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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 135 points 2 days ago (11 children)
[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago

It's clearly the smaller half .

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 66 points 2 days ago

Math performed by Fox News science correspondent.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Republicans have never been good at math, just look at any budget proposal

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ok, that dudes maths (and his rhymes) were not impressive *but at least they were accurate.

[–] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Sounds like some solid Trump math, there

[–] Zier@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

Reminder: Conservatives can't spell. That's why it 50%.

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Well thay did say "may" so perhaps it's a trick maths question.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

American logic in a nutshell

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

He'll just issue an executive order next week, changing the way fractions work.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 3 points 2 days ago

Orangutan math.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

From other headlines it's possible they meant 80%. Yes I know. No, there really aren't other options.

[–] richardwonka@lemmy.one 1 points 1 day ago

Ah, you mean because 80% is half of 145%.

Get it.