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‘The Darker Side Of Science’: 50 Posts That Would Probably Win A Nobel Prize In Memes (New Pics)
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Science is deemed a very serious discipline that is quite incompatible with humor. And rightly so, as it requires composure and concentration to gather data, analyze, interpret, and test it so discoveries and innovations that we live with today can be made. However, sometimes it can be beneficial to combine the two, especially when learning about it so the information doesn’t go in one ear and out the other.
The Facebook group “The Darker Side Of Science” has mastered doing exactly so—blending fun and science. Bored Panda has gathered their best posts in the list below, which is full of “bad experiments, worse scientists, studies you wish to god you could unsee, and much, much more.” Scroll down to find them, and don’t forget to upvote the ones you found to be unexpectedly dark.
While you’re at it, make sure to check out a conversation with science comedian Brian Malow, who kindly agreed to tell us the secret to combining comedy with science.
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Norah Reilly 1 year ago
Indeed she is, and we're all the better for having her in the world.
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Nizumi 1 year ago
As a woman, I really wish this would stop making the rounds. The only women I know who have 28 day cycles are on the Pill. Those of us who aren't on the pill all have wildly varying cycles. My own cycle of over 30 years varies from 18 to 197 days. But you know what does have an almost unvarying, unchanging 28 day cycle - THE MOON. Now - take from that what you will - but I would posit tracking the moon would be far more useful than family planning in 10,000 BC.
Gabriela Cink 1 year ago
I think you are right with the moon. But i can tell you i could create calendar with my cycle XD 28 days 99% of time and no pills.
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Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
Yes, it is - but then so is the assumption about *man's* first calendar (if you take "man" to mean "male human"). She admits as much by saying "I would suggest..." The point is that "human/man" is often taken to mean "male", and this preconception influences researchers and scientists - which was a sort of epiphany to Sandi Toksvik.
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Vidas Zlioba 1 year ago
Maybe because the word "man" can be used to describe both sexes? Full disclosure: I did not go to Cambridge, so I'm not "sophisticated."
Christian Golden 1 year ago (edited)
Yeah, women have been getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop since time out of mind. But I'd suggest this is more likely to be a lunar calendar, rather than a menstrual one. Which is not to say what gender its maker was.
Max Fox 1 year ago
The lunar cycle is 29.5 days. So no, it wasn't a lunar calendar either. It was stick with 28 notches.
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TruthoftheHeart 1 year ago
For those who aren't aware a woman has her period about every 28 days so that is why we would mark a calendar like that
BWC 1 year ago
Because that's the cycle of the moon. Multiply by 13 and it's almost a solar year.
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Donkey boi 1 year ago
Many ancient civilisations (including the Chinese, Assyrian, Souhern Arabians, Babylonians) used this system as it broke the year up evenly and coincided with the solar/lunar cycle. It has been suggested converting (back) to that calendar and was re-proposed as recently as the early 1900's, such as the proposed Cotsworth Calendar. Where there are 13 months, each consisting of 4 weeks of 7 days (and a separate new year day). I'm not saying they are wrong about the bone, in the case of early humans, it is probably a more logical explanation, but I think it is a wonderful twist of fate that the cycles marry up so well.
Hana Hajská 1 year ago
Or... It is just a bone with 28 incisions. It is quite daring to assume a record of some cyclic event when we have only one bone with one set of incisions.
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Khavrinen 1 year ago
When my Dad was in college he worked one summer in a forest fire lookout tower. When he practiced his clarinet every day, he'd spread out a handful of birdseed and nuts, and soon birds and chipmunks learned to come for food when they heard him practicing. That's right, my Dad was a Disney princess.
Child of the Stars 1 year ago
My 11yo wants to be a forest ranger. I'm definitely telling them about your dad!
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Fred L. 1 year ago
That is chaotic neutral, nothing evil about it. If it summoned Pterodactyls things might be different though.
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Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 1 year ago
And this is the kind of quality prank I'd expect of ivy League schools!
Anne Nyheim 1 year ago
I had semi-tame magpies where I used to live. They knocked gently on the livingroom window if the bird feeder was empty. They were used to having plenty of food for all eight of them, so they never fought about the food, just queued up along the balcony tail waiting for their turn. I still miss them
Verena 1 year ago
A male blackbird living in the gardens in our street picked up the sound of a car alarm years ago, and loves it very much. He devotetly teaches his kids that "song", to perfection. Absolutely no one cares for car alarm anymore.
Kate Koppen 1 year ago
and he's a hit with the ladies, so sophisticated! So creative! A star!
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Bret Sander 1 year ago
My crows know when I say "hey buddy" in a sing song fashion, it's time for peanuts and play time with the the bunnies.
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Child of the Stars 1 year ago
Imagine if strangers never knocked on my door except in a life threatening emergency? I work nights and sleep days. Unless your kid is bleeding to death and your phone doesn't have the battery power to call 911, GO. THE F.U.C.K. AWAY.
Tiger 1 year ago
Your username makes it seem like you would enjoy learning about the possibility of life on Venus 😅
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UKGrandad 1 year ago (edited)
I keep several science books on a shelf in my hallway near the door specifically for the times the door-to-door salesmen for God come knocking. I tell them that I'll be happy to talk about their book if they'll spend equal time talking about one of mine. I even offer them a choice of authors: Darwin, Hawking, Dawkins or Sagan. It's more polite than a curt 'F*ck off' but has the same result.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
About 15 years ago, an atheist Kiwi got annoyed at all the Mormon missionaries coming to his door Saturday mornings at 8:00. So he and a friend went to Salt Lake City, dressed in missionary uniforms, and armed with Origin of the Species. Funniest video I've ever seen! An old man chased them with a broom. A young woman with lots of very young children invited them in, simply because she was thrilled to talk to adults for a bit. I don't remember the whole thing, but I laughed my donkey off -- and I'm Mormon!
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“No! Do not attempt to combine science with humor! It’s far too dangerous. It should be left only to professionals, like me! Oh, sorry, I was being territorial. It’s a reflex,” jokes science comedian Brian Malow.
“Of course, science can be combined with humor! In fact, they are a perfect marriage. Science and humor are more similar than most people realize. They are both about finding patterns and connections leading to discovery and surprise," this time he seriously says.
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Clown fish 1 year ago
Jupiter moons are named after Jupiters misstrass so they sent a rocket up to Jupiter called Juno. Juno is Jupiters wife lol
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
One day, people on planets far away will hear the sounds of Earth, thanks to the Voyager probes.
Maria Evripidou 1 year ago
I love that humans can love something that is non alive, I just love it
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Had they used the upbeat Stevie Wonder version, they would've shown their humor and a better taste in music.
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Ryan Mercer 1 year ago (edited)
I remember a nature documentary where a mama hippo pushed her calf into the middle of a shrinking water hole that was overflowing with crocodiles. Nothing else dared get near the water, but here's mama pushing her calf right into the middle. The crocs didn't dare touch the calf and the mama seemed to be driving the point home. Who rules the water hole? Not the crocs. And while that's a fun bit of history, I am equally fascinated by the crocodiles' ability to foresee consequences. You could seem them calculating it in their minds as the baby hippo swam past.
Wonderful 1 year ago
The dancing hippos wearing tutus in fantasia definitely are to be admired
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Surly Scot 1 year ago
Cats and horses too have this "F*ck you" personality thing going on, and I absolutely respect the heck out of it! The way a horse holds a ball in its teeth and offers it to you, then snatches it away when you go to grab it, or a cat will keep complete eye contact with you while it knocks something valuable/fragile off a table. That attitude keeps me laughing all darn day.
CK 1 year ago
Who says they don't want to eat you? They probably want to eat humans the way some humans want to eat Tide pods.
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
So the there's a hippotok with the equivalent of tide pod challenge that explains any spikes in hippo attacks :)
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T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
But only when other food is scarce. They are herbivores.
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SCamp 1 year ago
Welcome to Trump-MAGA land, the same loons that brought you such Darwin Award winning views as The 2020 election was a cheat, Yes you can inject detergent as an antiviral, The Moon Landing is fake, Jan 6 was a peaceful Love in, Nazis are OK, Dictators are OK, In Fact Russia is pretty Damn Good, Guns are Great, and Extreme Right Wing Christianity is Great, and Did I say Nazis are Great? Oh, and the Government Controls the Weather, don’t forget that
Surly Scot 1 year ago
I work with a flat-earther.....I thought these people were like a mythical joke, something we still make fun of on South Park or something. Nope. Her daughter is also now a flat-earther, while also wanting to be a paleontologist when she grows up. Doesn't believe in the curvature of the earth that she can see out of an airplane window, University will be a rude awakening for that kid. Her mother has multiple 4chan/tin-foil-hat theories she brings up at the office that make my IQ fall out my ears.
R.C. 1 year ago
I feel like the human race is devolving. With information so easily accessible you would think we'd be getting smarter but it's doing the opposite. The stupid is spreading too easily now and a lot of people are eating it up.
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
The tennis player Nick Kyrgios being the latest example of this: "I'd probably be inclined to saying it's round, but I'm also not surprised if it was the other thing either," - well, let's give him some credit, at least he isn't categorically saying it is flat; no doubt he will "do his own research". He also has some doubts about the building of the pyramids too
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
More people believe in the flat earth now than ever in history. Not by percentage but by shere numbers. Just because there are more people in the world now than ever.
Cyndielouwhoo 1 year ago
You'd think the folks who want to paste the ten commandments all over our public places would at least hold their own "leaders" to them.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Ok you all, STOP! You are Bored Pandas! You are allowed to disagree! Please stop poking each other!
Malow likes to compare jokes to Newton’s Third Law of Motion, as for every action there’s an equal and opposite reaction. “Science and comedy have this in common!” he says.
“So, if you’re a scientist, you already have the same basic skills for being funny. The key is to be yourself. Don’t TRY to be a comedian. Just be yourself and let your personality shine through, with a little passion, humanity, and humor.”
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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
And of course he couldn't just buy the Magenta alone, he had to buy the Blue, Yellow and Black too.
Rachel Parker 1 year ago
And he didn’t even want to print with Magenta. Just black and white, but gorram machine got to have magenta.
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Justin Tyme 1 year ago
Movable-type printing presses were already in use in China for at least 500 years before Gutenberg was born.
Ali H M Salehuddin 1 year ago
I believe the Chinese had them earlier. At least 500 years before Gutenberg.
Bret Sander 1 year ago
Gutenberg did not invent the movable type printing press. The Chinese did around 1040 CE.
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Chicken Nugget 1 year ago
And they save money too, if you've got a recently deceased relative! Or if you live close to a graveyard and have a shovel!
XenoMurph 1 year ago
Or if you have an elderly grandma, who's not so quick on her feet, so easily caught.
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Heather Wolmarans 1 year ago
I'm happy to donate 1 x soon-to-be-ex-husband, where shall I drop him off?
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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
Ahh, the good old days, when politicians trusted the experts instead of wanting them tarred and feathered
Tiger 1 year ago
I’ve never understood that - people are “experts” because they’ve spend years and years of their lives studying and researching a certain subject. And then ignorant, uneducated people can come along and say “yeah I don’t understand that so I obviously know better than you.” Covid was a great textbook example of this.
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Child of the Stars 1 year ago
The same thing happened with Y2K. It never became the problem it could've been because people listened to the computer geeks and took precautions. Amazing what DOESN'T happen when you listen to the smart, educated people.
CP 1 year ago
When nothing bad happens because of science no one notices. Y2K was the same thing. People today think it was a hoax and not a ton of people spending long hours fixing the problem, because nothing happened.
Christian Golden 1 year ago
Science is a bit like intelligence work. The failures are public and successes go largely unknown or forgotten.
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UKGrandad 1 year ago
As for the ozone layer, so for COVID. Same stupid people spouting the same stupid nonsense: "The government said we need to take precautions and have vaccines or COVID will kill nearly everyone, so we took precautions and had vaccines but it was a waste of time because nearly everyone lived". It's the driver behind the whole anti-vax movement: why should we get all these vaccines when hardly anybody gets the diseases any more? Too many people with lights on but nobody home 🤪
Christian Golden 1 year ago
In America, we had a very influential radio personality. Back in the 90s, he started laying the groundwork with a concept he called "the four pillars of deceit." He told his slack-jawed listeners (they called themselves "Dittoheads" without a trace of self-awareness) that Government, Science and Medicine, Academia and the Media were no longer to be trusted. It worked.
Susie Elle 1 year ago
They expect the hole in the ozone layer above Australia to be gone by 2050
Rayne OfSalt 1 year ago
We have our fingers crossed on that one. Until then, if'n anyone visits our shores, the first thing you need to do on arrival is buy the strongest SPF sunscreen you can find and slather it on like you're marinating dinner. The stuff you have at home is not made for our sunlight.
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MsPlants 1 year ago
and now we have people in power that think wind power renewable energy is bad because the wind turbines will slow the wind down and eventually stop it.... I am not kidding. it was an american senator or congressman I cant remember which. and dont get me started when they start talking about laws regarding womens bodies and they get the science wrong like women cant get pregnant from rape...
Philly Bob 1 year ago
Also the one who spouted against solar panels because they would use up all of the sun.
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Whenever anyone mentions this I am compelled to remind people that the hole in the ozone layer primarily impacted rich white people and fixing it involved changing a few specific pieces of technology. Climate change disproportionately (at first at least) is impacting poorer brown people and to fix it would mean changing everything. What that says for our ability to fix climate change and biodiversity loss is... not good.
Cyndielouwhoo 1 year ago
How would the hole in the ozone layer have only impacted rich people? I mean, we're all on the same planet.
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For those who worry about credibility when mixing humor and science, Malow says that scientists don’t need to become comedians or clowns. They just need to relax, be themselves, and let their sense of humor shine through a bit.
“I give science communication seminars and workshops aimed at helping scientists communicate with the public. And, first of all, I’m not encouraging scientists to become comedians or clowns. You don’t need to be telling JOKES, per se. And there are some easy ways for a scientist to add a little humor to a presentation: You can share a funny quotation or cartoon, for instance. As long as it’s on topic and can lead into your subject,” explains Malow.
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whineygingercat 1 year ago
While 'entomoligist' is correct, the proper name/title for the butterfly guy is 'lepidopterist'
Sean Martin 1 year ago
This reminds me of Jungle Juice on Webtoons. There is an American entomologist that writes wildly popular comments examining each chapter. The comments are so popular, that the Korean writer said in an interview that they read the English comments on Webtoons, just to enjoy the words of this Entomologist.
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Giles McArdell 1 year ago
I stand by this - plants created animals to deal with their Oxygen polution problems.
Tiger 1 year ago
Human bodies can make a nice rich soil which plants will use to grow :)
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Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
Let's give all the magas a ticket to Yosemite. Then let loose the bears LOL
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Khavrinen 1 year ago
After all, the bears are a lot more likely to read the sign than many of the tourists. ( Anyone who has worked retail knows how well customers read signs. Which is 'not very'. )
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Heras buddy 1 year ago
The tourists take care of it themselves. "OH,Look a bear. Let's take a selfie with it."
pineapple87 1 year ago
The City of Toronto issued new organic waste bins in 2018. Theiy tested a number of different locking mechanisms - using a focus group of raccoons. The design that was chosen was the only one the raccoons weren't able to open.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
I wait with baited breath every morning hoping against hope that a bear, bison, or elk got someone in Yellowstone. One can hope they destroy a tourist and the word gets out to stay away from them. Alternately, also waiting for a ranger to arrest someone for it.
“There is no reason you can’t be credible and also have a personality and sense of humor. Scientists are actually human, even if some people don’t realize it. For the most part, I advocate for scientists to be prepared, focused, and relaxed on stage— so the best side of their personality can shine through, along with some passion, humanity and even humor. Just be yourself and let the humor emerge naturally; don’t try to force it. And being funny and likable will help make audiences more receptive and interested in what you have to say.”
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JuJu 1 year ago (edited)
You would make my day with that and I'd totally invite you for an extended Interview. Recruiting is usually either dull as watercrackers or a jodeling whoop dee doo.
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Bret Sander 1 year ago
Everyone is always a Pharaoh or a princess. How come we never hear from Cedric the latrine mucker?
Mike Price 1 year ago
Because it's probably not something to be proud of . . . .?
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Sven Horlemann 1 year ago
I would invite you for an interview and casually ask detailed questions about how it was back then. I am seriously interested.
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Lost Panda 1 year ago
I have seen this a few times, the movie a lot more... I JUST got this joke...
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
And here I thought that sometimes a cookie is just a cookie.
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BrunoVI 1 year ago
It's better than this. Some people believe the cookie reprogrammed him so he could accept what she said because in subsequent movies she's revealed to have manipulated him mind.
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Donkey boi 1 year ago
Not me googling this to see if it's true, then finding out that it's only 6 in some places! This is the kind of information that's gonna prevent me from doing any work today!
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Eric Soliday 1 year ago
Yeah all one in the chamber, guys not very prepared I guess
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Malow himself tries to balance scientific accuracy with entertainment by providing actual facts and avoiding misinformation at all costs. “I would only talk about certain science myths and misconceptions if I’m going to address them and make sure we all know they aren’t true. I don’t find it limiting to be scientifically accurate. And I love turning people onto science ideas. And the truth is usually more interesting than any fiction.”
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Illifred 1 year ago
Plus: Their mouth and their a**s is the same what makes them a great example for many people, too.
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Lost Panda 1 year ago
So that's what those are! I used to pick those leaves off as kids and poke my brother with them.
Ryan Mercer 1 year ago
No, but I just read what you said in David Attenborough's voice.
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"Scientists recently discovered that holly trees adjust their spiky armour in response to hungry animals and changing environments. They can produce some prickly leaves to fend off nibblers while others remain smooth. This leafy transformation happens through epigenetic modification. This is a fascinating way that organisms adjust their gene expression without actually changing their DNA. So although the DNA of all holly trees is the same, they can switch off or on different traits to adapt to their environment." https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/holly/
Joanne Mendonza-Earle 1 year ago
Not true of the hollies in my yard. I have a massive tree that the deer can't even reach and all the leaves are sharp and pointed.
Pirate Luxe 1 year ago
The stunning part is if the holly realizes it's being nibbled... Cognitive reaction?
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We were also curious to know if he ever found a scientific topic that felt too complex or unfunny to joke about throughout his career. “The National Science Foundation once asked me to develop some climate change material—and it was a challenge! Sometimes it’s hard to see past the tragedy to find the humor. But eventually, I found some funny angles on a bunch of climate topics,” he shared.
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Multa Nocte 1 year ago
I was looking for this very reference! So long, and thanks for all the fish!
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Ryan Mercer 1 year ago
Pretty sure the Amazon rainforest borders the Atlantic ocean, so that could be the coastline behind the onlookers. Lots of ways for it to get there. Storm surge or even intentional dumping. It's also possible it swam up river. They don't require saltwater.
Fred L. 1 year ago
Right, apparently at a beach near Soure, Brazil, essentially directly on the ocean coast and prone to tidal floods.
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SCamp 1 year ago
When the bod of one was first taken back to England from Australia a coupla hundy years ago, the lads at the Royal Geographic Society thought it was a wind-up. They thought it was fake
Will Tiernan 1 year ago
As it lays eggs and produces milk it's one of the few animals that can make its own custard.
Cuppa tea? 1 year ago
When he created platypus he must be off his head on acid and weed.
Load More Replies... Justin Tyme 1 year ago
It depends on your perspective. A platypus would think other animals are weird.
This panda votes 1 year ago
And people try to claim trans people are unnatural. If the platypus exists, there are no laws.
UKGrandad 1 year ago
"On the eighth day, God did smoke a vast reefer and created the platypus"
The Phantom Stranger 1 year ago
Nah. He's just a platypus. He doesn't do much.
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Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
Stegosaurus had been extinct for about 66 million years when the the first T-Rex appeared.
Livingwithcfs 1 year ago
Are they really chickens or we think they are because they taste of chicken?
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Jane Hower 1 year ago
AND, we DO NOT affect CLIMATE!!! Climate affects US!!! Mankind is NOT that powerful. Get over it!!!!!!
However, he believes that anything can be approached with humor if the right angle can be found. “Even delicate topics can be poked fun at if your approach isn’t mean-spirited. That’s one of the keys. Comedy doesn’t have to come at the expense of others. Don’t punch down. I don’t mock science or scientists….I find a way to celebrate science because I love it. And I’ve found that I’m able to draw people into science with my sense of humor.”
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Victoria 1 year ago
Schrodinger made that Cat analogy in opposition to the Copenhagen interpretation. Now people think that he was okay with it due to the meme. He thought that the Copenhagen interpretation that we don't know something unless we measure it was flawed thinking.
XenoMurph 1 year ago
We don't know enough about the subject for the correction to make any difference, thanks though
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Alex Ruddies 1 year ago
They're also considered the closest invertebrates related to vertebrates!
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
It really is the best technology we have. The trick is to lock up the carbon in the form of biomass. You grow the trees. You harvest the trees. You lock up the wood in a form where it's not going to return to the environment as CO2 again. Maybe as buildings and housing.
WindySwede 1 year ago
Right now I'm watching an documentary, 'Decarbonise' (2023). They talk about that Bogs are much better at carbon capture. Even though they don't fit everything. And also about biocoal, and how it could be used in cement for buildings. Etc, interesting. Though on SVT it can only be viewed in Sweden.
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John Nelson 1 year ago
In a environmental study a few years ago, it was discovered by accident that a field of marijuana is more efficient at cleaning air pollution than a forest. It was discovered when the air around an airport was exceptionally clean, and the investigation of the anomaly led them to an illegal grow operation nearby.
n75mk9nk2n 1 year ago
Let's just remember that one illegal immigrant cost 6,000 Twitter workers their jobs.
Hoi-Polloi 1 year ago
I recommend cutting down millions of trees and burying them under swamps which will then be covered by landslides. It worked before...
Abe Hartman 1 year ago
A forest can't compete with humans so it would be kinda nice if we could solve our own problem.
Child of the Stars 1 year ago
Wouldn't something like algae be better than trees? Iirc, they absorb more CO2 and release more O2 than trees.
Vidas Zlioba 1 year ago
I'd like to see data whether forests are better at carbon capture than oceans.
Load More Replies...Malow strongly agrees that comedy can inspire more people to engage with science. “Look at how successful Neil deGrasse Tyson has been. He’s an astrophysicist but he loves comedy and he’s funny himself. He also features comedians like me on his show, and he’s built a fan base of millions.
At my own science comedy shows, sometimes an audience member might believe that science is hard or boring. But if I can keep them entertained and interested—and laughing—for an hour, then maybe I could change their mind just a little bit. One thing I like to say is that music is not just for musicians, art is not just for artists, and science is not just for scientists!”
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
Zoom back tens of thousands of years: this stew tastes nice but the hooves are sticking my teeth together 💡
Barry 1 year ago
Oh God you just reminded me that humans ate horses before we rode them 🤢
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B C 1 year ago
I just submitted a lit review. Screw this post. You couldn't give me a single hour to recover, could you BP?
Kate Koppen 1 year ago
Gosh yes, I actually invented a new method to do something, and all the time got "Okay, but who did invent this method? Whom are you citing? Where is this coming from?" And I covered all my bases but damnit, it was my work. And like, WEEKS before reachin in my PhD one of the supervisors finally, after years of looking at my work, goes "wait... this is YOUR method? YOU did this? You need to put that big and square everywhere!" ... thanks for noticing?
Svenne O'Lotta 1 year ago
As a literature student: lol @ the part about stuff being outdated. I've quoted stuff from the 1700's.
Dar Mal 1 year ago (edited)
exactly...this "out dated criteria" BS is just a way to allow people to re-do previous papers or some nonsense....uni gotta uni I guess (mean make $$)
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Susie Elle 1 year ago
Bread is soft under circumstances A, B and C, but not D, because [ref, ref].
Justin Tyme 1 year ago
I partially disagree. It depends on how you are using the citation. One time I was writing a college assignment and thought it was interesting that the literature database I was searching went back very far. I decided to see if I could use something very old and have it get accepted. I got a quote from an early-1700s publication and used it to illustrate how something had changed from that time to our modern time (along with a quote from a recent publication). My assignment was accepted with no comment about the old citation.
Danielle 1 year ago
I used a paper from 1980 that I had to get from the library because it was not digitised and the reviewer remarked that I had referenced incorrectly because I must have been reading a paper that refers to the 1980 paper and I should have referenced that one. Outraged.
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Annik Perrot 1 year ago
And you must include à quote from French Baker according to which bread is not soft, at least on the outside.
Lastly, I want to leave you with one of Malow’s jokes that proves that science and humor can be a compatible combination.
“I noticed whenever my mom would lose weight, my dad would gain weight. And when my dad lost weight, my mom gained weight. It’s like the conservation of mass - within our family! You never actually lose weight… you just give it to someone else. Fat can be neither created nor destroyed. It’s one of the basic laws of the universe.”
And make sure to tune in on the History Channel in November, where he will be appearing on a TV show called “The Unbelievable," hosted by Dan Aykroyd.
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Paulo Antonio Moreira 1 year ago
I may be wrong, but the conference was about "how to sleep soon"?
Richienotsorich 1 year ago
No one picking up on this and it's the first thing I thought of!
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Ryan Mercer 1 year ago (edited)
This is probably the result of a handoff. One person wrote the "probably" in their notes and then threw it in a stack. Someone else then processed the stack while on total autopilot. Might be the same person though. I think we've all been there.
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Bartlet for World Domination 1 year ago
We can help and we will, but only on the other coast thank you.
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Jonas Fisher 1 year ago
Just for kicks: Taking a loose measure of this sketch, the OP seems to have outlined about 750,000 square miles of ocean. The (very rough) average depth of the ocean along there is 5000 feet. Then, given rising sea levels, plus the water displacement, we should raise that land a good six feet further. The soil needed, then, is about 100 quadrillion cubic feet of dirt (assuming none is lost in the process). Seems like an unlikely project.
pineapple87 1 year ago
Err, you're saying you think America doesn't have enough land to build on as is? Have you heard of this new-fangled movement of heading west of the Atlantic coast?
WindySwede 1 year ago
I mean, how many school buses do they think there are? They could not fill upp the ocean with them!
Justin Tyme 1 year ago
It is called "land reclamation" and can be done in localized areas along the coast. I actually watched the process in Japan.
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CP 1 year ago
As Chris rock said," here's a horoscope for everyone. Aquarius your gonna die...".
Wim Cossement 1 year ago
But no matter what a stripper tells you: there's no sex in the champagne room. None.
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CK 1 year ago
No, there were some good old days, but only for a select few groups of people at certain times. There are some people who have it pretty good even when the world is generally awful.
VikingAbroad 1 year ago (edited)
Just like today. The one on top lives in 'good times' no matter the era. The rest of us will just have to live in interesting times.
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The only 'good' in the Good Old Days is the people who are no longer with us. We just think things were better because we were young, had good health, no bills, played & had fun and were generally unaware of how awful the world really was. In truth things were much worse then than they are now..
WindySwede 1 year ago
So you could go back and then develope that, and then sell it for $20M? 🤔
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
I interpret this to mean: before smartphones, having to be plugged in 24/7 for work, a car that has gone WAY beyond our abilities(even the mfgs), a damn appliance that just does it's job with knobs and buttons, a political system that knew the word compromise without drama.
Meagan Glaser 1 year ago
That's not the good old days, that's "I cherry picked a handful of things from the past I like and am ignoring 98% of what life was actually like then because most of the horrors of those days didn't affect me or I'm ignoring them"
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Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
You think the past was the "good old days," you need to read "The Good Old Days--They Were Terrible!" by Otto Bettmann
Cristi nah 1 year ago
Even emperors and kings had it difficult - wars, plagues, plots and assasination attempts...
Cyndielouwhoo 1 year ago
Also, real life was NEVER like Mayberry on Andy Griffith or Happy Days or Ozzie and Harriet whatever TV show people watched growing up.
Eugene the Jeep 1 year ago
The good old days happen when we're kids because we're not aware of the sh!t that's going down.
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Owen 1 year ago
Fun fact - Many species of spider are cannabalistic. When you see 1000 baby spiders, don't worry. You won't suddenly have a thousand spiders in your house. They're going to eat each other.
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
Exactly! Won't someone think of the children? And the cost of shoes!
Load More Replies... Mary Peace 1 year ago
If two spiders want to get married, there's gonna be far too many spiders in the Church. And who's doing the reception?
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Paulina 1 year ago
They do, but prefer the smaller ones. Apparently, because of their size, capybaras have very little natural enemies. Which contributes to their chill nature.
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Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago
I figure to eat a big capybara you gotta be able to chew. And crocs can't chew, so the capy would get stuck in its throat.
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Janissary35680 1 year ago
Yes. A human being should never be at ground potential. (And there are no valid physical principles behind "human earthing" as a means of improving one's health or sense of well-being, in case anyone objects to that statement.)
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Aranora 1 year ago
The more textured the higher the mountains, so not just random
Load More Replies... The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago
The one on the left looks exactly like the bottom of one of the old space capsules at the Oschin Museum in LA
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Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago
Why is it that the hotter a woman the better, but for men cooler is better.
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Tiger 1 year ago (edited)
D’awwww (ps Ray Ceeya, I’m a millennial, I grew up hating Nickelback like the rest of us, but now that I’m in my 30s…..old Nickelback kind of slaps 😅😂)
Load More Replies... Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 1 year ago
I went down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the music years before But the man there said the music wouldn't play And in the streets, the children screamed The lovers cried and the poets dreamed But not a word was spoken The church bells all were broken And the three men I admire most The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost They caught the last train for the coast The day the music died
WindySwede 1 year ago
Touched by music, start at 45 seconds in. https://youtu.be/ikcoiALcucg
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Anne Nyheim 1 year ago
Ask him "where do _you_ think it goes?" And let that be the beginning of an exciting explorage of his mind
Jonas Fisher 1 year ago
It travels to get to you, and then you make it a part of yourself. When you are shaking with emotions -- happy or sad or mad -- you can release some of that in the form of songs.
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Gemma Cadd 1 year ago
I had an airplane joke, but it flew over too many people's heads
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Angela B 1 year ago
It will be a "Flatasf@#*kosaurus" in a few seconds when it hits that bridge in the background
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CK 1 year ago
I don't believe in killing spiders but I do think that if I release it outside it's the spider's responsibility to find a home before it dies of exposure.
Tiger 1 year ago
It did find a home before it died of exposure - your house! 😅
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Brian Droste 1 year ago
If you did that to a friend of mine that hates spiders, he probably burn his house down to get rid of the spider.
Elladine DesIsles 1 year ago
There is an extremely high probability that there are spiders in his house already, he's just not seeing them. They are pretty much everywhere. And they eat things that are much worse.
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Janissary35680 1 year ago
"Don't bite my head off, mister." Mutters under breath, "She'll do it."
DowntownStevieB 1 year ago
I totally read the dialogue in a father's voice....but then again...SCIENCE!
Elladine DesIsles 1 year ago
Wouldn't it have to be in a mother's voice? Daddy mantis would have lost his head way back when the daughter (and a whole bunch of her siblings) was conceived...
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Gwen 1 year ago
Of course not because everyone thinks that they are different and special! They only realize that they are the same as everyone else only when they forget to make sure that the freezer door was closed and locked!
Load More Replies... Fred L. 1 year ago
And your first idea is to take it in the hands without gloves? Smart. Really smart.
karen snyder 1 year ago
Especially since human body temperature is probably scalding hot to a creature that lives under 3 and a 1/2 kilometers of ice.
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Aidan Campbell 1 year ago
"Rimmer, there's nothing out there, you know. There's nobody out there. No alien monsters, no Zargon warships, no beautiful blondes with beehive hairdos who say, "Show me some more of this Earth thing called kissing." There's just you, me, the Cat, and a lot of floating smegging rocks. That's it. Finito."
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
Makes me think of when I was watching season 1 of The Ark and wanting to scream at them, "DON'T DRINK THE COMET WATER!!" (They drank the comet water and hallucinated.)
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n75mk9nk2n 1 year ago
But they don't give live birth, they lay eggs, sort of. So they're monotremes.
Passerby 1 year ago
They don't have breasts and nipples to feed their young; therefore, they are not mammals.
Donkey boi 1 year ago
May I draw your attention to this... Coconut-67...82c1d0.jpg 
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago (edited)
Is the coco fruit...of the coco tree...OF THE COCO PALM FAMILYYYY!!
Cassandra Griego 1 year ago
I had an island kid make a compelling argument that fire was alive.
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
Well, do they give live birth or lay leathery eggs? Do they have three middle ear bones?
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BrunoVI 1 year ago
Fun fact: According to cladistics, this fish is more closely related to you than it is to any fish that is not a lungfish. Which is why I hate using cladistics for informal use. Quit telling me whales aren't fish; if you're going to use biological cladistics to deny that they're fish, then the real truth is that you're a fish.
Mary Peace 1 year ago
So it's back to the cute lickle puppy, that's gonna make puddles on the floor, then!
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Janissary35680 1 year ago
"A father watched his young daughter as she played in the garden. Tears formed in his eyes as he thought about her seeing the wonders of nature through such innocent eyes. Suddenly she stopped and stared at the ground. The father went over to her to see what had captured her attention. "He noticed she was looking at two spiders mating. "Daddy, what are those spiders doing?" she asked. "They’re mating," her father replied. "What do you call the spider on top?" "That’s a Daddy Longlegs." The little girl thought for a moment. "So, the other one is a Mommy Longlegs?" she asked. The father's heart soared with the joy of such a cute and innocent question. He laughed, and then replied, "No sweetheart. Both of them are Daddy Longlegs." "The little girl, looking a little puzzled, thought for a moment, then lifted her foot and stomped the spiders flat. "Well, we’re not having any of that gay s**t in our garden.""
SDLT010 1 year ago
There are multiple things called daddy long legs, only one of which is actually a spider.
Tiger 1 year ago (edited)
Cellar spiders and daddy long legs are not the same although they look very similar. Cellar spiders are spiders, daddy long legs are opilionids 😊 Cellar spiders are often called daddy long legs, however.
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Passerby 1 year ago
Wait, what? On a probably unrelated note, the diagram is very cute. I would get this as a shirt if there were one.
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JM 1 year ago (edited)
Yes. We will watch you but you may not approach us for pats.
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Upstaged75 1 year ago
In the olden days we called it Indian Style. But that's no longer appropriate.
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Pandemonium 1 year ago
Similarly in Geology erosion just leads to deposition so subtraction is addition
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
And when evaporation happens, it becomes condensation, hence clouds. ☁ ☁
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veryvenasaur 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure Ray Bradbury wrote a short story about why even that is a bad idea.
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Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Of course, you life will be short afterwards--
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Confusingly we have two units that are both called "calories". This is calorie with a lowercase C. That's the energy calorie. One calorie is enough energy to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. Now Calorie with a big C is a dietary Calorie equivalent to 1 kilocalorie or 1000 calories with a small C. Look the metric system is not without its flaws.
Disgruntled Panda 1 year ago
I thought they were the same. The amount of energy needed to heat up a milliliter of water by 1 degree Celcius. The big C is just a kilocalorie, 1000 cal aka 1 kcal
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Donkey boi 1 year ago
That would suggest that when some people vanished, their gut biomes remained...
George Costanza 1 year ago
Sounds plausible. It's not guaranteed that the 50% of humans that disappear would correlate to the same 50% of microbial life that disappears. So yeah, could just be weird piles of loose microbial poo laying around where people used to be.
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Rinso The Red 1 year ago
I don't recall Thanos ever saying "half of intelligent life". So yeah, half the plants, half the microbes, half the insects, etc. Total ecological collapse on every planet, everywhere.
Dragons Exist 1 year ago
Also the cells in your body, meaning almost everyone would die
Load More Replies... WindySwede 1 year ago
That we depend on the good bacteria in our intestines? But don't know how true the post are with the last part..
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WindySwede 1 year ago
And to mess with people that are claustrophobic, afraid of heights, but also to go in an tunnelnunder water? 😅🙃
Load More Replies... Legendbird 1 year ago
This is so the big... bridge sticks(?) wouldn't interfere with the Kastrup airport. -Someone who used to bike to that bridge.
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Passerby 1 year ago
PRO TIP: you can also skip the shower and just cry. No need for extra steps. 😉
Sue User 1 year ago
Im the shower you can pretend the world is crying with you.
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Miles Mawyer 1 year ago
I like to think that the whole time the bettle is screaming "WEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" like it's a water slide.
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CK 1 year ago
I hope in 10 years time, people are able to not work when they're still able to work.
CP 1 year ago
The goal should be less work. I don't get why people think it is a bad thing.
Load More Replies... Lost Panda 1 year ago
Someone at work just yesterday said I'd probably live to 120 (not sure what gave them this idea), and my only response was "Lord, I hope not"
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Jeremy James 1 year ago
"Geology is simply physics slowed down with a few trees stuck on it." --Sir Terry Pratchett
Pandemonium 1 year ago
Geology is equal parts chemistry, physics and biology stirred together with a gazillion parts of Time
n75mk9nk2n 1 year ago
I have to object, and I'll put it in a way that even Sheldon can get it. Geology? Rocks.
Regina Holt 1 year ago
oh, that comment is awesome, Geologists boring into the earth. Love that!
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Kalikima 1 year ago
That's how I did it, you have no idea how shocked I am that I did it right!
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Jill Rhodry 1 year ago
I think a generation of teachers taught it incorrectly - that's why we get different answers - and the image is back-to-front - I think older generations will get '1' and younger generations will get '9' - regardless it's a badly written equation
Janissary35680 1 year ago (edited)
Exactly. As Jill Rhodry says just below, "It's a badly written equation". If it were a question on a math test it would have to be thrown out.
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RabidChild 1 year ago
OK.... this made my head explode. I was taught to solve an equation in order as Parenthesis, exponent, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction. That would make the equation 6÷ 2x3 or 6÷6=1. BUT using 3 different solvers the answer came up as 6÷2 x 3 = 9. Then I found somewhere else that says it doesn't matter if you do division or multiplication first. But 9 and 1 are not the same!!! I thought math was absolute!!! WT actual F???
KeriBeriMoMiny 1 year ago (edited)
PEMDAS 1.Parenthesis> 6/2(3) 2.Exponents> there are none 3.Mult and Div> go left to right> 6/2= 3 and 2 x 3 = 6 so it becomes 3 + 6 4. Add and Sub> 3+6= 9
Load More Replies... Jonas Fisher 1 year ago
This is a failure of the person who wrote the equation. After all, if the three in parentheses were represented by x, the equation would be 6 / 2x. No one would say that equals 3x.
Freddy M. (He/Him) 1 year ago
The long and short of this one is it's a badly written equation. I think technically the answer is 9 (since PEMDAS is actually more like PE(M or D)(A or S)), but that's not really relevant. Unless this meme is pushing for postfix notation it's not really revealing any flaws in our math system lol
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
I got 9, but now I understand why math was never a trustworthy subject
Slmd 1 year ago
There are technically a few ways to solve this. 1: 2 x (1+2) = 2+4 = 6 So 6/6 = 1. 2. (1+2) = 3 So 6/2 = 3 So 3 x 3 = 9. 3. (1+2) = 3 So 2(3) = 6 again 6/6 = 1 yea you can get it Badly worded question lol, context is important too but technically 2 is right due to left --> right order of operations for multiply/divide
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Tiger 1 year ago
And what’s with this new “premium” BS? I have enough companies with hands in my pockets lol, I’m not paying for YET ANOTHER thing.
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Surly Scot 1 year ago
I have questions about the whale that Google isn't giving me answers for. Help, anyone?
Tiger 1 year ago
The whale in the Amazon? Here’s a good article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/science/humpback-whales-amazon.html
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Tiger 1 year ago
And what’s with this new “premium” BS? I have enough companies with hands in my pockets lol, I’m not paying for YET ANOTHER thing.
Load More Replies... Surly Scot 1 year ago
I have questions about the whale that Google isn't giving me answers for. Help, anyone?
Tiger 1 year ago
The whale in the Amazon? Here’s a good article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/science/humpback-whales-amazon.html
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