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20 Feb 2010, 7:04 pm

I do this a lot, like when i'm driving i like to go by 10s and have my radio volume on even numbers.



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20 Feb 2010, 8:16 pm

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I have this weird borderline-OCD thing about odd and even numbers. I hate most odd numbers or multiple-digit numbers that end in odd-numbers. When I go shopping for groceries and stuff I usually buy things in even numbers, like four cans of soup. Then I eat one can and now I have three left and it feels weird and unbalanced. I also dislike many numbers that are pointy and angular, like the number seven. I can almost feel its points poking me through the air. I like numbers that are round and curvy like eight. One odd number I do like is five. Maybe it's because when I display stuffed animals on my bed I like to have one in the middle and two on either side in a way that feels balanced. It's pretty weird, though and I sometimes wish I didn't have this problem with numbers. :oops:


Decimal numbers with an odd low order digit are odd. So you are really saying you don't like odd integers.

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20 Feb 2010, 10:25 pm

I like powers of two. I didn't know that though until I learned what a power of two was. And even then I had to have ti pointed out to me. When it comes to odd numbers, I tend not to like prime numbers, but that is only because I know that I can't divide them. But if you don't like odd numbers because they're "unbalanced" I am sure that you can come up with a much better excuse. Try going by my approach and saying because you can't divide them by two. Or say that you can't make a odd number by adding two evens, but you can make an even by adding two odds, therefor making evens superior. But "unbalanced" only works in one dimension. Try making a balanced cross with an even number of blocks and you will know exactly what I am talking about.


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