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Simple question. If I took away 10 points from someone, when they could have gotten 10 points instead, how many points did they loose out on.
So I'm playing a game with my family, and I accidentally caused my brother to lose 10 points instead of gaining 10. I then commented that he lost out on 20 points because of my actions. They said "no, he only lost 10 points". I then tried to explain how he lost OUT on 20 points. They then started to get angry at me, saying (NO, that's not how it works. You start at zero points, lose 10 points, leaving you at-10. So you only lost out on 10 points). Normally I would just think that they don't understand logic and ignore it, but all 5 of them thought I was going crazy. I just need to know if I AM going crazy, or if all 5 of them had laps in logic at the same time.
Sorry for the paragraph.
u/Eagle-Early — 5 days ago