Man posts incredibly dumb maths 'problem' and Twitter descends into chaos

Twitter is dark and full of horrors.
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Some men just want to watch the world burn.

When twitter user @SandalShagger (yes, really) posted a nonsensical statement about children born in 2005, he may not have known how many people it would reach but he certainly knew it would annoy those it did.

Behold: A contender for the world's most infuriating tweet.

"Let that sink" indeed. It's like a multi-car pileup of logic, sense and reason. But it doesn't end there.

Before long the internet did what it does best: Made a messy situation even messier. Some quickly concluded it was a troll move and played along.

But many, many others still fell for it hook, line and sinker.

It didn't help that @Sandalshagger soon decided to jump back into the fracas and confuse things even further.

That is how the world ends then. Not with a bang, but with total and utter tweet-based chaos.

Eventually, Twitter user @ForensicWow summed it all up quite nicely.

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