this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2024
177 points (99.4% liked)

xkcd

8836 readers
217 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

"10 minutes ago we were down to only 2 0s!" "How many do we have now?" "I ... don't know!!"

https://explainxkcd.com/3009/

top 5 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Explainxkcd:

Obviously in real life being able to write or say digits is not a limited resource.^[citation ^needed]

[–] style99@lemm.ee 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Good thing they have plenty of 1s.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I always heard 1 was the loneliest number?