Ages Converge
Someone claims to be 'the same age' as a younger celebrity because the ratio of their ages approaches 1 over time.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-12-03-ages-converge/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "So how old are you?" B: "I'm the same age as Ariana Grande." A: "So… 26?" B: "She is. I'm 38. But as time flows, the ratio of our ages will converge toward 1." A: "So what you just said was an outright lie." B: "Yes, but a lie that goes to truth in the limit."