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>>15624282
my dick grows exponentially when I see a cute woman

>>15624282
>normalfag says something grows exponentially
>ask if it is exponential or just really fast
>he doesn't understand
>explain the difference between exponential and non-exponential growth
>he still doesn't get it
>pull out printed graphs out of my wallet to show the difference
>he laughs and says "it's a fast growth rate sir"
>lookup the graph
>it's polynomial

>>15624318
>Exponential
>A word that makes sense.

Pick one.

>>15624318
You mean (x^(2/x))^x? Looks pretty exponential to me.

>>15624282
>number x is exponentially bigger thsn number y

>"quantum leap"
>the leap is actually quite large and not discrete

>>15624329
I am going to hax0r u

>>15624318
>pull out printed graphs out of my wallet
Asking to be bullied by Chad.

>>15624282
if something grows 5% per year, it is exponential growth

>"it grows exponentially"
>its just quadratic/polynomial growth
):<

>>15624343
>you fool, i came prepared
>shitty guitar riffs plucked right out of 1995 fill the air
>"look at this graph"
idunno, that's a pretty chad move right there

>>15624282
>says exponential
>means big/fast
>says literal
>statement isn’t literal
>says legitimate
>referring to being serious

>explaining the parabola to a friend of mine
>"... so you should draw it like this, you see it grows fast"
>another friend studying biology was there
>"Yeah, it grows exponentially"
>"It actually grows quadratically"
>biology student laughs like I made some sort of nerd joke

>>15624321
This.

Now where'd I leave that God damn bootel

I'll say linear things grow exponentially (technically true) just to trigger OP

>>15624282
1 is a valid exponent

>>15624318

>>15624282
ackjhsutually it's uhhhhhhh quadratic lol

>>15624318
He obviously meant its exponential after a certain point

>>15624282
>it's exponential
>is actually logistic

Why doesn't anybody ever talk about geometric growth anymore?

>>15624282
>"it grows exponentially"
>there's two data points