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Earth_First

(14,910 posts) Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:37 AM Mar 2013

This just doesn't add up...

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This just doesn't add up... (Original Post) Earth_First Mar 2013 OP

Kinda pointless to ruin a life with this. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #1

C'mon--we always knew those Liberal Arts majors were headed for trouble pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #2

I always knew math was dangerous and scary LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #3

Multiplication is a gateway HappyMe Mar 2013 #4

I've seen it happen. progressoid Mar 2013 #9

The victims of this horror HappyMe Mar 2013 #11

If Officer Smith has 5 collars and gives 2 of them to Officer Jones... Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2013 #5

Did they have weapons of math instruction?? lastlib Mar 2013 #6

All I know is I ain't gonna co-sine for their bail. OriginalGeek Mar 2013 #7

Ba-ZING! Earth_First Mar 2013 #12

Statistically... progressoid Mar 2013 #8

Laurel County is a cesspool of math labs lunatica Mar 2013 #10

5? surrealAmerican Mar 2013 #13

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. Kinda pointless to ruin a life with this.

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:59 AM

Mar 2013

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

2. C'mon--we always knew those Liberal Arts majors were headed for trouble

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 08:19 AM

Mar 2013

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

3. I always knew math was dangerous and scary

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 10:00 AM

Mar 2013

and now I've been proved right!

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

4. Multiplication is a gateway

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 10:13 AM

Mar 2013

to the hard stuff.

progressoid

(49,933 posts)

9. I've seen it happen.

Reply to HappyMe (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:34 AM

Mar 2013

"I'm just going to try it once", they say.

Next thing you know, you're sitting in the corner doing some Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory or strung on string theory.

LEAVE IT ALONE KIDS!

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

11. The victims of this horror

Reply to progressoid (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:42 AM

Mar 2013

are starting out younger and younger. Will no one think of the children!!1

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,817 posts)

5. If Officer Smith has 5 collars and gives 2 of them to Officer Jones...

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:02 AM

Mar 2013

...how many collars does Officer Smith have left?

lastlib

(23,140 posts)

6. Did they have weapons of math instruction??

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:21 AM

Mar 2013

Are they members of al-Gebra? They're a very radical cult, and they have an even more radical Greek offshoot, Trigonom-etry. They're always plotting on graphs, they call each other x and y, and always seeking variables. they even use *gasp!* slide rules and calculators!