GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (9 Viewers)

[Bob Sacamano]

Aha!  The riddle is that the pills change the nature of spacetime.  That makes sense.

If you take enough of them now, you might only be aware of, say, less than 1 6 hour block in a 24 hour period.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I also feel like the amount of booze you have in the house might have an impact on the answer.

 

[krista4]

Then what the hell is the debate about?  

The debate is about (1) the answer to the question, and (2) whether that answer is obvious/clear or if there is ambiguity.  

 

[Zegras11]

The debate is about (1) the answer to the question, and (2) whether that answer is obvious/clear or if there is ambiguity.  

what's your answer?

 

[krista4]

what's your answer?

Not telling until more people give their answers.  I don't wish to sway the voters.

 

[Zegras11]

Not telling until more people give their answers.  I don't wish to sway the voters.

poop

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I feel as though krista has chosen the notobvious answer here.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

It feels as though

meh, whatever.  have another pill

 

[Zegras11]

if they are taken exactly to the second every six hours, then the answer would always be 5 in any given 24 hour period. 

 

[Bob Sacamano]

12:01am - pill

6:01am - pill

6:02 am - I leave the house.  I'm gone!  Per the instructions, I stop taking the pills (take until gone!)

6:01pm - I return to the house.  Am I supposed to take the pills again?  It's not really clear. 

I'm pretty sure this is the origin of the debate.  I say take one.  Which means the next one is at 12:01 the next day.  So, three!  Ha.  I solved it.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Probably end up stabbing a guy 30 feet to my left.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

if they are taken exactly to the second every six hours, then the answer would always be 5 in any given 24 hour period. 

She didn't ask about 24 hour periods. 

Incidentally, they last way longer than 24 hours. 

 

[Sweet J]

Well, the number taken on the first and last days depend on time of day you start taking them.  But other than that, it is four per day.  If you start at 5 am, you take one at 5, one at 11, one at 5, and one at 11.

If you start at 6 am, it's 6/12/6/12(next day - which means four the next day at 12/6/12/6)

I don't understand what the confusion is.

Confusion is that some people sleep 8 hours a night. You wake up at 7, take a pill. Take another pill at 1. Then another at 7. You go to bed at 10:00. You supposed to set the alarm to take a pill at 1am, or take a pill 3 hours early?

so the other interpretation is that you are supposed to take a pill every 6 hours during your waking hours. 

 

[Limp Ditka]

you people make my head hurt.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

you people make my head hurt.

krista has some pills for that. You should take one every 6 hours.

 

[Osaurus]

Everyone poops....everyone

 

[kevzilla]

Confusion is that some people sleep 8 hours a night. You wake up at 7, take a pill. Take another pill at 1. Then another at 7. You go to bed at 10:00. You supposed to set the alarm to take a pill at 1am, or take a pill 3 hours early?

so the other interpretation is that you are supposed to take a pill every 6 hours during your waking hours. 

What kind of slacker sleeps more than six hours in a stretch? Not krista, that's for sure.



Oh, I get it now. It's mr. krista that's being obtuse.

 

[Osaurus]

Let's pretend the instructions say "Take one capsule every six hours" instead of "Take one capsule by mouth every six hours until gone."  Does this help you answer the #######ed question?

Until the medicine is gone or the person taking it by mouth is gone? It’s critical to solving this riddle.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

12:01am today

6:01am today

12:01pm today

6:01pm today

12:01am nottoday

6:01am nottoday

12:01pm nottoday

6:01pm nottoday

12:01am notnottoday

6:01am notnottoday

12:01pm notnottoday

6:01pm notnottoday

12:01 am Fthisrestofthebottle

 

[Limp Ditka]

Everyone poops....everyone

but if krista poops once every 15 minutes, how many poops does she take in an hour?

 

[krista4]

I wasn't pooping.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Confusion is that some people sleep 8 hours a night. You wake up at 7, take a pill. Take another pill at 1. Then another at 7. You go to bed at 10:00. You supposed to set the alarm to take a pill at 1am, or take a pill 3 hours early?

so the other interpretation is that you are supposed to take a pill every 6 hours during your waking hours. 

This is different.

If you're asking what the bottle says, the answer is 4. 

If you're asking what the average female is going to do, the answer is 4. 

If you're asking what the average male is going to do, the answer is somewhere between 0 and 8, depending on the day, wtf is going on, how they're feeling, if they intend to have drinks that night, how many drinks they intend to have that night, how long ago the last dose was that they missed, whether symptoms persist, if it's for something minor like a sinus infection or something someone will see when naked, what the side effects might be, whether or not those side effects are potentially positive, and a whole host of things I'm sure I'm not even considering because wtf, who goes to the doctor if they aren't dying?

 

[Limp Ditka]

This is different.

If you're asking what the bottle says, the answer is 4. 

If you're asking what the average female is going to do, the answer is 4. 

If you're asking what the average male is going to do, the answer is somewhere between 0 and 8, depending on the day, wtf is going on, how they're feeling, if they intend to have drinks that night, how many drinks they intend to have that night, how long ago the last dose was that they missed, whether symptoms persist, if it's for something minor like a sinus infection or something someone will see when naked, what the side effects might be, whether or not those side effects are potentially positive, and a whole host of things I'm sure I'm not even considering because wtf, who goes to the doctor if they aren't dying?

So weird that I can't remember if I took the pills I need to, but always know that I took the ones that I want to.

 

[kevzilla]

So weird that I can't remember if I took the pills I need to, but always know that I took the ones that I want to.

Amen brother

 

[Zegras11]

I wasn't pooping.

they have a pill for that.

 

[krista4]

they have a pill for that.

How many times a day do I have to take it?

 

[Zegras11]

How many times a day do I have to take it?

every six hours. Have fun. 

 

[Bob Sacamano]

If you take the first one as you board a plane headed west...

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Off to self-medicate every 6 minutes until gone.

It's been

 

[El Floppo]

@Krista's Poop Joke

 

[Hawks64]

Please help settle a debate.

A prescription for an antibiotic says, "Take one capsule by mouth every six hours until gone."  How many capsules per day (Sunday, Monday, etc.) should the person take?

2 or 3 per day depending on how many hours you are awake per day. If the Dr wanted you to wake up to take them, the instructions would include that verbiage.

 

[Sweet J]

2 or 3 per day depending on how many hours you are awake per day. If the Dr wanted you to wake up to take them, the instructions would include that verbiage.

That’s a reasonable man right there

 

[the rover]

2 or 3 per day depending on how many hours you are awake per day. If the Dr wanted you to wake up to take them, the instructions would include that verbiage.

Yeah I was figuring they meant 3 a day.

 

[the rover]

Do you have the actual prescription?  There’s a reason they write them in Latin.  It’s more clear.

 

[badmojo1006]

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Who is Paul Kuharsky ?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Please help settle a debate.

A prescription for an antibiotic says, "Take one capsule by mouth every six hours until gone."  How many capsules per day (Sunday, Monday, etc.) should the person take?

3

 

[El Floppo]

Who is Paul Kuharsky ?

Whoa. I went to college with Paul...iirc, he covered the soccer team.

 

[El Floppo]

3

Guess again

 

[RC94]

The debate is about (1) the answer to the question, and (2) whether that answer is obvious/clear or if there is ambiguity.  

Just to be clear, it has to be a number and not just a great dance move or something?

 

[krista4]

Just to be clear, it has to be a number and not just a great dance move or something?

At this point I'd probably prefer the great dance move, or even the something.

 

[Osaurus]

At this point I'd probably prefer the great dance move, or even the something.

Ranch dressing fountain with skirt?

 

[krista4]

Ranch dressing fountain with skirt?

What's this now?

Oh holy hell, I googled this. That's for people who just don't care anymore, right?

 

[Osaurus]

Oh holy hell, I googled this. That's for people who just don't care anymore, right?

Maybe the mini keg is more your speed.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Please help settle a debate.

A prescription for an antibiotic says, "Take one capsule by mouth every six hours until gone."  How many capsules per day (Sunday, Monday, etc.) should the person take?

4. Duh. Unless you choose out of the "by mouth" option. 

 

[krista4]

4. Duh. Unless you choose out of the "by mouth" option. 

Seems like the "4" people are awfully certain about it.

 

[Rustoleum]

New Riddle: What do you get when you mix your neighbor’s 25 foot tree, a 16foot ladder, and your 12 year old daughter?

Answer: A couple of scratches because cats are ungrateful #######s.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Seems like the "4" people are awfully certain about it.

Every 6 hours?  There are 24 hours in a day. Wake your ### up and take a pill in the middle of the night.  4 is the answer, but it's not what people will end up doing. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

4. Duh. Unless you choose out of the "by mouth" option. 

No way pal, not falling for that.  I have to breathe through that mouth.  

 

[Henry Ford]

if they are taken exactly to the second every six hours, then the answer would always be 5 in any given 24 hour period. 

No, it would always be 5 in any 24 hour and 1 second period. 

 

[Henry Ford]

Seems like the "4" people are awfully certain about it.

That’s because if you add six hours, you don’t take the next pill 11 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds later. If you truly add exactly six hours, it’s impossible to take more than 4 in a day. Some are suggesting the one you take to start means that 24 hours later when you take one it’s “within 24 hours.”  But it isn’t  it’s 24 hours later. Take the first pill at exactly midnight and count days of the week as your 24 hour periods and it becomes clear.

The second midnight is neither part of the same day nor part of the same 24 hours.