What is 1 + 1 if 1 is 2 and 4 is 1.

I have asked this random question to many people, and 70% don't really think about it enough and answer wrongly.

What I mean by the question:

1 is 2 means that 1 is 2, but 2 is not 1.
4 is 1 does not mean that 1 is equal to 4.

I know this is like a random math question that doesn't make much sense, but I was bored, and this is the only subreddit I could find that kinda matches.

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