“Jon Bois did an amazing video about this one”
Jon Bois on the dumbest online argument
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> Obligatory post about the dumbest argument to ever be had online Jon Bois did an amazing video about this one: this video
THE DUMBEST BOY ALIVE. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE SIX.
1.6M views · Feb 18, 2016 · 18:13 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2021–2025
Jon Bois tells the story of a 2008 bodybuilding forum thread in which users spent a weekend arguing over how many days are in a week. It is episode six of his Pretty Good series for SB Nation.
Why Hacker News points people here: Shared as the definitive retelling of one of the dumbest online arguments ever.
“Jon Bois did an amazing video about this one”HN comment, 2025
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“Body builders try to figure out how many days are in a week, summary dramatised here”
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LEMMiNO has a nice 18 minutes documentary and summary on Cicada 3301: link -- Some "internet lore" off the top of my head: * Body builders try to figure out how many days are in a week, summary dramatised here: this video * Time Cube: link -- EDIT: speaking of SilvaGunner, I've never heard this name before, I found two mentions of it on two unrelated YouTube videos in the past 3 hours. Incredible. Baader–Meinhof strikes again.
“you don't count the day you're on when you're counting days”
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Hm, if they switched the schedule up a little and had a workout every other day (with a rest day in between) they could have been working out 4-5 times per week. If anyone's unsure about the maths on that then don't worry, "you don't count the day you're on when you're counting days " ;-) this video