A Startling Number of People Seem To Not Know What 'Double or Nothing' Means

One of my favorite things on the internet is when we get these moments that produce discussions which lead to the discovery that swaths of people believe something so egregious you would have never even thought there could be any controversy as to the true nature of whatever it is. This week, it's the phrase "double or nothing."

Boxer Adrian Broner and rapper Blueface got into a heated discussion about the expression following some sort of bet for which Broner claimed Blueface owed him $1,000 because he won the second of two wagers after losing the first. So Broner initially went down $1,000 but then won the "doubled" bet, which he took to mean $2,000 and thus he was now up.

Now, obviously, nobody with a functioning brain has ever understood "double or nothing" to mean a second bet is double the amount of the first. The entire premise is the person who lost can get back even and the person who won is now playing with house money. The total amount owed at the conclusion will either be doubled the original amount or it will be nothing.

Somehow, however, there are millions walking among us who will vehemently argue that is incorrect and the explanation you see from Broner is the proper understanding.

They say 10 percent of people will disagree with anything and I suppose that really is true. It would have never crossed my mind that anyone, let alone 12 percent of America, could believe "double or nothing" means "triple or something", yet here we are.

Insanity.