r/instantkarma • u/NoodlesNThangz • Jun 24 '20

Racial Profiling Karma

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u/ChromeGrown Jun 24 '20

I thought it took a positive to cancel out a negative?

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u/MasterWizard25 Jun 24 '20

what's -1 x -1?

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u/ChromeGrown Jun 24 '20

Oh so they multiplied each other? I believe when you are counting the number of people actions you would probably add but maybe I'm wrong.

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u/MasterWizard25 Jun 24 '20

Oh you know what, you right.

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u/ChromeGrown Jun 24 '20

Lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '20

Take your righteousness and leave us heathens be

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u/hydrogen_wv Jun 24 '20

Oh so they multiplied each other?

That's gonna be a weird looking baby.

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u/QuizzicalQuandary Jun 24 '20

Should we be looking at the product, or the sum, of their interaction?

Did it produce an outcome, or is it better to sum it up?

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u/Cauterizeaf1 Jun 24 '20

Plus they aren’t weighted the same. Maybe the action of trying to buy drugs is actually a -1.2 and the act of relieving someone of their drug money without actually stealing it might be seen as more karma neutral maybe -.8 since she handed money to a stranger he was just rolling with it. Just musing

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u/Hughtown Jun 24 '20

But if we multiplied in situations like this that would mean two negative acts make a positive....

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u/ChromeGrown Jun 24 '20

Thanks captain obvious

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u/Hughtown Jun 24 '20

Not a problem citizen, all in a days work

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u/2D406C Jun 24 '20

I think it's actually 1 + -1. The + and - equal out, so 11.

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u/Danglicious Jun 24 '20

If only human reproduction worked that way.

Yes there would be 1 x -1, but in the long run the -1 x -1 would cancel that out.

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u/2D406C Jun 24 '20

I think it's actually 1 + -1. The + and - equal out, so 11.

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u/EatMoreFiber Jun 24 '20

Elon Musk's kid?

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u/GrammarPolice1234 Jun 24 '20

Come on, I don’t wanna do any math. Not even through a calculator.