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[Shadowlord]

Where did that puzzle come from, eh?

Clearly the 'correct' answer isn't any of the given choices. If 25%, the odds of guessing it would be 50%. If 50%, the odds of guessing it would be 25%. If 60%, the odds would again be 25%. If anything else, the odds would be 0%. The only consistent answer is 0%, which isn't one of the given choices (which guarantees that the chance of guessing it will be 0%, making it the only answer that matches the chance of guessing that answer, and thus the only valid answer).

That's how it seems to me, at any rate. I am not a mathematician/logician/whatever, though.

P.S. What does a kinect have to do with not buying any microsoft products ever again ever? I don't have a kinect, personally, and have no intention of ever buying one. That isn't going to stop me from buying other microsoft stuff.

[Loud Whispers]

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Where did that puzzle come from, eh?

Clearly the 'correct' answer isn't any of the given choices. If 25%, the odds of guessing it would be 50%. If 50%, the odds of guessing it would be 25%. If 60%, the odds would again be 25%. If anything else, the odds would be 0%. The only consistent answer is 0%, which isn't one of the given choices (which guarantees that the chance of guessing it will be 0%, making it the only answer that matches the chance of guessing that answer, and thus the only valid answer).

That's how it seems to me, at any rate. I am not a mathematician/logician/whatever, though.

Quite easy really. It's unsolvable. You do not know the correct answer. If it were 25% it'd be 1/3, the either 2 1/4. Mind game. Neither is consistent. There is no value to assign it. It could be 0 or 1.

[The Darkling Wolf]

The only correct answer is to not play.

[pisskop]

Im talking to my niece about My Little Pony, and she's going on and on about the fan episode made with the ponies and the cupcakes...  Funny, but she's all of 8 and knows it well enough.

[Graknorke]

I just realised. If I remember correctly, I first saw Salad Fingers at the age of 7.
I am suddenly very worried for my sanity.

[kaijyuu]

Salad Fingers is one of the few things that I can say legitimately disturbed me. But yeah, I was pretty young at the time too.

[Ultimuh]

Wow..  Salad fingers.. I were over 20 at that time.. I feel old now..

[Frumple]

... *has no idea what salad fingers is*

And I probably don't want to know.

[Mr Space Cat]

Im talking to my niece about My Little Pony, and she's going on and on about the fan episode made with the ponies and the cupcakes...  Funny, but she's all of 8 and knows it well enough.

Tell me this wasn't the fan episode of ponies making cupcakes made from ponies? Right?

You can't tell me an eight year old can watch that and enjoy it and come away from it unaffected...unless they watch Happy Tree Friends already.

[Graknorke]

We were just talking about children the same age watching Salad Fingers. I think you forget how resilient to mental trauma children (including past-you) are.

In other WTFery, 1984 was also a film? I never heard of this.

[Mech#4]

Pff, haven't seen Salad Fingers despite my brother going on about it a few years ago, it'll always be Weebl's Stuff for me.



Or... Homestar Runner... ::sniff::

[Ultimuh]

... *has no idea what salad fingers is*

And I probably don't want to know.

With the wonders of TvTropes, you never have to watch anthing disturbing ever again.
(But you WILL read about it.)

[pisskop]

Im talking to my niece about My Little Pony, and she's going on and on about the fan episode made with the ponies and the cupcakes...  Funny, but she's all of 8 and knows it well enough.

Tell me this wasn't the fan episode of ponies making cupcakes made from ponies? Right?

You can't tell me an eight year old can watch that and enjoy it and come away from it unaffected...unless they watch Happy Tree Friends already.

She said she did, and I thought she read the transcript, sam as me.  Ummm thats not the same cutesy crap she wanted me to watch with her... Is the blue one a guy or a girl?  its.... androgynous.  And slightly creepy.

I can totally see a bunch of grown men showing glee watching the smiling face of the pink one.  And here I thought I was depraived... 

[kaijyuu]

Blue one is Rainbow Dash, and yeah she's a tomboy.

[TheBronzePickle]

Also, a bit of info. That particular vid was made by one of the show's animators (meaning it's technically not a fan-vid). He's got a nice collection of various fucked-up drawings and a few flashes on his DeviantArt account.