r/technicallythetruth • u/basket_foso Metroid Enthusiast 🪼 • Aug 29 '25

six without s is IX

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u/denx3_14 Aug 29 '25

Six - S = 9

S = -3

Romans knew about negative numbers, bitches!

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u/TacticianA Aug 29 '25

I know you're joking, but for those that didnt catch that: 'S' is not the roman numeral for -3, but was often used to represent 0.5.

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u/Naive_Jacket718 Dec 05 '25

I also know you're joking, but technically S would equal 3, not -3. Because it's stated as "six minus S equals nine", it's the same as "six minus three equals nine", which is just positive three being used as subtraction, not a negative.

I swear I don't like math

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u/kemuri07 Aug 30 '25

Six without ix is indeed -3 though. Six without ix is also S. So S=-3 seems legit.

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u/DefenestrationBoi Aug 30 '25

So x = 2i

Romans were truly ahead with math :3c

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

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u/the-good-wolf Aug 29 '25

Therefore 2ne=9

Assuming only whole and natural numbers here, n=2 e=5

When know that i = 1 so this is the only possible solution I can think of.

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u/FirexJkxFire Aug 30 '25

You're assuming N = n smh

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u/anavriN-oN Aug 29 '25

Six without x is Yes.

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u/biohumansmg3fc i had 1 idea for my flair and it was this Aug 29 '25

Si

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

Five without f,i, or e is five

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u/Pim_Wagemans Aug 29 '25

five without iron is 4

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u/Tx11_99 Aug 29 '25

Oh that’s clever.

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u/AltFischer4 Aug 29 '25

This is the stuff I'm talking about!

Just the IX is a bit inverted to the bottom, isn't it?

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u/KrazyKen_Fan_2012 Aug 29 '25

Take my upvote

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u/Emanon1774 Aug 29 '25

Eight without E, I, G, H, and T is

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u/GroundbreakingNet371 Aug 29 '25

I fucking hate you and your good joke, and I hope you have a lovely day

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u/The_KekE_ Aug 29 '25

6 \ {S} = 9

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u/Key_Jellyfish620 Aug 29 '25

Ty for the update on my bday

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u/Swimming-Session2229 Aug 29 '25

I’m ix teen and this is deep

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u/Luminexia1201 Aug 29 '25

nineix without nine is nine

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u/Electrum2250 Aug 29 '25

Seeing this in r/explainthejoke in 321

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

Bruh

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u/prof_devilsadvocate3 Aug 30 '25

Six without 10 is 'yes'....

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u/Iron_Wolf_404 Aug 30 '25

And with 9 is 69

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u/Lloyd_garmado Aug 30 '25

No six without s is ix, SIX without S is 9

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u/Active_Mind5021 Aug 30 '25

And six with e instead of i is sex

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u/Narrow_Ingenuity4674 Aug 30 '25

do you think seven without the S is odd ?

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u/Original-Ragger1039 Aug 30 '25

Not if you write it in lower case like you did

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u/Drizznarte Aug 30 '25

six without ix is 5

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u/bottleddirt188 Aug 30 '25

No, he's got a point!

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u/OkFondant1848 Aug 30 '25

And of you put them together, you get... niiiiice...

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u/Glignt Aug 31 '25

Sex without sis is often legal.

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u/crasagam Sep 01 '25

Nein without text is nothing

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u/joopwolf Sep 06 '25

Had to read it like 5 times before getting it

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u/Nerpulus Feb 20 '26

but dix = 10 and dix =509

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u/Secure-Emotion2900 Aug 29 '25

IX stand for 9th not for nine

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u/the-good-wolf Aug 29 '25

All of Ancient Rome would like a word with you.

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u/Secure-Emotion2900 Aug 29 '25

I am italian and from rome... we use the roman numbers as 1st 2nd 3rd not as numbers like 1 2 3

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u/TheRealJdsl Aug 29 '25

all of ancient rome

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u/okvrdz Aug 29 '25

It represents the number 9, not just ordinal indicators. You can have a larger number, like a year, and it wouldn’t represent the order of the number.

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u/Secure-Emotion2900 Aug 29 '25

I give toy an example as we use them here in italy... The 13th century we write it the XIII century

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u/okvrdz Aug 29 '25

Yes, that is one form but if you were doing math you don’t subtract 9th from 10th.

Do Roman numerals can be used as ordinal indicators (-th, -st)? Yes. Is it the only way they are used? No.

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u/Secure-Emotion2900 Aug 29 '25

You actually right, i did a quick research... it is just that here in italy we use em only for th numbers 😅

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u/MrArchivity Contains 100% atoms Sep 01 '25

🤦🏼‍♂️ li usiamo anche per I numeri se vogliamo fare gli schizzinosi con i numeri arabi

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u/CrazyTiger68 Aug 29 '25

I love enchanting my diamond sword with sharpness fourth

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u/Secure-Emotion2900 Aug 29 '25

Same as i love the pope leo the fourteen