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Here's a crazy riddle for you. Figure out what I am, if you can:

I'm gone before you know it, yet I go on and on and on...

Can you tell me what I am?

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    $\begingroup$ Seems like a "Erpheevat qrpvzny"(rot13)! $\endgroup$
    – Mea Culpa Nay
    Jun 19 '18 at 15:12
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Are you

Pi/pie

I'm gone before you know it, yet I go on and on and on...

People love pie and eat it quickly, and pi is irrational, so its decimal places never repeat and go on infinitely.

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  • $\begingroup$ Yep! That's it. You got every part of the puzzle--good job! :) $\endgroup$
    – bob
    Jun 19 '18 at 15:23
  • $\begingroup$ Life would be so much simpler and happier if the one that went on and on was the other one, and vice versa :-) $\endgroup$
    – Phylyp
    Jun 19 '18 at 15:29
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    – bob
    Jun 19 '18 at 15:45
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Are you

Infinity?

I'm gone before you know it, yet I go on and on and on...

There's the old joke that when you count to infinity, add one, and you still won't reach infinity. Infinity is endless.
Of course, Chuck Norris did manage to count to infinity twice...

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Wondering if you could be a

Missed train :)

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  • $\begingroup$ Wasn't what I'd thought about originally, and not math-related per se, but creative--nice! $\endgroup$
    – bob
    Jun 19 '18 at 19:03

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