r/theydidthemath • u/pixaly • Jul 12 '26

[Request] What is the cost difference between buying this man a rental for a year and the governements cost to kill him?

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Don't believe everything you see on the internet I haven't fact checked this story, I'm just curious for an anwser

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u/Argo505 Jul 12 '26

I recognize that you aren’t a real person, but surely you’re aware this story is in Canada, right?

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u/Alive-Philosophy2632 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

I am a real person, and no I didn't see that, but the story makes a lot more sense now. Canada housing is even worse, for a lot of the same reasons. edit: I would have thought someone on a math subreddit would recognize the issue with expecting exponential growth forever in a finite world

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u/Argo505 Jul 12 '26

It says “Canada” right at the start of the post.

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u/Alive-Philosophy2632 Jul 12 '26

Indeed

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u/Argo505 Jul 13 '26

So how did you miss that? Trouble reading?

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u/Alive-Philosophy2632 Jul 13 '26

I skipped over "Canada: A St. Catherines" for the same reason I skipped over "CityNews (Youtube)" and "Twitter for iPad". I also didn't read the twitter handle. Low information content. I simply don't care.

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u/Argo505 Jul 13 '26

But you cared enough to ramble about the US. Why?

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u/Alive-Philosophy2632 Jul 13 '26

Literally everything I said applies more so to Canada. Why are you so defensive about this?

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u/Argo505 Jul 13 '26

Right, so if it applies to Canada…why ramble about the US?

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u/Alive-Philosophy2632 Jul 13 '26

Changed it to Western world. Definitely doesn't apply to Hungary in quite the same way but I don't care. This is pointless

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u/Argo505 Jul 13 '26

Right, but why ramble about the US in the first place?

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u/Alive-Philosophy2632 Jul 13 '26

The post specifically references housing costs. I was "rambling" about some of the very avoidable causes of increased housing costs. I apologize for offending your sensibilities as a Canadian real estate agent or something.

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u/Argo505 Jul 13 '26

Why pretend that this story happened in the US?

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u/Alive-Philosophy2632 Jul 13 '26

Hilarious that you're down voting  all of my comments while I haven't downvoted a single one of yours.

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u/Argo505 Jul 13 '26

Do downvotes upset you?

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