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minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agowhy, what’s wrong with null piles?
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThere are just piles of sand literally everywhere? An infinite number of them in every tiny void?
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoyeah, and also piles of bananas and louis the XXXIIV era rugs.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agook, I guess. how can a pile of bananas and a pile of rugs be in the same place though?
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoas long as they’re null piles, yes.
minus-squareQuibblekrust@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNothing isn’t a thing. It’s right in the name!
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agowe learned about the number zero from the indians a long long long long time ago…
minus-squareQuibblekrust@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHow many piles of zero sand can one possess? Zero. If a pile has zero sand, it’s not a pile. Do you see the inherent contradiction of calling the lack of sand a pile?
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoinfinite. it doesnt matter, because they’re empty. empty piles abound!
why, what’s wrong with null piles?
There are just piles of sand literally everywhere? An infinite number of them in every tiny void?
yeah, and also piles of bananas and louis the XXXIIV era rugs.
ok, I guess. how can a pile of bananas and a pile of rugs be in the same place though?
as long as they’re null piles, yes.
Nothing isn’t a thing. It’s right in the name!
we learned about the number zero from the indians a long long long long time ago…
How many piles of zero sand can one possess?
Zero. If a pile has zero sand, it’s not a pile.
Do you see the inherent contradiction of calling the lack of sand a pile?
infinite. it doesnt matter, because they’re empty. empty piles abound!