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We use tables to keep food off the floor, tablecloths to keep food off the table, place mats to keep food off the tablecloth, and plates to keep food off of the place mats. I wish I had that kind of support in my life.

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By ©WHY MY CAT IS SAD

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I know this is long. But if you like things that stretch your mind a bit, take the time to read it.

Also, this is about math. But its not complex math. After the first paragraph, it all becomes simple.

One of the things I am always intrigued by is how difficult it is for people to grasp the concept of a base x number system, where x is any number other than ten. For those that don't know, a base is the number that you count to before going on to the next digit. We currently use a base ten system- that is to say, we count to ten before moving to the next digit. People find it easy enough to figure out binary, which is a base 2 number system, but anything higher than that and they're completely befuddled. I personally find a base 8 number system rather intriguing, for the possibilities that open up by using a perfect cube.

So in a base 8 system, instead of counting to ten before moving to the tens digit, we would count to 8. Counting in base 8 would look like: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20...   In this case, the number 14 in base 8 translates to 12 in base 10.

"So we would have an eights digit and a 64ths digit?"

Technically, yes. but you're still thinking in base ten. It would still be written as a 10s digit, and a 100s digit.

"But its so easy to count by tens. Ten, twenty, thirty, forty.. We'd have to count like 8, 16, 24, 32, etc"

Well, a base 8 number system would be just as easy to count by. We would still count 10, 20, 30, 40. The only difference is what those values mean. 40 in a base 10 system means 4*10, with 0 in the ones. 40 in base 8 is 4*8, with 0 in the ones.

Fun fact to blow your mind: the number 10 is not more easily divisible than any other number. We made it easy to divide by 10 by creating a base 10 system. But the number 10 is not the perfect number- it was arbitrarily chosen because humans have ten fingers. It was easy to count to ten, and then start counting again. If we had evolved to have eight fingers, then we would all be using a base 8 system.

"But what about fractions? Like, we'd have to remember weird fractions like 1/8, which is 0.125."

Again, you're still thinking in base 10. In a base 8 system, the eight moves to the next digit, so 1/8 is really 1/10, or 0.1.  Counting from that to 1 would go 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 1, where 0.4 represents half, 0.2 one quarter, and 0.1 half of that.

In base 8, one tenth would actually be a weird number. I had to do long division in base 8 to get it (a weird mathematical experiment that really twisted my mind) and I got 0.06314 repeating (thats written in base 8, for the record. Trying to do math with it in base ten would be futile, because in base ten, that number is simply 0.1)

Have I confused you enough yet? Yeah, me too. It's a real shame though, because a base 8 number system would make the world a much easier place. Think about it: you could cut something in half, then half again, then half again, and you're left with the pretty number of 0.1. Multiply it by 2, then 2, then two again, and you're left with the pretty number of 10. In terms of smartness, it would rate on the scale of moving from the US Standard system to the Metric system. Which is a really interesting comparison, because moving to the Metric system is moving every system of measurement to base ten. I expand on that in the next paragraph, which you can skip if you want.

If you think about it, a ruler is just a base 12 measuring system. 12 inches make- you guessed it- a movement to the next digit. In this case, the next digit is one foot.  Of course, we will never write it out in base 12, with the exception of easy conversions like 1.5 feet (which really means one foot, 6 inches. If a foot were base ten, then 1.5 feet would mean one foot, 5 inches.0

I went on a big tangent with the measurement systems, but the idea is still there: a base 8 measurement system would help us in a lot of ways. It's a shame we have 10 fingers.

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I am 22 years old, I work for the government, and this is my bed.

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"I hate you, you hate me, lets get together and kill Barney. One shot, two shot, three shot, four- no more purple dinosaur" Damn, Barney has it rough. I didnt know that this was so widespread. Its amazing

why does no one ever like. mention the weird part of all of our childhoods where we thought we were too cool for the shows we grew up with like i Know that wasnt just an isolated thing like everyone used to make fun of dora the explorer and barney especially i remember everyone used to sing to the tune of barney “i hate you, you hate me, lets strap barney to a tree, with a great big bomb and stick it through his head, 3-2-1 barneys dead” like….. that was so fucked,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, why was that a thing……

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via: Hashem Al-Ghaili

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It’s socially acceptable to literally put a tree in your house and cover it with lights and a star that’s crazy

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latino? more like latiyes. end racism now

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you can take one man’s trash to another man’s treasure but you can’t make it drink

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I hope to someday be as ripped as my jeans.

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Fuck the idea that you can’t engage in sex acts with abstract concepts.