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2.3% doesn't reflect what i'd call a merge..

So do you only merge your code when you've edited more then 50% of your lines?

Unless neanderthals were 2.3% of the population at the time they merged.

or, the populations were 50/50 and the humans were like, "let's bone the hottest 95.6% of neanderthals and kill the rest"

Other way round

I originally wrote the joke the other way round. When I switched the order I forgot to change the number back.

That's all for today's episode of Inside the Joke