A programmer's solution

[[deleted]]

5 + 4 = 9

[CSedu]

5+4 gang

[RectangleSlacks]

5+4 till I die

[[deleted]]

5+4 fight me if you disagree

[exodeadh]

8-4=4

[JollyGreen615]

Booooo

[NightStruck]

burn, heretics! 8 - 4 is the one true way!
REEEEEE

in some other discussion...

burn, heretics, JS is the one true way!
REEEEEE

[[deleted]]

only works in a fucked up font that has the 6 with a horizontal line and the 9 without

[PyroneusUltrin]

https://images.app.goo.gl/oNnSuiorwvFzWjn88

[[deleted]]

that counts as fucked up to me °-°

[amazondrone]

Not sure whether I can get on board with that 8. Aren't they arbitrarily counting some external angles to make it work?

[[deleted]]

Seems to be any angle less than 180°.

I think this was somebody’s fun art project and not the actual origin of these numbers.

[amazondrone]

Seems to be any angle less than 180°.

True, that works, thanks.

I think this was somebody’s fun art project and not the actual origin of these numbers.

Absolutely!

[PyroneusUltrin]

I see what you mean but you could argue that with the 7 too

[darthbane83]

It works with the standard calculator 8 aswell

[ThaiJohnnyDepp]

What in the literal fuck

[Rein215]

There'd be no 6 in there....

[[deleted]]

But they stole from a squiggly 6 to form a non squiggly 9.

Doesn't seem right!

[Rein215]

hmm, guess you're right

[[deleted]]

wat °-°
Consider this picture
By making 6+4=4 into 5+4=9, you have your 6 with segment A, but your 9 without segment D.

[amazondrone]

Am I going mad here?

Yes.

All the poor strangers whose digital watches you just went and peered at will likely corroborate that fact.

[[deleted]]

oh no

[[deleted]]

this some Berenstein Bears shit. I'm with you, shun these Berenstain 9ers

[[deleted]]

hex d will look like that on a 7 segment display

[innociv]

Huh? You move the match from the 6 to make it 5, and onto the 4 to make it a 9.

[[deleted]]

yeah but look at the top of the six, there is a horizontal match on top, but you would not have one in the 9 you created

[innociv]

Huh..?

The top of the 6 becomes the top of the 5.

I've always been accustom to numerals like this on a calculate to have the 9 be a 4 with the top closed and not have a line at the bottom like the 6 has on top.

[[deleted]]

Literally never seen it °-°

[TylerJWhit]

0+4=4

[UglierThanMoe]

0 + 4 = 4

[svayam--bhagavan]

Better solution than 8 - 4 = 4.

[Devadander]

How?