I eventually figured out the joke but I downvoted this because I wasted several minutes trying to understand what the math was about before I realized it wasn’t the point.
Alas, if I were the sort of person who could learn my lesson from negative feedback and stop telling shaggy dog jokes, then I would have learned that lesson long ago. (Then again, perhaps I should notice this pattern and change now: as they say, better nate than lever)
I eventually figured out the joke but I downvoted this because I wasted several minutes trying to understand what the math was about before I realized it wasn’t the point.
Alas, if I were the sort of person who could learn my lesson from negative feedback and stop telling shaggy dog jokes, then I would have learned that lesson long ago. (Then again, perhaps I should notice this pattern and change now: as they say, better nate than lever)