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Don't Not Jump

September 3, 2024From the book Math for English Majors

Stacked negations as stacked negative signs: jump, don't jump, don't not jump, and so on, until the listener gives up.

Transcript

"Jump!" (1) · "Don't jump!" (−1) · "Don't not jump." −(−1) · "Don't refrain from not jumping!" −(−(−1)) "Uh…" · "Don't refrain from not NOT jumping!" −(−(−(−1))) "SHUT UP"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-don-t-not-jump/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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