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Same trick will work next year too!

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2^1

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i thought they meant 20 + 1, but this makes way more sense

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Brilliant, now I wonder what ages this works for, I figured only 1 and 2, but then I realised we could write the father’s age in other bases…

1 = 2^0 (20 b10)

2 = 2^1 (21 b10)

3 = 3^1 (31 b7 = 22)

6 = 6^1 (61 b4 = 25) if they are lucky the grand father will be 61 that year :-D

8 = 2^3 (23 b12 =27)

9 = 9^1 (91 b3 = 28)

14 = 14^1 (141 b4 = 33)

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You have mistakes in a few of those. The number “61” doesnt exist in b4. 25b10 in b4 is “121”.

Similar problem with 91b3 and 141b4.

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Indeed, I was so focused on the algebraic side I didn’t even think about it :-D

I was computing 6*4+1=25

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And the following year as well!

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Poor kid going from 2 to 8 in 1 year.

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You mean 2 -> 4?

2^2 = 4

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Ah yes. How fitting for a young new person in the world. A reminder that 2°C of warming above the pre-industrial mean would be catastrophic, but also is a good lower-limit of what to expect based on current intentions.

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Took me too long to realize the 0 can be an exponent.

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Theres no way that a dude that got a girl pregnant at 18 would understand this.

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I know plenty of smart people pretending to be Winnie the Pooh while elbow deep in honey pots. Just because you weren’t fucking doesn’t mean other nerds weren’t lol.

Sucks to be you nerd.

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Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Sucks to be you nerd.

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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What?! Impossible to start a family at 18 and also enjoy mathematics?

Not everyone who has unprotected sex at 18 (or with an 18 yr old) is some numbskull just going at it for unscrupulous pleasure.

(As another reply also pointed out: the pun was crafted by the OP’s dad, not the 1yr-old’s dad; and OP could be the child’s mum or dad)

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He probably didn’t. Her dad (the grandpa) made the balloons.

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so it was obviously the kid’s mom turning 20 then 😉

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50 points

My kids are √-1

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Imaginary kids are better

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They’ll get complexes

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Kind of hard to define but refer to themselves as I?

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Sounds pretty complex

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they live in a different dimension

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