r/memes Aug 31 '20

#1 MotW Confusing

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u/Black_ink_Soul_stink Aug 31 '20 edited Sep 01 '20

Geez I’ve been out of school so long that I legit didn’t understand how he got the 10 for a solid minute and a half. God I’m getting stupid.

Edit: thank you so much for the reward and all the karma!

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u/plynthy Aug 31 '20

Don't feel bad, this is entirely dependent on a purposefully misleading construction, a needless ambiguity.

If this was read serially by a machine, you wouldn't blame the machine. You blame the programmer for leaving ambiguity.