Confucius Realizes He Needed N Wipes

It takes n+1 wipes to realize you only needed n wipes.

A solemn stone statue of Confucius stands with clasped hands beneath the caption “It takes n+1 wipes to realize you only needed n wipes.” The joke plays on the familiar experience of using one wipe too many before realizing the previous wipe was sufficient, phrased like a mock philosophical maxim. EN: A solemn stone statue of Confucius stands with clasped hands beneath the caption “It takes n+1 wipes to realize you only needed n wipes.” The joke plays on the familiar experience of using one wipe too many before realizing the previous wipe was sufficient, phrased like a mock philosophical maxim.

• @beobanka / 20818 2022-11-11