Man posts incredibly dumb maths 'problem' and Twitter descends into chaos
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
When twitter user @SandalShagger (yes, really) posted a nonsensical statement about children born in 2005, he may not have known how many people it would reach but he certainly knew it would annoy those it did.
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Behold: A contender for the world's most infuriating tweet.
A kid born in 2005 is now 20 years old. Let that sink.
— MK (@sandalshagger) January 16, 2017
"Let that sink" indeed. It's like a multi-car pileup of logic, sense and reason. But it doesn't end there.
Before long the internet did what it does best: Made a messy situation even messier. Some quickly concluded it was a troll move and played along.
@sandalshagger people who are bad at mathematics will say 12.
— k (@therealsnorky) January 16, 2017
RT @sandalshagger: A kid born in 2005 is now 20 years old. Let that sink. pic.twitter.com/uJsy3CoqzT
— Razor Ramon (@HW_TRK) January 16, 2017
RT @sandalshagger: A kid born in 2005 is now 20 years old. Let that sink. pic.twitter.com/tdJtkO65do
— Jonathan Rogers (@SKEJayRogers) January 16, 2017
"@sandalshagger: A kid born in 2005 is now 20 years old. Let that sink." pic.twitter.com/mQQEwHnEIw
— Empty Seats Galore (@EmptySeatsPics) January 18, 2017
But many, many others still fell for it hook, line and sinker.
@pakitrump how dafuk? I was born in 1998 and I'm turning 19 this year.
— Mishaal. (@MishaalNaeem) January 16, 2017
@ForensicWow @Asensiazo @sua9rez @sandalshagger he said "now" aka present tense therefore his statement is incorrect
— ANNA (@queenslaaaaaaay) January 18, 2017
RT @sandalshagger: A kid born in 2005 is now 20 years old. Let that sink. pic.twitter.com/19Z79RSbzu
— desp (@bigracks) January 16, 2017
@sandalshagger pic.twitter.com/4yhxlZ0mhF
— #LetMyPeopleGLO ⚡️ (@MichellCClark) January 17, 2017
RT @sandalshagger: A kid born in 2005 is now 20 years old. Let that sink. pic.twitter.com/CWI75gEpwR
— Dangerous Danae™ (@iHateDanae) January 16, 2017
It didn't help that @Sandalshagger soon decided to jump back into the fracas and confuse things even further.
wow holy fuck, just realised we're in 2017 and not 2020, probably explains the confusion, how embarrassing 😳😳
— MK (@sandalshagger) January 17, 2017
That is how the world ends then. Not with a bang, but with total and utter tweet-based chaos.
@MishaalNaeem @pakitrump that's your personal problem
— Normachos #5H2017 (@Normachos) January 16, 2017
Eventually, Twitter user @ForensicWow summed it all up quite nicely.
@queenslaaaaaaay @Asensiazo @sua9rez @sandalshagger Yeah it's a very stupid tweet.
— Forensic Wow (@ForensicWow) January 18, 2017
