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Stray thought: Why 4 and 9? Because the joke is funniest if the number is completely ordinary. 0 and 1 are special and so are all prime numbers. 6 is out becau
by tarvaina 1y ago
Stray thought: Why 4 and 9? Because the joke is funniest if the number is completely ordinary.
0 and 1 are special and so are all prime numbers. 6 is out because it's the maximum die throw. And one figure is more ordinary than two figures, or negatives, or decimals. That leaves 4 and 9.
- Velorivox 1y agoHow come prime numbers are special but squares aren’t? 4 and 9 both being squares seems to be a more striking commonality than your logic here…
- tarvaina 1y agoYeah. Alternative explanation: I'd say 3 and 7 are out because they often come up in fairy takes etc as magical. 5 is out because it's half of ten and the number of fingers. 2 is out because it is too small.
- darkerside 1y agoThe perfect squares are the most ordinary?
- dreghgh 1y agoWhat about 8?
- grahamlee 1y agoThat makes 4 and 9 the only two uninteresting numbers, which is interesting, so they’re out too! Douglas Adams said the same about 42. It’s the answer because it’s completely banal.
- _pigpen__ 1y agoEveryone knows that six is the most boring number. https://youtu.be/G4OTRRmyTAA?feature=shared https://youtu.be/G4OTRRmyTAA?feature=shared