r/counting • u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Exit, pursued by a bear • 3d ago
Free Talk Friday #523
Continued from last week's FTF here
It's that time of the week again. Speak anything on your mind! This thread is for talking about anything off-topic, be it your lives, your strava, your plans, your hobbies, studies, stats, pets, bears, hikes, dragons, trousers, travels, transit, cycling, family, colours, or anything you like or dislike, except politics
Feel free to check out our tidbits thread and introduce yourself if you haven't already.
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u/atomicimploder swiiiiirl the numbers 2d ago
My cat recreated a memorable shot from the film Parasite. Iykyk
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Exit, pursued by a bear 1d ago
Total eclipse of the moon
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u/atomicimploder swiiiiirl the numbers 1d ago
Turn around
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Exit, pursued by a bear 3d ago
I'm trying to cut down on my coffee drinking, so for the past three days I haven't had any at all.
Ngl, I'm feeling a little cranky when I get up in the morning
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u/Isaythereisa-chance 3d ago
I drink a coke almost everyday. This morning it was a coke and chocolate cake. :(
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u/mistyskye14 🤷♀️ Queen killjoy miniget least regular counter since 2322029 3d ago
When I realized my coffee drinking/caffeine intake was amplifying my anxiety I got off it but started drinking hot black tea in the mornings I feel I need it now. I find it’s a good compromise as someone who already likes hot tea.
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u/Jalmal2 Demon's inactive rival 3d ago
COBIBH9, I have a question
What does “Exit, pursued by a bear” mean?
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Exit, pursued by a bear 3d ago
It's a stage direction from The Winter's Tale, which is famous for being very obscure, and for being staged in very different ways. And the bear makes it pretty r/counting appropriate
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u/Chalupa_Dad It's ok to stop counting. 3d ago
cuteballgames got me here then I instantly got the get. It's probably been years since my last count...I know it's been 7 years since my last get.
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 3d ago
Grandpa, your flair has a mistake in it. It[s not ok to stop counting
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u/Chalupa_Dad It's ok to stop counting. 3d ago
this ain't grandpa. And it is ALWAYS ok
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u/Playing_2 NUMBERS! 2d ago
I just did the math, and, if we consistently counted at the rate of one count every 20 seconds, we could reach 6 mil by the end of this year.
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 1d ago
By my rough math, we've counted at a rate of about 1 count per 280 seconds since Jan 1.
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 1d ago
So at the current rate we'll reach 6m around Thanksgiving 2029?
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u/Playing_2 NUMBERS! 1d ago
Probably slightly earlier. My (non-math-based) opinion is that we'll reach 6m around March 2027.
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 1d ago
"The sun is new again all day." – Heraclitus
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u/NobodyL0vesMe counding 1d ago
9999999999999934re6t78y e8rty 778ye5y87oty 78oey 78oet 87
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 1d ago
bruh
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u/NobodyL0vesMe counding 1d ago
sorry i was bored
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 1d ago
it's ok i was being dramatic :)
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u/NobodyL0vesMe counding 1d ago
i was bored
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u/Jalmal2 Demon's inactive rival 1d ago
Are you still bored?
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u/Cox_1920 1d ago
9999999999999934re6t78y e8rty 778ye5y87oty 78oey 78oet 88
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 17h ago
9999999999999934re6t78y e8rty 778ye5y87oty 78oey 78oet 89
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u/mistyskye14 🤷♀️ Queen killjoy miniget least regular counter since 2322029 1d ago
Was that the bite of 87?!
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 4h ago
assuming letter places are A-Z and number places 0-9, it's 1032 + 2620 = 1.0001993e+32 counts until we have to add a new digit
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 4h ago
That's 100 nonillion. 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 4h ago
guys we have to do 60 quintillion counts a day to add a new digit just as the sun runs out of fuel
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 4h ago
We can't even do it as like ternary or something to make it way faster because nlm used so many 9s smfh
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 3d ago
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rand(1,5509106) = 1826185
Todays count of the day is 1,826,185
Counter: /u/NeonTaterTots
Date: UTC 2017.05.17.164106
Reply time: 34s
Separator: Spaces
Replied to: /u/-R3DF0X
Replied to by: /u/TehVulpez
Special things about this number?
Counter achieved next assist
Thread happenings of note:
padiwik tells david i forgot how fast you were
urbul and piy summon orangey10 a bunch for no apparent reason
someone's script overwrote their integer to protect their privacy. Rip 1826093
There were 32 unique counters in this thread. Ecodiversity in rc has much declined in these 8 years.
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 3d ago
First time R3df0x has been pulled as cotd, replier, or replyee. COTD 90
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u/TehVulpez if this rain can fall, these wounds can heal 3d ago
they were pinging orangey10 for the 069 lol
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u/buy_me_a_pint insert custom text here 3d ago
Does anyone play clicker heroes on stream ?
What is cookie clicker like ?
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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 407k 397a 3d ago
i used to play clicker heroes like 7 years ago. it's a good game, but i think it gets slightly boring pretty quick.
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u/mistyskye14 🤷♀️ Queen killjoy miniget least regular counter since 2322029 1d ago
Cookie clicker is the perfect introduction to clickers/idlers if you want to try the genre. Love it. Still working on achievements to this day
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 3d ago
next goal... 100k. then goal... passing qwerty. then goal ... twice as many as pixel
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u/TehVulpez if this rain can fall, these wounds can heal 2d ago
cheating at the chess sidethread using a sex toy
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u/buy_me_a_pint insert custom text here 1d ago
We are also talking about going to Croatia on holiday
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u/buy_me_a_pint insert custom text here 1d ago
I will watch the eclipse of the moon to the television.
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 3d ago
It sounds dumb but the most shocking thing to me about programming is how you can tell the computer to count and remember.
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u/TehVulpez if this rain can fall, these wounds can heal 2d ago
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
WRAPPED UP LIKE A DOUCHE
ANOTHER ROLLER IN THE NIGHT
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u/TehVulpez if this rain can fall, these wounds can heal 2d ago
no one can convince me these aren't the real lyrics
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u/atomicimploder swiiiiirl the numbers 2d ago
no two can convince me these aren't the real lyrics
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u/PhosphorCrystaled /u/TehVulpez's flair 1d ago
no three can convince me these aren't the real lyrics
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u/Jalmal2 Demon's inactive rival 1d ago
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u/mistyskye14 🤷♀️ Queen killjoy miniget least regular counter since 2322029 1d ago
Lmao what did I just watch? 🤣
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u/Isaythereisa-chance 23h ago edited 23h ago
Now, I am afraid to look
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u/Jalmal2 Demon's inactive rival 21h ago
I think Misky is overreacting
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u/Isaythereisa-chance 20h ago
My grandmother would tell a story of her sister running out of their outhouse screaming and falling down when they were teenagers. She was using the bathroom and a snake fell on her lap.
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u/buy_me_a_pint insert custom text here 11h ago
Don't forget if you are counting at work, tell you boss, counting is more important and you will get the work done and on time
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u/buy_me_a_pint insert custom text here 11h ago
And even better ask your boss whether they want to join in
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 3d ago
I've been eating olives and bread
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 3d ago
Drinking lots of milk, and white chocolate is my indulgence
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 3d ago
was it phil or bass who got 1000 combined main gets and assists first?
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u/buy_me_a_pint insert custom text here 3d ago
Bass is the only one so far to get 1000 combined
but the combined stats have not been updated for a long time
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 3d ago
per the sidebar halls you have 1083 combined rn :)
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 3d ago
lowkey r counting https://xkcd.com/1305/
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u/cuteballgames j’éprouvais un instant de mfw et de smh 4h ago
The comments only expanding to 4 rather than 9 was fixed after a certain period of time (weeks, I think? with a few flickers back and forth) so i's possible this inbox issue will be resulved.
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u/Wide-Reflection-6696 3d ago
Tried to post this and it got deleted so I post it here.
Issues with 9
Hello y’all, English isn’t my first language and in my country we use a different metric system so apologies, apologies. With that being said, I’ve been practicing very hard at counting with little success. I know 1-8 like the back of my hand, but issues arise around 9. Once I get to 9, I struggle to understand what comes after. I googled it and it said 10 but that just doesn’t seem right, seems too soon. We should still be in the single digits for a bit longer, yes? In my country we don’t get to the double digits so quickly, you Americans are so impatient. But that’s besides the point. I’m living in America now and I really need to get this cuz now I’m a cashier at store. And don’t even get me started on money numbers, it just doesn’t make sense to me. Most measurements finish off at 100 and reset, but money finishes at 60 and it’s just upsetting to me. 60 cents make a dollar? 60 dollars make a Ben Franklin? That doesn’t make a single sense to me. Any tips on memorizing numbers? Maybe a mnemonic device of sorts? Like 1 stands for otter, 2 stands for timber, 3 stands for throat, etc. But then that seems like just a lot of words and what the hell would we do past 9. So how’d y’all make the magic happen and how is it on the other side??? What is in store for me in this life
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u/Antichess 2,050,155 - 407k 397a 3d ago
Weekly stats from August 29, 2025 to September 05, 2025. Congratulations to /u/GarlicoinAccount, /u/thephilsblogbar2, and /u/Ezekiel134!
Total weekly counts: 8796 (5,500,211-5,509,007)
More stats are posted on the Weekly Stats page!