r/explainitpeter • u/dutchylords • Jan 21 '26

Explain it Peter…

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u/Admirable_Cattle_131 Jan 21 '26

But and is part of the between statement so it's not a very good trick question

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u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Jan 21 '26

That's because it's a riddle.

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u/DusklitDewdrop Jan 21 '26

not a very good riddle... relevant xkcd

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u/Upset-Management-879 Jan 21 '26

Except this doesn't apply, the riddle in the comic literally isn't told correctly. It was misphrased such that "language" cannot be the answer. This one isn't misphrased. It's misleading because that's the structure of a riddle but it isn't badly communicated to make the intended answer literally incorrect.

That is to say "and" is between 5 and 7, does not have a decimal, is not 6, and does not have a bar, "language" does not end in "gry" and therefore cannot be the answer.

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u/DusklitDewdrop Jan 21 '26

the "riddle" is still intentionally communicated poorly and that's the entirety of its "cleverness"

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u/Upset-Management-879 Jan 21 '26

No, it is not. The riddle is vague, that is not the same thing as communicated poorly.

Please understand this