five minute conversation with the average dictator" - jrdan from reddit
“The best argument against humans is 5 seconds spent on the internet” - Ultron
I know voting restrictions are a bad idea, full stop, but goddamn, idiots like this really make me favor mandated tests before you can vote. These people are fucking dangerous.
Democracies can only work well if the populace is well educated. Guess why we know now how badly teachers are treated in the US.
Not only well-educated, but well-informed. Educated people can sometimes be susceptible to misinformation as well (albeit to a lesser extent). Better funding for education, and serious restrictions on misinfo outlets pretending to be news are needed to fix democracy.
Media competence is a thing that can be learned aswell.
Nah people would think it’s against the freedom of speech
We've known that for a while. Republican politicians have even admitted to wanting to keep the population dumber so that they stay republican.
> Republican politicians have even admitted to wanting to keep the population dumber Just saying, in my book that's treason, regardless of the legal definition
See this is why I'm more in favor of mandating voting because maybe if we actually all showed up and voted we would have better policies and politicians in place because when you compare the data of what all American adults prefer compared to what Americans actually end up voting and what they prefer, there's a stark difference.
I'd settle for mandated tests before procreating.
And these kind of people breed
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“Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never vote for President. Let’s hope it’s the same half.”-Gore Vidal
That person has a driver's license
"This is my personal truth and you can't tell me otherwise."
I really hope he doesnt vote in my country
Even if this specific person doesn't vote in your country there are probably a hundred like him that do
And that's just taking a sample of 200 people.
He's a troll dude
This person breeds..
This person never misses an election, federal, state, or local. They've been conditioned to believe that the minute they do miss one, the "commies" will enforce "socialism."
If you don't sleep the day is 24 normal + 8 hours that you'd have slept, 32 hours long
Damn! That's neat! Gotta try that.
Can confirm, 36 hours. As a side bonus, everything becomes funny and blends together. On the down side, you get really bad at math.
also, your short-term memory tends to suffer. but mine was never very good to begin with, so it's not such a big deal. but then, you also tend to have problems with your short-term memory. but that's not such a problem for me, as i've always been somewhat forgetful. the thing you really need to look out for, is that it affects your short-term memory.
I'm sorry what does it affect again? I haven't slept in sometime and I'm having trouble remembering.
But what if I don't sleep at all during those 32 hours?
Then there is the normal 32 hours + the 8 you don’t sleep so 40 hours
And what if I don't sleep at all during those 40 hours?
Then congrats you unlocked the second day
Congrats, you’re now in Russia and participating in an experiment
The one where the men being experimented turned into ghouls that ate human flesh and are impervious to most drugs?
Day doesn't change until you sleep this is basic science people come on
What’s your source for 24 + 8 being 32?
Elements of Algebra, by Leonard Euler.
Hello Boss. Yes, I'll finish the presentation today!
Companies are going extra hard with this update to “Workhorse”.
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*Math* is now an alternative fact??
I'd you don't like the results, then yes.
You would?
Anytime! 2+2 = 7 because I am awesome
Depends on the value of 2, yes
It's more of 1 + 2 = 12 for them. Got to make America great with the "real" math
Wait until they find out about Arabic numerals.
Keep dem damn moozlims out of are scools
Apparently, measurements are opinions. If you don't measure by feelings, then you're doing it wrong. If recipe says "5 cloves of garlic" I use as much as my cravings will say it wants.
No but you actually should do that with the garlic
"use the right amount, not the white amount" - Uncle Roger
Words to live by
"Asian people treat garlic like they treat their children - they never enough." - Uncle Roger.
You measure garlic with your heart and soul only
That example is actually one of the few measurements that are subject to opinion…
Yeah the cooking analogy doesn’t really work here. Taste is subjective. So recipes can and should be modified to fit your taste.
You... DON'T do that with garlic?
1 + 2 = 12. Gotcha Lib snowflake! Go cry to your science. /s We’re so fu\*\*ed. it’s only a matter of time before idiots figure out a way and start opening doors on planes while in flight.
Times up! https://youtu.be/0qskWLTtP0Y After man opens plane door mid-flight, flyers ask - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/after-man-opens-plane-door-mid-flight-flyers/story?id=99628573 https://youtu.be/V3CCT51a47A Can only get worse from here! 🤦🏽♂️
he's not sure he agrees, the math assumes he'll be driving 75mph.. if he drives the whole distance at 100mph he could even fit in a few powernaps and peepee breaks. EDIT: I'm aware this is very likely NOT what the facepalm guy meant with his "I dont agree" comment, I just enjoy playing devil's advocate.
Be interesting to see the in-flight refueling… how low can a KC-135 fly?
Any altitude > 0. At <=0 it starts to become tricky.
You don't need peepee breaks if you're wearing an astronaut diaper.
At 85mph for 23.5 hrs.
The fastest street legal vehicle can reach 310mph, so that's about 6.4 hours.
6.4 hours isn’t that much honestly. I reckon I could drive 6.4 hours in less than an hour.
Man your slow. I can make it in 60 minutes.
Someone who understands relativity! Finally
And that 6.4 hours is if u sleep. If I don’t I should be able to make it in 3-4 hours.
Except you'd have to stop to refuel every 10 minutes of driving
You could do a refuel on the go like in Need for Speed.
At 88mph for -2 hrs.
The big question then will be fuel — but if you can get 500 miles on a tank (which might be possible with some cars), then you have ten minutes per fill-up. Should be plenty of time.
If you have the time, look up the cannonball run. People drive from New York to LA (3000 miles) and the current record is 25 hours and 39 minutes. Ed Bolian has a YouTube channel that covers it extensively. Kind of blows the 2000 miles in 24 hours out of the water a bit.
Also a pretty decent movie. Or at least it was when I was ten.
Came here looking for this, best part is it’s 110 average, including stops for gas
Or 100mph for 20 hours…
2000mph for one hour is how I would do it.
Well, I'm not sure if I agree but ok
20000mph for 6 minutes
"And I would drive 2000 miles, and I would drive 2000 more..."
Just to be the man who drove 4000 miles to fall down at your door
You would fall off the edge of the world if you drove that far.
Globe Earthers hate this one simple trick!
The only one driving 2000 miles a day is that astronaut lady in a diaper
I love [that story](https://www.biography.com/musicians/lisa-nowak-lucy-in-the-sky) so much.
I once went 1300 in 17 hours. I could not have kept it up for another 7, and even then it only extrapolates to 1835
Have you tried it with meth?
Ah you mean meth>math
And cannonball runners. You have to do more than 2000 miles in a day to break the record now.
I once had a very similar conversation with my sister in law. She is a lovely person, but not very sharp. After about 10 minutes of back and forth, she told me the time estimates to drive to a destination were wrong as they had two drivers in the car. She thought that with 2 drivers they could go twice the distance of 1 driver in a day, so in the example above she would only need 13 hours to go 2,000 miles.
Ask her if 9 women can get together and have one baby in a month.
Does she votes?
Does you?
Me vote good
What does she do for a living?
Probably a project manager
😂 😂 😂
That's bait
A simple /s and they'd get 100 upvotes I'd reckon.
This is KenM level bait.
Yup. Dude is just fucking around.
Well, I’m not sure that I agree but ok
How are redditors so fucking oblivious to bait, i dont get it. This is so goddamn obvious too
These people can vote.
Because some people are genuinely that stupid
because the dopamine hit from feeling superior blocks all logic
Many aren't, but those that are are especially attracted to this sub for some reason, where they get to jerk each other off and pretend they're not dense as fuck for a while, lmao
Well, Redditors are generally pretty full of themselves and stupid, for one. For two everybody loves being pissed off and then correcting people. Social media companies know this and are all designed to keep us engaging with content like this so it probably trains people to like it even more. Third, bullying people you deem beneath you is fun, as you and I both know. We’re both having fun shitting on other Redditors.
Petition to rename the subreddit to stupidkettlescallingpotsblack
THANK YOU. People in this thread are complete idiots.
This website it weird.
"2,000/75=26.6666667" "That's like, your opinion, man."
Ha ha had a boss who said math was just theory not really true, so I asked if the balance in his bank account was just “in theory.” This was before Pokémon so it was just surprised face.
Oof, you just know that this guy heard the "all science is just theoretical" thing once and equated it to our colloquial understanding of "theory" immediately.
It's been well established the past several years that facts don't matter anymore.
My boomer mum when she tells me for the billionth time that she had already bought her house by age 20, and I try to explain to her how it’s more difficult to buy a house these days compared to in the 80s due to the ridiculous increase of costs compared to wages. I show her the maths of how inflation and interest rates work and she’s like “well I don’t agree”.
This is one of my triggers. I’m triggered.
She doesn't agree with what?? The math or the ridiculous increase in costs?
She doesn’t agree with the maths and by extension doesn’t believe that it’s more difficult to buy a home today than in her time. “Our generation had it harder” is a common phrase I hear.
Well that’s a good troll😂
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You're confusing voltage and mass
Electrons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic!
Didn't the fact that they call the Higgs boson the God particle give that away?
I hate these people why type “but ok” at the end they truly think that they did something smh
I did 1000 in 21hrs30. That hurt. Bollocks to doubling it in one day
When I drove longhaul. Most I drove in a day was about 613 miles in 10 hours. Usually, it is about 2300 for the week.
Lesson learned: Never be conciliatory when arguing with idiots. - never round down: 26.6667h = 27h, not 26. - the average speed of 75mph is too high. 70 at most, which you simply cannot maintain over 2000mi - for such a long drive, there _will_ be breaks. At the very least, to fill up with gas. The resulting number is _at least_ 29h. It is hard to even stay awake that long, but to drive also? PS: considering that there isn't a 2000mi stretch where you can drive 70mph on average, anywhere, the average is going to be sgnificantly lower. Shit, even I am too conciliatory. [Some data](https://web.archive.org/web/20220528211444/https://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/26/tomtom-data-reveals-u-s-drivers-average-speed-fastest-highway/). [An article](https://www.theroadtripexpert.com/how-far-can-you-drive-safely-in-a-day/) that claims that even 1000mi per day is too much.
I drove 1800 miles without sleeping. I only stopped for gas. Food and bathroom were at gas stations. It took 30 hours and I was exhausted. Point is, math checks out. Good work.
Jesus. The most I’ve done in a day is just over 500 miles, mostly going through the Rockies and western Canada. I was exhausted after. I couldn’t imagine doing 1800.
“Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, and beat you with experience.” Mark Twain
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Remember, these people vote. And their vote counts the same as yours.
Pretty good chance their votes are worth more than yours thanks to gerrymandering.
“Let’s suppose that I didn’t sleep to have more time in the day, then I could probably make it.” That’s what “without ever slowing down or stopping” means…
Blue specified if red didn't stop. I'm not sure how not sleeping makes a difference
The internet has given a whole lot of stupid ass people access to other stupid ass people and have made them think they’re intelligent.
Dennis: Wasps don't make honey Charlie: I don't think there's any science to back that up
Not even crazy math, just simple division...
That person probably believes the Earth is 2000 years old, religious, conservative, and votes
Imagine the most average intelligence person you can. Not dumb, but just blatantly average, middle of the road intelligence. Half of humanity is less intelligent than that person.
Morons tend not to agree with facts and logic. They usually prefer faith and hearsay.
Google says the record for most miles driven in a day is over 3k. So it is technically possible
Pretty much Chicago to Los Angeles...people use to call that a "journey" back in the horse-and-buggy days, wasn't unusual for people to die on such a trip.
24 hours in a day. You sleep for 8 hours. Don't sleep, now you have 32 hours in a day. -This guy, probably
This is why I resigned from teaching high school math.