61 points

1/1000 = 0.001 (which is 0.1%, because 1% = 0.01; like 1¢ out of $1.00).

An easy [yet embarrassing] mistake to make, even for a “math major”.

Let this serve as a warning to you would-be mouthpieces: reread your statements before you go putting your foot in your mouth.

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57 points

Also the idea that is takes and math major to convert a fraction to a percentage…

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11 points

Exactly. You don’t need to be a mathematician, you just need to think rationally.

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4 points

The fraction of people who mess this up is too high. The common denominator between them is they confuse 100% and 100

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3 points

You and your damn math puns

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53 points

Was Biden simultaneously vice president for his own presidency?

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35 points

no but the box article is from 2020

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He was a former vice president at the time, still is, though being a president is more notable.

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26 points
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I think we should refer to him as “Former Community Pool Security Guard Joe Biden” from now on. (Yup, early 60’s).

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10 points

There’s a Mitch Hedberg joke in there.

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8 points

The date on the article appears to be 9/29/2020, so Biden was not elected president yet. But even if the article came Out on 11/29/2020, Biden still wouldn’t be president; he’d be President-elect. A presidents term does not actually start (or end) until Jan 20 of the following year, after the president is sworn in. To add more dates to the confusion, the Jan 6 date was when congress was meant to certify (make official) the votes from the November election; yup, despite what CNN and all of the other news organizations say on Election Day, the votes aren’t actually certified until much later.

Welcome to America, land of the confusing!

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41 points

About 1 in every 265 Americans has died of covid. Covid continues to account for about 1% of all deaths in the US.

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4 points

That was my thought, so right off it sounds incorrect.

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6 points

Name shouldn’t be censored so employers that checks this person’s social media will see it and reject the application. You don’t want this person to be in a role where math is required (and be confident that he’s right over his subordinates’ correction)…

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