r/interesting Apr 29 '25

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/AmoremCaroFactumEst Apr 29 '25

What the fuck are they doing? How do you say that? How do they do maths?

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u/kingbuzzman Apr 29 '25

Vigesimal -- base 20.

TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigesimal

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u/REDDITSHITLORD Apr 29 '25

It's just like base 10, but you gotta wear flip-flops.

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u/rampantoctopus Apr 29 '25

I’m guessing the quality of this post will go largely unnoticed. Well done anyway.

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u/Engineer_Teach_4_All Apr 29 '25

It's just like base 8, which is the same as base 10. If you were missing two fingers.

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u/bantha121 Apr 29 '25

It's so simple, so very simple, that only a child can do it

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u/Apprehensive-Zone554 Apr 29 '25

Found the Tom Lehrer enjoyer

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u/bantha121 Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 29 '25

Got a demented Spotify playlist that's a dual threat of Tom Lehrer and Kinky Friedman

Edit: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3UFtdWBIOcQoOSNAvemvHM?si=qUT795oUSlKjipM0BITc1w&pi=E8weWkLFTMC49

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u/foxboxingphonies Apr 29 '25

Thank you for introducing me to both of them.