re: If you folded a piece of paper 42 times, the thickness would reach to the moon

You can not fold a piece of paper in half 42 times.

It’s like saying, if I could jump far enough, I could jump to the moon.

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I’m gonna need you to prove your work.

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2^42 was already mentioned, but to finish out the math:


A standard sheet of paper is about 0.004" thick
The thickness doubles each time you fold it in half, which is where 2^42 comes in
2^42 * 0.004 = 17,592,186,044" / 12 = 1,466,015,503' / 5,280 = 277,654 miles

And the moon is 238,900 miles away on average

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The math checks out. It'd actually go well past the moon. But who in the hell can fold a single sheet of paper 42 times? It starts getting really tough to do after the 7th fold.

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I know this too because I just tried

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It starts getting really tough to do after the 7th fold.

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There was a myth busters about this. Even with a sheet of paper the size of a football field, the most they could do was like 11 I think.

Would you eat the moon if it was made of BBQ spare ribs?

I bet money that I can fold a paper 42 times and it wouldn't even reach my dick...and I got a long dick.

Folding a sheet of A3 paper 7 times with a hydraulic press


What the frick!

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If you folded a piece of paper 42 times, the thickness would reach to the moon

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The moon? Like, your arse?

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My kid folds toilet paper 42 times when wiping her arse.

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Well she does have to reach a full moon


:rimshot:

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This is assuming the earth is round; which it's not.

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Are you implying a non circular Earth is obtuse?