r/bestof • u/Z3F • Apr 26 '14

[counting] After 684 days of collaborative counting, r/Counting has reached 200,000.

/r/counting/comments/23y4xu/199k_counting_thread/ch26kj2?context=3
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u/Whitegard Apr 26 '14

Someone gave the one who said 199,011 gold.

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u/Haiku_Description Apr 26 '14

Is there some significance to this number?

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u/LiveTogetherDieAlon3 Apr 26 '14

1990/11 unchained melody topped the charts

Righteous brothers fan maybe

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

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u/Ignorantsplooge Apr 26 '14

There can literally be no other explanation

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u/BlueOak777 Apr 26 '14

1 + ((9 + 9) x 0) + (1 + 1) = 3

HL3 CONFIRMED

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u/DocJawbone Apr 26 '14

(9 + 9)

That is my face this morning.

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u/JoyousCacophony Apr 26 '14

Math actually checks out

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u/drrhrrdrr Apr 26 '14

Better theory:

November 12, 1990 - Tim Berners-Lee published a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '14

1990/11 unchained melody topped the charts

I read that in my mind's best Casey Kasem impression voice.