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You know what I learned today?
People are so incredibly brave when there’s a bulletproof pane of glass separating them from you.
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Bonk.
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Story idea: A pregnant woman goes into labor, but instead of a baby, she births a large egg. The doctors cannot see within it at all but they know it is alive. She loves it as her child. She cares for it, she embraces it, she keeps it well insulated, and she defends it as her "baby" when confronted by her husband and friends and told to get rid of it. She remains loving to it even as her husband leaves her, her friends cut ties, her family disowns her. All she cares for is her egg.
They shut the power to her house off. Then, the egg begins to crack...
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A horse walks into a bar. The patrons, recognizing the potential danger in this scenario, leave cautiously.
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My mom had an appointment to get a brain scan today to see if she has any signs of dementia or Alzheimer's. She didn't go because she was so terrified of what they would find.
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I drew this.
I didn’t really draw this.
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Hey, now, it's not a 100% fatality rate. About 3% of people who have ever existed are still alive, so it's closer to 97%. Also, I think you could do with access to the DHMO health fact database to spice up that shock factor you've got there.
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Hey bud, just letting you know I'm thinking of you. Let me know if you need a talk.
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"How I want a drink - alcoholic, of course - after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics."
The maths book I'm reading proposed this mnemonic for memorisation of the first 15 digits of pi (the number of letters in each word in order giving 3.14159265358979). The perfect fusion of our interests.
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The problem I ever had with math was algebra. I am horrendous at it as I am at long division. I can do basic addition and subtraction and I managed to eventually figure out multiplication and some division, but long division? Algebra? Geometry? It’s like another language.
if you had to teach me you may want to swear off math. I am a lost cause, trust me.
Oh God. Common core. Why don’t we use common sense?
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It is another language, in fact. Several, if you advance far enough. My uncle used to say that he'd forgotten more mathematical languages than people ever learn. They have so many concepts that require symbolisation in maths that they use the English, Greek, and Hebrew alphabets as well as the Hindu-Arabic numeral system all put together to supply their symbols, in addition to screeds of symbols that they made up exclusively for mathematical use, and even then there are still significant duplicate definitions and symbols that mean completely different things in different mathematical contexts. Terrifying stuff.
Nah, you're no lost cause. I help tutor calculus to high school students who still struggle extensively with textbook algebra and they manage some pretty high grades. Most of true maths teaching is rephrasing abstract ideas and methods in ways that your students can specifically and personally understand. You're pretty savvy, too, which makes it a lot easier.
I don't understand how the saying 'common' sense ever became a thing. Maybe it makes us feel better about the fate of the human race to consider those with sense in the majority.
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I just saw a news article reporting that a postal worker began urinating while holding the mail and walking.
If that shocks you or disgusts you, TRUST me: that’s not even in the top 5 worst things that happen to mail.
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To answer the not wearing uniform thing, the lady may have been an entry level carrier. You don’t get uniform until 90-180 days of work have passed. As for the driving on lawns thing, I guarantee she was fired immediately if she was entry level or written up if she was regular.
did I ever show you the runaway mail truck video?
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sqjO6QG0oS8
Yeah, so this is why they curb the wheels, use the emergency brake, and take the keys. They even tell you, "If the truck runs away from you, don't even bother chasing it. You're already fired."
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