Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for March 20, 2020
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Transcript:
If one person kills someone, 50% of the people involved are victims. If 99 people kill someone, 1% of the people involved are victims. The percent victims is given by V= the limit of K/x as X approaches infinity, where K is people killed, and X is the number of people involved. Thus, for sufficiently large X, murder is a victimless crime. So, the bigger we make a war, the more ethical it becomes!
i_am_the_jam over 4 years ago
Can’t argue with that math.,.. :P :P :P
The Old Wolf over 4 years ago
Don’t know how you do it with what’s basically dots, but she has the “crazy eyes.”
c001 over 4 years ago
…unless k increases, too. Which is not completelyunlikely in a big war.
mudak326 over 4 years ago
That’s the corollary to Stalin’s observation that one death is a tragedy but a million deaths are a statistic.
Radish the wordsmith over 4 years ago
Sounds like the Republicans corona virus plan.
Ida No over 4 years ago
This is the rationale behind wars, though. The logic of big numbers. Always pushing the limits.
Plods with ...™ over 4 years ago
Sarah Sanders has lost weight.
Madzdad the bard over 4 years ago
Well, paraphrasing Stalin, “One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic”
StephenRice over 4 years ago
But the evil of intentionally taking an innocent human life has nothing to do with percentages; it doesn’t matter whether there is one murderer or a million.
Algolei I over 4 years ago
If any number of people are killed by nobody, then murder becomes undefined.
Teto85 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Thanks Condi. That makes me feel so much better.
Stephen Gilberg over 4 years ago
Ah, the problem of assuming infinity: https://www.askamathematician.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/tumblr_lbxrvcK4pk1qbylvso1_400.png
djlactin over 4 years ago
In a war, K also increases….