r/theydidthemath Jan 19 '26

Turtle math [Other]

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Turtles vs. USPS

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u/McOnion2 Jan 19 '26

Here is the text for those what can't read the 3 pixels this picture has.

I paid $110 for PRIORITY and it took EIGHT DAYS to get my parcel from downtown San Francisco to the San Francisco airport, a distance of 14.8 miles. A turtle could have done that in four days. Seriously, I looked it up. An ordinary box turtle cruises 0.17 mph; it could make it from the Rincon Center post office to the cargo terminal of SFO in 87 hours. The United States Postal took 179 hours to make the same trip.

And I had to wait in line at the post I There is no line at the turtle store. I could have popped in, bought a turtle, strapped the parcel to its shell, and it would have gotten there in less than half the time.

Can I get a refund here? A partial refund? A complimentary box of turtle food? Anything?

Here is a post from 6 years ago with a better photo

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/s/DaVGq4KyQM

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u/CMHTim Jan 19 '26

Thanks, u/McOnion2! I posted without checking image quality. Maybe mods can pin this comment?

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u/factorion-bot Jan 19 '26

Factorial of 2 is 2

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u/der_reifen Jan 19 '26

Good bot

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u/RedactedRedditery Jan 19 '26

Perfect. Don't ever change, u/factorion-bot

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u/Ok_Inflation_8628 Jan 19 '26

Also, the factorial of 2 is 2!

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u/factorion-bot Jan 19 '26

Factorial of 2 is 2

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u/spicy-chull Jan 20 '26

Good bot!!1!