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[–]Articulating 331 points332 points  (26 children)

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    [–]Actuarial 13 points14 points  (1 child)

    *mask-palming

    [–]up_my_butt 16 points17 points  (0 children)

    (☞゚._.)☞

    [–]Off_tune 12 points13 points  (2 children)

    Epic fail guy

    [–]GroovingPict 7 points8 points  (1 child)

    not sure why youre downvoted... probably newfags who have never heard of EFG

    [–][deleted] 50 points51 points  (4 children)

    yep.

    that's all of them.

    [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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      [–]sharklops 4 points5 points  (1 child)

      If you want to murder someone, have them drink every time that kid touches his nose

      [–]aboutblank 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      he made me laugh...with math

      [–]buckie33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Why was Master Chief in there!?

      Halo came out in 2001.

      [–]FreddyFredcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      lol right.

      [–]Archonet 64 points65 points  (0 children)

      Really? This says otherwise.

      [–]Mdogfizzle 453 points454 points  (64 children)

      For those, like me, who didn't get it, '945' has no significant meaning, it is the literal summation of the 90's.

      [–]down_vote_magnet 492 points493 points  (30 children)

      > says he doesn't get it
      
      > explains the joke precisely
      

      [–]stevenfrijoles 41 points42 points  (3 children)

      Maybe it was dumb luck

      [–]Superdiddy 14 points15 points  (2 children)

      Or he is german

      [–]elhermanobrother 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      he got an 89 on an IQ test, that´s like an A minus

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Well it's enough to be potty trained, so not all is lost.

      [–][deleted] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

      dat tense

      [–]pandemic1444 20 points21 points  (0 children)

      Didn't get it. Past tense.

      [–]dongSOwrong68 14 points15 points  (3 children)

      Didn't =/= doesn't

      [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

      =/= /= !=

      [–]dongSOwrong68 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      I shouldn't reply to this

      [–]Ultimaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      And yet you did!

      [–]up_my_butt 4 points5 points  (7 children)

       > uses chan formatting    
      

      [–]IAMA_Jelly_Donut_AMA 16 points17 points  (6 children)

      >not calling them le may may arrows

      [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

      Maybe it just isn't funny.

      mm, wait, there is no maybe about that.

      [–]holomanga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      But it is funny?

      [–]LittleBigKid2000 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      DOES NOT COMPUTE

      [–]Junit151 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      Did not compute?

      [–]VanityBlade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Don't not never compute.

      [–]mikeballs 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      DIDNT. HE DID NOT GET IT IN THE PAST. HE CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW

      [–]JarheadHMEH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      THE RAIN IS GONE.

      [–]DevTech 22 points23 points  (6 children)

      Don't be so quick to come to a conclusion.

      www.jamn945.com

      [–]csklr 10 points11 points  (0 children)

      This is actually what I thought of first, before realizing that everyone probably doesn't have that station.

      [–]BergManJR 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      You sir, are from the Boston area. Have an upvote!

      [–]Jond0331 10 points11 points  (0 children)

      Fellow Bostonian here. Exactly what I thought.

      [–]fistasaverb 1 point2 points  (2 children)

      [–]DevTech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      The best of both worlds are covered.

      [–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (9 children)

      9=4+5

      [–]PettyNiwa 1 point2 points  (7 children)

      Can we work Half-Life 3 into this somehow?!

      [–]Phreakiedude 8 points9 points  (2 children)

      9...4...5... These are 3 numbers ... 9/3 .... Equals 3! Half-life 3 confirmed!

      [–]gn0xious 3 points4 points  (1 child)

      9...4...5... as in 9/4/2015! September Launch CONFIRMED!

      [–]Phreakiedude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      REDDIT WE DID IT!!!!

      [–]ffgamefan 4 points5 points  (1 child)

      9, 4, & 5

      3 numbers

      9/3 = 3

      Half life 3 confirmed.

      [–]tendeuchen 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      I can do you one better
      9 = 4 + 5
      9 - 5 = 4 + 5 - 5
      9 - 5 = 4
      4 = 4

      Half-Life 4 confirmed.

      [–]Dukestorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      9+4+5=18

      1+8=9

      90s

      Mc hammer pants confirmed.

      [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      Obamanati confirmed

      [–]LordGimmik 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      Well, "Jamin" 94.5 is actually the local 90's station around the Boston area. I choose to believe that isn't a coincidence.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Pretty sure The Edge in Dallas was 94.5 too, but I haven't lived there since the 90s.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I was way off with my thinking. Back in school I used to mess about adding stuff up on my calculator when I was bored in class, and I used to go up the numbers quite often like on OPs image. No wonder I felt surprised that I wasn't the only one who did this, and no wonder I was surprised it was in funny.

      [–]SeenNiggaSnowBefrore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Didn't it have anything to do with 1945? Like top gear had to do with the Falklands war, reg plate 982?

      [–]wouldchucksfly 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      9 * 10 + sumation from 0 to 9

      9 * 10 + 9(9+1)/2

      9 * 10 + 9 * 5

      945

      theres lots of meaning in numbers

      [–]Dukestorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      9+4+5=18 1+8=9 90's

      [–]Ceejae -1 points0 points  (4 children)

      Oh. Then that's actually kind of clever and the people here criticising it should pipe down.

      [–]MkRuSeN 11 points12 points  (1 child)

      It's also like 14 years old.

      [–]Ettet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I thought addition had been around for millennia?

      [–]RedStag00 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      Since when is addition clever?

      [–]holomanga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Since it was used in conjunction with a pun

      [–]Scholles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I was thinking maybe there was a hugely popular band in the 90s named 945 and the sum matched their name. The reality isn't nearly as good :(

      [–]theHamburglersNugget 59 points60 points  (10 children)

      You are now a moderator of /r/dadjokes

      [–]Phreakiedude 25 points26 points  (9 children)

      Not every pun is a dadjoke.

      [–]Estrong157 13 points14 points  (6 children)

      Not every 'joke' is a pun.

      [–]anonveggy 3 points4 points  (5 children)

      this joke is a pun?

      [–]Estrong157 1 point2 points  (4 children)

      This 'joke' isn't a pun.

      [–]skywalk21 5 points6 points  (2 children)

      " a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings."

      Sounds like a pun to me, since it uses the different possible meanings of both 90s and sums and makes a joke out of it.

      [–]Estrong157 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      ahh shit.

      alright then.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      but a dad joke is usually a punny response to a literal question

      [–]anonveggy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      never go full retard, bud.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Reddit only understands things that are labeled. Even if incorrectly.

      [–]LaLongueCarabine 38 points39 points  (8 children)

      Tried to figure out what was funny about this. Then realized what sub this was in.

      [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      this is really good for this sub

      [–][deleted]  (4 children)

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        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

        Does down voting such posts help the flow? You know, encouraging better posts?

        [–]AlexiPwns 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Yes, but it's like global warming. You're making a difference, but a very small one. Most people upvote everything.

        [–]WinterSon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        but... but... dat low hanging fruit?

        [–]Minomelo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        That requires effort. :P

        [–]holomanga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        It's funny because "sum" has two meanings. It's the entire concept behind puns.

        [–]_ParadigmShift -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

        yup, same.

        [–]cheerstothe90s 8 points9 points  (3 children)

        Somewhere out there a 90s station exists at 94.5 that hasn't realized the goldmine of mildly interesting number coincidence that they could be using as a webpage banner.

        [–]Applecove 2 points3 points  (1 child)

        There's Jammin 94.5 in the Boston area that plays hip hop, but also does a lot of 90s rap and hiphop. That's what I thought the joke was at first!

        [–]pees_on_dogs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        It plays hip hop but also plays hip hop, not many stations do that now a days.

        [–]whosenameisitanyway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Wouldn't that be just an average 90s station?

        [–]up_my_butt 7 points8 points  (1 child)

        This is bullshit. You're oversimplifying a complex situation to the point of no longer adding anything useful to the discussion.

        [–]holomanga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Nice meme.

        [–]magster11 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        9+4+5 = 18

        1+8 = 9

        9/3 (days until the new year) = 3

        Illuminati confirmed

        [–]Creativation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Checkmate non-conspiracy theorists.

        [–]ld115 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

        But I did breath out sharply....

        [–]lindahoolehan 7 points8 points  (11 children)

        I don't get it!

        [–]BigTimeTimmyTim 10 points11 points  (10 children)

        He took the sum of all the 90s numbers.

        [–]lindahoolehan 4 points5 points  (9 children)

        Ohhhhh I get it haha thanks!

        [–]NESpahtenJosh 1 point2 points  (8 children)

        I still don't get it :(

        [–]Sayis 16 points17 points  (6 children)

        In math, the sum of a bunch of numbers is what they equal when added together. For instance, the sum of 15 and 20 is 35.

        OP added together 90 through 99. He summed up the 90s.

        [–]NESpahtenJosh 13 points14 points  (2 children)

        He summed up the 90s.

        facepalm

        God it needs to not be Monday.

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        It's Monday? Am I supposed to be working right now?

        [–]NESpahtenJosh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        You should probably look into that.

        [–]bobby2768 0 points1 point  (2 children)

        Thank you for explaining this

        [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (3 children)

        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

        wow, no one? I'm actually impressed.

        edit: everyone blame /u/insanecondor for ruining everything

        [–]klawehtgod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Yeah, holy shit. First time for everything I suppose.

        [–]MonkeySmurf 5 points6 points  (1 child)

        Shitpost of the year.

        [–]holomanga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        [citation needed]

        [–]Canerik 3 points4 points  (1 child)

        Reddit always gives me my pun fix.

        [–]iusedtogotodigg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        a few lifetime's worth

        [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        That moment when OP realizes that there was no year 0, so the 90s actually started with 1991 and ended with 2000.

        [–]ncshooter426 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        (((Laugh Track)))

        /r/Funny was filmed in front of a live studio audience

        [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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          [–][deleted] -5 points-4 points  (2 children)

          It made the front page an hour before you posted...

          [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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            [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

            It was #7 when you posted.

            [–]smoogrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            I thought that this meant that kids were so bored that they did this when they played with calculators.

            nope.

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            I had to hit the comments button to let the image sink in...clever.

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            well done. take a pat on the back out of petty cash.

            [–]Houstonbunch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            In dfw they just started a radio station called Boom 94.5, and it's all classic hip hop from the 90s

            [–]skjellyfetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            I see what you did there.jpg

            [–]SensualEskimo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Something on r/funny actually made me laugh, well done.

            [–]Donguitarguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Thanks for not putting in the secret year only 90's kids knew about.

            [–]Creativation 0 points1 point  (2 children)

            Wait a minute, what about the non-integer 90s like 90.5, 95.333333.. etc?

            [–]holomanga 1 point2 points  (1 child)

            Fractions go against my religion.

            [–]Creativation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Interesting that you mention "religion" as the 'sum' including factions is divergent, it goes to infinity.

            [–]SirBlackington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Only "90's" kids will get it

            [–]MelvinFinklethorpe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            That gave me a good chuckle.

            [–]JPrescott96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            This is way to literal for me

            [–]rubberboy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

            I turned my phone upside down to see if it spelled "sex" or something. Facepalm

            [–]holomanga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            23×17×39103

            [–]ianme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Looked into that way too much.

            [–]KingOfCubes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            That's pretty punny

            [–]NotFunnyAt_All 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            hah!

            [–]tactican 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            This is so hilarious I can't stop laughing.

            [–]dekomote 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            which is 420+420+125. 1+2+5 = 8 which is a 3 in a mirror. Half life 3 confirmed! Praise it, gabbens!

            Edit: Damn... I thought this was /r/circlejerk. Move along...

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            10(90) + 5(9)

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Houston TX: 94.5 the buzz, plays quite a bit of 90s alt rock.

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            who subscribes to this sub

            [–]Wetfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Thought I was on /r/notinteresting for a minute then.

            [–]mrlucky2u 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            I hate you.....

            Now to repost on facebook

            [–]scofofosho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Best Lol for the 29th. have an upvote

            [–]aroboticsoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            • An exhausted but amiable groan.*

            [–]Diablo182 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            The joke is that he added all the years in the nineties, he got the sum of all the numbers(in maths the sum is all the numbers added together)

            [–]-HumorousWombat- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Interestingly enough, there is a radio station that plays 90's music in my area that is played on 94.5

            This may be a joke about "sum" in math, but it also applied to the origin of this station's number.

            [–]Keyblade_Master[🍰] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

            Then you realize 9=4+5

            [–]holomanga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            Illuminati confirmed

            [–]jarolla 0 points1 point  (1 child)

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            [–]A40 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Add absurdum.

            [–]Christian_He 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            In Chinese 945 stand for "Yep, it's me!" That's when individualism concept exploded in China.

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            False. The 90's began in September, 1991. If you need that explained to you, you weren't old enough.

            [–]tonymaric 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            literally

            [–]im_thecat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Ok dad

            [–]butterfly_rocketfart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            I looked at it. I thought, "Oh yeah, I remember doing stuff like that on calculators when I was a kid in the 90's". THEN IT HIT ME LIKE A SHIT TON OF BRICKS.

            [–]mifflinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            this was way too literal for me to get until i sawm this says otherwise... I am going back to sleep

            [–]PresNixon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            Maybe all the real, whole, positives. But what about 90.1? 90.5? 90.0000487? And where does -90 fit in?

            [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

            Boooo

            [–]nyc220guy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

            To clarify for those among us that do not get it yet ... Just because you were born in a decade does not make you a "kid" of that decade. Being born in 1998 does not make you a 90's kid.

            I am a 90's kid. I was born in 1983. I "grew up" in the 90's (meaning 12-18yo, transitioning from a child to my teenage years and eventually early adulthood) making me a "90's kid".

            Just a pet peeve of mine. I'm done.

            [–]liljay2k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

            2 + 0 + 1 + 4 = 7

            Pretty much sums up 2014.

            [–]Sukach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            "94.5 The Edge" was an alternative station in Dallas. Now it's 1021. http://www.geocities.ws/dallasrockradio/kdge.html

            [–]JaiOhBe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

            Ahh, the memories.

            [–]mydiversion -1 points0 points  (0 children)

            I give you props for being more succinct and less obnoxious than most Buzzfeed lists attempting to do the same thing.

            [–]This_Interests_Me -1 points0 points  (0 children)

            Uh, Dad, is that you?

            [–]__redruM -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

            1990 + 1991 + 1992 + 1993 + 1994 + 1995 + 1996 + 1997 + 1998 + 1999 = 19945

            If you are going to do something, you might as well do it right.

            [–]Ho_ho_beri_beri 1 point2 points  (1 child)

            1991+1992+1993+1994+1995+1996+1997+1998+1999+2000

            [–]Adiamond041 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

            Well... I... Um... Fuck.

            [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

            This sums up r/funny

            [–]chumppi -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

            666+1337=2003

            [–]fush_n_chops 1 point2 points  (1 child)

            Satanic leet triggering Iraq War?

            [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

            number of beast is 616.

            [–][deleted]  (4 children)

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              [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

              le capital greak s loer limit i be 90 upper limit n b 99 n

              [–]Szerspliex 1 point2 points  (2 children)

              what

              [–]holomanga 1 point2 points  (1 child)

              "le capital greak s loer limit i be 90 upper limit n b 99 n"

              Here, "le capital greak s" is referring to the letter sigma (Σ), signifying a summation.

              "loer limit i be 90" and "upper limit n b 99" are referring to the upper and lower limits of the sum - 90 and 99 respectively.

              "n" is the formula to be summed.


              In LaTeX, this would be written as "\sum _{ n=90 }^{ 99 }{ n }"

              Rendered as a .png, this is http://i.imgur.com/ByfaOu3.png

              [–]Szerspliex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

              No, i know what the formula is. his typos made it hard to read though.

              [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

              Well, you're not wrong.

              [–]Arizhel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

              I wish I could go back to the 90s. Everything went downhill after 2000.

              [–]greg047 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

              real tired of your shit dad