Gollum

10!=10\*9\*8\*7\*6\*5\*4\*3\*2\*1

https://feddit.org/post/26532917

Mar 2 at 9:52amWeb
Show threadremonMar 2
You’re missing 200 seconds.
Show threadTommySodaMar 2
Am I missing something or just dumb? I did the math and 10! came out to 6 weeks exactly…
Show threadremonMar 2
You’re right, I fucked up.
Show threadZomgMar 2
We forgive you
Show threadTommySodaMar 2
It’s okay I still love you. <3
Show threadms.laneMar 2
neat
Show thread87SixMar 2
It took me way too long to understand the joke, I may be fucking dumb
Show threadfoofiepieMar 2
Me too. It’s even there in the title I didn’t read at first. I thought it was about them having just 10 seconds left.
Show threadPrataiMar 2
I still don’t get it, so… you could be worse.
Show threadBjörnMar 2

10! means ten factorial. So 10 * 9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1.

It’s a common math joke.

Show threadTheRedSpadeMar 2

A number followed by an exclamation point means multiplying it by each whole number below it until one.

3! = 3*2*1 = 6
5! = 5*4*3*2*1 = 120
10! = 10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1 = 3,628,800

3,628,800 seconds / 60 = 60,480 minutes
1008 hours
42 days
6 weeks

Show threadwewbullMar 2

6 Weeks * 7 days * 8 * 3 (24) hours * 2 * 4 * 5 * 9 * 10 (3600 = 60²) seconds

The last one is a bit of a jump, but 94 is 36 and 105*2 is 100 so together it’s 3600.

Show threadPrataiMar 2
Thank you!
Show thread87SixMar 2
Omg brotha stay strong 💀
Show threadJerkface (any/all)Mar 2
It’s not typeset correctly or it would have been obvious and ruined the joke.
Show threadNeatNitMar 2

Fine, I’ll do the math:

60 seconds in a minute (10 × 6)

60 minutes in an hour (9 × 5 × 4 / 3)

24 hours in a day (8 × 3)

7 days in a week (7)

6 weeks (3 × 2)

The bold 3’s cancel out and become × 1, and then it’s easy to see each integer from 1 to 10 appears exactly once when it’s all multiplied together.

Show threadXavienthMar 2
Much easier to start if you know there are 3600 seconds in an hour. 36 is 9×4 and 100 is 10×5×2. Then 24 hours is 8×3, and 6 weeks gives you 6×7 (hand gesture).
Show threadpanda_abyssMar 2
This is neat, never thought about this
Show threadMobileMar 2
Hehe. Thanks for the chuckle.
Show threadwonderingwandererMar 2
Okay, but did he pronounce it as “Ten factorial”‽‽‽‽‽
Show threadGollumMar 2
Nah, he wrote it
Show threadwonderingwandererMar 2

It’s like “there are 10 kinds of people in the world: those that can read binary, and those that can’t.”

It doesn’t work if you say it aloud.

Show threadMajorMajormajormajorMar 2
Okay, I tried the joke out. I said “it” out loud to my spouse and they didn’t laugh.
Show threadwonderingwandererMar 2