Internet Logic

If you ask Google “How many calories are in a pastrami sandwich?”, this is Google’s answer:

“Calories In Pastrami Sandwich.
476 calories, 21g fat, 49g carbs, 24g protein, 6g fiber.

Calories In Pastrami Sandwich with Swiss Cheese on Rye.
243 calories, 3g fat, 13g carbs, 19g protein, 1g fiber.”

It appears that adding Swiss cheese to the sandwich will cut its calories in half and reduce fat from 21 to 3 grams and reduce carbs from 49 to 13 grams. Does this mean adding twice as much cheese to the sandwich will send its calorie count to zero? It sounds impossible, but as we all know, if it’s on the internet it has to be true.

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I use a popular email client that is not made by Microsoft. It’s open-source and totally free. The people who maintain the browser’s code constantly say they want its users to send money to them to help them keep it free. They say this with no suggestion of irony.

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In astronomy news:

“PGC 83677 is a lenticular, or lens-shaped, galaxy … located 300 light-years from Earth.”

It’s 300 light-years from Earth? That’s a neat trick, considering our galaxy, the Milky Way, is 100,000 light-years across. If another galaxy was 300 light-years away, it would be inside our own galaxy. In fact, it would be in our own stellar neighborhood. In reality, PGC 83677 is 300 million light-years away. It’s the difference between saying the Sun is 93 million miles from Earth and saying the Sun is 93 miles from Earth.

I know: “Details, details.”