r/AskReddit • u/Previous-Ad3911 • 7d ago

You can have 5000 of anything that starts with Y. What do you choose?

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u/NSA_Chatbot 6d ago

Another way to see the huge difference between $1m and $1b:

If you take a meterstick and put $0 on one end, and a Billion on the other end, a million dollars is at 1mm.

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u/DaniTheLovebug 6d ago

And what is that in half giraffes

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u/memegwoddess 6d ago

dammit we need a bot

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u/Awesomealan1 6d ago

We’ll call it… Giraffe Math

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u/Walshy231231 6d ago

The average fully grown giraffe is about 4.9 m tall

Half of 4.9 m is 2.45 m

2.45 m divides into 1 mm 2450 times

2.45 m divides into 1 m 2.45 times

So if $0 was at 0, $1m would be at 1/2450 or 0.00040816 half giraffes, and $1b would be at 1/2.45 or .40816327 half giraffes

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u/pujastrankas 6d ago

This guy giraffes

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u/RedKhomet 6d ago

No no, this guy GIRAFFES

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u/Subjektzero 6d ago

Good bot