# This thread goes backwards **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769 "2019-09-06T02:22:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/41 "2019-09-06T14:21:02Z")
Ninja’d! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/42 "2019-09-06T14:22:30Z")
I don’t know everyone. This thread seems to be all over the place and I still have no idea what endlessly repeating decimals are tied into utilizing music while in battle. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/43 "2019-09-06T14:32:48Z")
Oh, Hell, breakfast is comin’ up! 'Scuse me! ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/44 "2019-09-06T14:39:43Z")
Trying to connect battle strategy with obscure maths might be interesting if the maths actually worked… But they don’t. I’m sorry, 0.99… is still 1, so the whole theory falls apart. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/45 "2019-09-06T14:49:35Z")
Maybe the math isn’t obscure enough… Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/46 "2019-09-06T14:53:30Z")
Careful there, some of us almost got that equation. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/47 "2019-09-06T14:55:12Z")
And the interesting part, the really interesting part, is that a volcano absolutely erupted in there. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/48 "2019-09-06T14:57:08Z")
Jamal’s Theorem states that the more volcanoes you place within a 200 mile radius of each other, the more likely that even one eruption will set off a chain reaction that might lead to, say, global extinction. Not sure who this Jamal is, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/49 "2019-09-06T15:07:47Z")
As to your second point,\*\* Elendil’s Heir \*\*_said_ Colonel MacArthur was an officer who “led his men into battle”. It’s common knowledge that highland regiments have historically marched into battle _playing bagpipes_! So the aforementioned connection between music and battle is actually quite well documented. Lastly, I was referring to the 1945 eruption of Mt. Ruapehu which claimed 150 lives, not the most recent 2006 eruption. My point was that while the loss of 150 lives is tragic, it pales in comparison to all the deaths that have occurred on battlefields during that same period. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/50 "2019-09-06T16:24:22Z")
I’m just here for the ambience. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/51 "2019-09-06T16:29:50Z")
You sure complain a lot. Why are you even here? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/52 "2019-09-06T16:57:15Z")
I had to see through people’s bullshit. It was useful experience, 'cause now it’s my life. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/53 "2019-09-06T18:25:35Z")
Think about the music. The drum and fife and flag is a classic Revolutionary War image. Or the well remembered WWII songs. Heck, Ride of the Valkyries certainly isn’t about volcanoes, right? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/54 "2019-09-06T18:29:02Z")
This whole business about War Anthems being started as a paean to the Volcano God is just silly. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/55 "2019-09-06T18:47:50Z")
I have long held the conviction that war anthems originated as paeans to the Volcano God. I can’t be the only one. Who else among us agrees with me? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/56 "2019-09-06T19:06:37Z")
What you’re saying makes a lot of sense. Except, what about war anthems? There’s absolutely zero reason for them to exist. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/57 "2019-09-06T19:16:29Z")
Aw hell, guys, Go\_Arachnid\_Laser heard us. What do you wanna bet he comes over and tries to sneak one of his war obsessions into the conversation? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/58 "2019-09-06T19:27:01Z")
I hear what you’re saying, but here’s the thing…0.99999999999999 is NOT the same as 1. ‘Same’ implies equal, and while the difference may be very small there is still a difference. I think we can all agree on that. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/59 "2019-09-06T20:12:08Z")
If you try to divide 100 by 3, the result will be 33.33333333, etc. It will never resolve itself into a whole number. Yet you can still divide 100 by thirds evenly. It’s just a matter of the mechanics by which you divide. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/60 "2019-09-06T20:51:53Z")
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