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fouc on Sept 7, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is this Duplo train track under too much tension?

> Or did you all think that guy really did need 98 oranges?

What is this in reference to?

wlonkly on Sept 7, 2023 [–]

Introductory math word problems often involve unrealistic quantities of things. "Alice had 100 oranges and Bob took two. How many does Alice have?" That sort of thing.

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