So yes, it is normal for it to be confusing to get your head around the idea.
This is literally all I'm saying. Christ.
As someone who's perfectly familiar with all the proofs of .999 = 1 and has been for years, the one thing I have learned from this topic is that people take their trivial math proofs very, very seriously.
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Tebow to Jests?
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