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pezus said:

But that's the thing, I am not subtracting infinite numbers from another. 

Here's another proof from Wikipedia: 

This should make it explicitly clear.

Now go investigate the sum of 1+2+3+...+n and realize it sums to -1/12. Much more interesting and unsettling.