This is why I don’t trust math. It steals cheese.
this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2026
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Less cheese = fewer holes Fewer holes = more cheese Less cheese = more cheese
less cheese = more cheese = less cheese = more cheese → ∞: infinite cheese glitch
And infinite holes glitch
I thought that was a knife.
cheese = cheese <=> more = less
Looks, there has gotta be a divide by zero in there somewhere, but I can't find it.
But if I divide by less, Cheese = more/less cheese Which seems legit
RENORMALIZE YOUR CHEESE!
RENORMALIZE YOUR CHEESE!
RENORMALIZE YOUR CHEESE!
Sweep your Infinity Cheese Infinities
under the Persian rug!
More cheese = I eat more cheese = more missing cheese = less cheese
Im bored and tired, so im going to write my reasoning out as I attempt to fall asleep.
More cheese = more holes
More cheese (volune) = more holes (volume)
More holes (percentage) = less cheese (percentage)
This cheese is refering yo the material, where the first is referring to the object. Different variables entirely. The first is a group that explicitly includes holes, while the latter explicitly doesn't.
More cheese (volume) = less cheese (percentage)
Idk man im tired.
Here's how I think is the best way to word it:
There are really two types of "more holes"
The first is the number of holes. Double the volume of cheese and you double the number of holes.
The second is the density of holes. Say the cheese has 1 hole per cubic inch. Double it to 2 holes per inch and you have twice the empty volume
The first phrase increases the number of holes by merely increasing the volume of cheese.
The second phase increases the number of holes by increasing their density.
Cheese is parceled out by weight, so holes are irrelevant.
Shrinkflation
This is a denominator numerator trick.
Dude is tapping into Cantor's infinite empty set and doesn't know it!
yes cat, cheese with holes is less cheese than cheese without holes of the same dimensions ( you know what i mean lemmy)