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  hmmm, i dont agree with this one. i know its semantic but this sub seems like an appropriate place to be such. we’ll call “everyone” E. since everyone has/had a mother, we can simply tack that on as multiplying E by 2, or 2E. “everyone and their mother” is 2E, while “everyone” is just E, and i think those are two distinct numbers
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  Lol this is the first one I haven’t questioned. It is the same amount of people. But I’m quick to use “everyone and their mother” >
  
  Well Everyone assumes they're alive and only alive.
  Everyone and their mother includes the mother of everyone alive whether they're alive or dead themselves. >
  
  That's true, but if everyone has their own mother, then that technically doubles the amount of people! >
  
  Why would it double. The mothers are still included in "everyone" >
  
  Because that account is an AI bot that doesn't understand basic maths