dumbass journalists continue to fail to call trump or RFK tinfoil out on this with properly pre-thought out bulletproof questions that expose their dipshit math
Rare_Paper4473 on
Just gotta, say and I know people aren’t going to get it. Downvote me.
Stop wasting time on this story. Don’t split hairs on overly pedantic shit like this. Yes, “lolol doesn’t he know that’s incorrect?” is funny meme, but it’s not relevant. There’s other bad shit at play ,than guffawing at the wording choices.
Don’t hammer this. Hammer that all but 3 Republicans are **blocking** reducing drug prices right now, while they’re talking about this bullshit.
It’s only a matter of time before Trump demands schools teach his way of calculating percentages as actual truth. The same way the government in George Orwell’s 1984 tries to persuade people to believe 2 plus 2 equals 5, not 4.
Everything makes sense now. Trump is actually using the works of George Orwell as how to manuals.
mikeholczer on
>”President Trump has a different way of calculating,” he said.
“There’s two ways of calculating percentages.”
The right way and the wrong way.
returnofthecursed on
Imagine being such a worthless tool that you’re willing to say that 600% off $600 equals $10. And not even as a joke, but to appease a pedophile. It’s horror movie levels of fucked up and weird.
Blackthorn79 on
10 years ago I’d try to twist myself into a pretzel explaining that some staffer explained how drug companies charge 6 times what it cost to manufacture a drug, but now I more than happy to just say that America is run by incompetent assholes.
Assail_Boat on
Everyday it becomes clearer how so many of Trump’s businesses have gone bankrupt.
jimjimmyjimjimjim on
It’s not “impossible math”.
It’s ignorant and completely wrong “math”.
ScruffyTuscaloosa on
Look, it’s simple. Pretend something you need to not die costs $1. Then it shoots up to $600. But then it comes down to $580 dollars! A miraculous 2000% decrease!
Ashendarei on
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”
wj333 on
He’s not even right about the increase % in his example of the rising cost. Going from 100 to 600 is a 500% increase.
bryangcrane on
Moronic.
Absolutely moronic. Not just these two numb skulls but the fact that no one is calling them out to their faces.
GopnickAvenger on
I just wish someone had asked for them to explain the tariff percentages as a follow up.
plumberfun on
Republicans have been using this math for the last 50 years
LifeDraining on
Well, the worm just fucked up the entire Kennedy family legacy.
MrWaldengarver on
C’mon, give the guy a break. He’s doing pretty well considering half of his brain was eaten by a worm.
No_Mastodon_7896 on
But yesterday Kennedy testified that 600 down to 10 was 600 %, now today 600 to 100 is 600%, does not add up.
PaulyKPykes on
I don’t know how many f****** times I have to say this, but when you cite a percentage change you base it on the number you start with. That’s why the price of something can’t go anymore than 100% lower. The fact that these idiots are still trying to push the s*** instead of just accepting that they were wrong is just the 100th reason that I f****** hate them all
Clean-Shift-291 on
That darn decimal point, gets ‘em every time…
RodeoSex on
Brain Worm Math.
Houseranger03 on
Math, famous for being open to interpretation
CrepuscularNemophile on
BBC Radio 4’s More or Less programme fact-checked Trump’s claim last year that egg prices fell by 400% after he took office. His claim that egg prices dropped by 400% was clearly impossible as it implied they were below zero. And, the average consumer price for a dozen large eggs was roughly $4.95 upon his 2025 inauguration, then actually rose to a high of roughly $6.23 in March, contradicting the claim that prices plummeted.
“I said, ‘Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600 per cent rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that’s a 600 per cent savings.'”
This also means that Trump doesn’t understand the difference between markup and margin – one if the most fundamental concepts that someone grasps when starting off in business.
DeterminedThrowaway on
> “I said, ‘Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600 per cent rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that’s a 600 per cent savings.'”
> Trump added: “Right.”
Good lord. The head of the HHS and the President, not even competent enough for grade school math.
$100 to $600 is a 500% increase for the same reason that 1 + 5 = 6.
If you want to frame it as a percentage reduction (which are the words they’re using), then your $600 to $100 drug became 1/6th of the price, or in other words experienced a reduction by 5/6th which is 83.33%. You can’t drop by more than 100% because that’s your entire quantity, you would have to start going negative.
I could explain this to a 4th grader who’s learning their fractions. These people need to get their shit together
24 Comments
dumbass journalists continue to fail to call trump or RFK tinfoil out on this with properly pre-thought out bulletproof questions that expose their dipshit math
Just gotta, say and I know people aren’t going to get it. Downvote me.
Stop wasting time on this story. Don’t split hairs on overly pedantic shit like this. Yes, “lolol doesn’t he know that’s incorrect?” is funny meme, but it’s not relevant. There’s other bad shit at play ,than guffawing at the wording choices.
Don’t hammer this. Hammer that all but 3 Republicans are **blocking** reducing drug prices right now, while they’re talking about this bullshit.
[https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5844568-sanders-amendment-drug-prices/](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5844568-sanders-amendment-drug-prices/)
This is what you do to actually build momentum.
It’s only a matter of time before Trump demands schools teach his way of calculating percentages as actual truth. The same way the government in George Orwell’s 1984 tries to persuade people to believe 2 plus 2 equals 5, not 4.
Everything makes sense now. Trump is actually using the works of George Orwell as how to manuals.
>”President Trump has a different way of calculating,” he said.
“There’s two ways of calculating percentages.”
The right way and the wrong way.
Imagine being such a worthless tool that you’re willing to say that 600% off $600 equals $10. And not even as a joke, but to appease a pedophile. It’s horror movie levels of fucked up and weird.
10 years ago I’d try to twist myself into a pretzel explaining that some staffer explained how drug companies charge 6 times what it cost to manufacture a drug, but now I more than happy to just say that America is run by incompetent assholes.
Everyday it becomes clearer how so many of Trump’s businesses have gone bankrupt.
It’s not “impossible math”.
It’s ignorant and completely wrong “math”.
Look, it’s simple. Pretend something you need to not die costs $1. Then it shoots up to $600. But then it comes down to $580 dollars! A miraculous 2000% decrease!
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command”
He’s not even right about the increase % in his example of the rising cost. Going from 100 to 600 is a 500% increase.
Moronic.
Absolutely moronic. Not just these two numb skulls but the fact that no one is calling them out to their faces.
I just wish someone had asked for them to explain the tariff percentages as a follow up.
Republicans have been using this math for the last 50 years
Well, the worm just fucked up the entire Kennedy family legacy.
C’mon, give the guy a break. He’s doing pretty well considering half of his brain was eaten by a worm.
But yesterday Kennedy testified that 600 down to 10 was 600 %, now today 600 to 100 is 600%, does not add up.
I don’t know how many f****** times I have to say this, but when you cite a percentage change you base it on the number you start with. That’s why the price of something can’t go anymore than 100% lower. The fact that these idiots are still trying to push the s*** instead of just accepting that they were wrong is just the 100th reason that I f****** hate them all
That darn decimal point, gets ‘em every time…
Brain Worm Math.
Math, famous for being open to interpretation
BBC Radio 4’s More or Less programme fact-checked Trump’s claim last year that egg prices fell by 400% after he took office. His claim that egg prices dropped by 400% was clearly impossible as it implied they were below zero. And, the average consumer price for a dozen large eggs was roughly $4.95 upon his 2025 inauguration, then actually rose to a high of roughly $6.23 in March, contradicting the claim that prices plummeted.
[This is the programme.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct6vyr)
“I said, ‘Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600 per cent rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that’s a 600 per cent savings.'”
This also means that Trump doesn’t understand the difference between markup and margin – one if the most fundamental concepts that someone grasps when starting off in business.
> “I said, ‘Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600 per cent rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that’s a 600 per cent savings.'”
> Trump added: “Right.”
Good lord. The head of the HHS and the President, not even competent enough for grade school math.
$100 to $600 is a 500% increase for the same reason that 1 + 5 = 6.
If you want to frame it as a percentage reduction (which are the words they’re using), then your $600 to $100 drug became 1/6th of the price, or in other words experienced a reduction by 5/6th which is 83.33%. You can’t drop by more than 100% because that’s your entire quantity, you would have to start going negative.
I could explain this to a 4th grader who’s learning their fractions. These people need to get their shit together