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lolwut.com — "Tracey is wrong. Use an example to show that Tracey is wrong."
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- SeeDx, on 10/11/2007, -217/+21Dang Diggty, I'm sure that fellaw is gonna have a great life with his wife.... his cousin
- ghee, on 10/11/2007, -85/+38Well isn't that a correct example?
Just Kidding.
No but really... - sterlite, on 10/11/2007, -76/+13Mirror Image
http://www.imagespar.com/view.php?img=0bb1a358030bb684df0a826e872214ca - xrisnothing, on 10/11/2007, -63/+6What language is that?
- Al3x, on 10/11/2007, -91/+21@ghee
I believe that is a correct example. I think the image cuts off where she made the mistake.
(sqrt(2) + sqrt(8))^2 = (sqrt(2))^2 + (sqrt(8))^2 + (2)(sqrt(2)sqrt(8)) = 2 + 8 + sqrt(2 * 2 * 8) = 10 + sqrt(64) = 10 + 8 = 18 - vamper, on 10/11/2007, -62/+23she was wrong cause she was told men do better. (source: another digg topic from a day or so)
- Samsong, on 10/11/2007, -65/+25@Al3x
I buried you. And if you ever put work into a comment again, you die. - donwilson2, on 10/11/2007, -61/+9(sqrt(2)+sqrt(8))^2 = 10, duh!
- Rhino2, on 10/11/2007, -24/+739She's wrong for even trying to do math in the first place. You start letting woman do math and next thing you know they'll start wanting to vote, get jobs and wear pants instead of skirts/dresses.
- neoform, on 10/11/2007, -17/+376This being on the frontpage proves conclusively that there are no females on digg or reddit (this was on reddit's hot page earlier today), anyone who claims to be female is lying.
- 1longtime, on 10/11/2007, -42/+9@Al3x:
You're a woman, I guess? - kaelyiesta, on 10/11/2007, -28/+393buried as inaccurate. No man writes anything other than illegible block print so this cannot be a male chauvinist.
- goblindegook, on 10/11/2007, -28/+8@donwilson2: "(sqrt(2)+sqrt(8))^2 = 10, duh!"
You're joking, right? - gmprunner, on 10/11/2007, -20/+61@ kaelyiesta,
That doesn't make a lot of sense (you must be a woman!), because block lettering is a kind of writing that is neater and more legible than most other forms, which is why it's standard for police officers to write in it (though I'd say doctors need it more than cops do). - Mimorox, on 10/11/2007, -31/+12Well, root(8) is just 2*root(2), so root(2)+2*root(2) = 3*root(2), square that and you have 9*2, thus 18. Thats the only reason that example works, theres tons of irrational numbers that won't square to a rational number. Pi is one example.
- foolfromhell, on 10/11/2007, -13/+143Of course the test taker is wrong...
There are no women nowadays...
Unless things have changed outside?
Have they? - bigwyrm, on 10/11/2007, -13/+53@neoform
Or, perhaps the women on digg (and reddit) have a sense of humor? - hdtvdust, on 10/11/2007, -28/+19neoform...also shows that Digg is filled with 12 year old kids, and/or people whose maturity and sense of humor stopped developing at age 12
- luvkit, on 10/11/2007, -6/+119Well, a man couldn't be saying it. Tracey has to be a woman because she's saying something irrational.
- JonForTheWin, on 10/11/2007, -16/+5Dugg for truth!
- nigh7dagger, on 10/11/2007, -12/+2Next question: What does Tracy's husband say about her answer?
No, of course those pants don't make you look fat. Hey, can you get me another beer? Colts are 3 and goal!
(But I have to admit, that answer sounds like something I'd say). - WaterDragon, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13@mimorox
"Well, root(8) is just 2*root(2), so root(2)+2*root(2) = 3*root(2), square that and you have 9*2, thus 18. Thats the only reason that example works, theres tons of irrational numbers that won't square to a rational number. Pi is one example."
I was hoping someone would clear that up. I suspected the same thing. But can you please provide a formal proof that not all irrationals square to rationals?
And anyhow, who ever heard of a square pie? - WaterDragon, on 10/11/2007, -3/+15@foolfromhell
"...There are no women nowadays...
Unless things have changed outside?
Have they?"
Outside??? Just what do you mean by that?
Is that like when the Digg effect happens and the servers go down, and you can't find a mirror for a site? - AegisGFX, on 10/11/2007, -8/+68Shes wrong, and I would add, a bad driver too.
- Ryosen, on 10/11/2007, -3/+21"And anyhow, who ever heard of a square pie?"
Hostess? - cbuddha42, on 10/11/2007, -9/+4There is no reason for a formal proof that she is wrong. Simply do what the question asks and prove her wrong by using a counter example. She thinks if you square a real number you get a ratio, which would mean the result x = a/b. If we can write x as a/b, then it is rational. So, to find a square that is not a ratio, we need to find one that is irrational.
Simply take the 8 and bump it up to a 9, so you get (sqrt(2) + sqrt(9))^2
Thats just: (sqrt(2) + 3)^2
Now expand that: sqrt(2)*sqrt(2) + 3*sqrt(2) + 3*sqrt(2) + 3*3
Now simplify those terms: 2 + 6*sqrt(2) + 9
So, we get 11 + 6*sqrt(2).
We already know that sqrt(2) is irrational because the problem told us so. - slicedoranges, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11/b/ is on digg now? May god have mercy on us all.
- macmcrae, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1There is no way in hell that a man wrote that. Typical girl script.
- gnalakalaciath5, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1actually, i'm pretty sure /b/ gave up on digg after anonymous tried to get digg to flood the Hillary campaign theme song poll with the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme and failed.
- ElectricGrandpa, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2"No man writes anything other than illegible block print"
I can't believe how true that is...
"That doesn't make a lot of sense (you must be a woman!), because block lettering is a kind of writing that is neater and more legible than most other forms"
Normal block writing might be legible, but he was talking about the illegible variety :)
- ghee, on 10/11/2007, -85/+38Well isn't that a correct example?
- edz0nk, on 10/11/2007, -75/+4We finally have proof! ...
Oxymoron picture, funny and sad.- Nastybutler187, on 10/11/2007, -6/+66Funny and sad aren't oxymorons.
On another note,
Why doesn't the snorg tees girl close her ***** mouth! those are some huge ass buck teeth.. - kefkastudio, on 10/11/2007, -2/+22I want to use a picture of the snorg t's girl as the answer to that question
- anitab83, on 10/11/2007, -14/+5I can't believe I'm digging this up, but I laughed (and am now a bit embarassed that I call myself a feminist)
- Setter, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1@nastybutler187
Buck teeth?
Still want. - Pureeviljester, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1@nasty
I was having a bad week, but you brightened up my weekend - redneckblues, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Yeah, and pointy knees. Yeah.
- Nastybutler187, on 10/11/2007, -6/+66Funny and sad aren't oxymorons.
- FizixMan, on 10/11/2007, -33/+6The student is mistaken. It's a photocopied ink design, obviously. Ink cannot do math.
- iCallShotgun, on 10/11/2007, -29/+278That's probably the most accurate answer for that question. He should get bonus marks.
- johnlandes, on 10/11/2007, -12/+396I showed my wife. She hit me. I think she didn't get it
- silencerider151, on 10/11/2007, -8/+92At least we know she's not a witch...
- drafhk, on 10/11/2007, -26/+12She kinda looks like a man though. Only half credit.
Seriously though, all these people getting butt-hurt over this need to shut the hell up. It's nice to finally see something like this in a society where every sitcom is about the wacky gimmicks that all the men do, and where the females are the ones keeping them in line. - arugulord, on 10/11/2007, -13/+156@ johnlandes "I showed my wife. She hit me. I think she didn't get it"
Oh she got it: she got it completely wrong.. because she's a woman. - xike, on 10/11/2007, -9/+2@johnlandes: Buried as inaccurate. People on digg don't have wives.
- Filippo, on 10/11/2007, -13/+20"I showed my wife. She hit me. I think she didn't get it"
You, a digg user, have a wife? A real one? (blow up dolls and sheep named Maria don't count)
buried as lying. - dvdave, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2"I showed my wife. She hit me. I think she didn't get it"
Can she read? - urgan, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Tracey is wrong because Tracey is blonde.
- Felshadow, on 10/11/2007, -23/+11i feel bad for laughing but it's still funny.
- inukki, on 10/11/2007, -15/+5It felt good to see it so I laughed , people don't laugh when it's not funny dude
but it is really chauvinistic, not nice too, but funny to a guy.
- inukki, on 10/11/2007, -15/+5It felt good to see it so I laughed , people don't laugh when it's not funny dude
- keeperguy64, on 10/11/2007, -16/+5nice picture -- made me laugh
- wiredDeath, on 10/11/2007, -27/+6I have a feeling all four posts above me were made by men =)
- offwithyourtv, on 10/11/2007, -2/+24I have a feeling that all of the posts on here are by males (although not necessarily "men") because we females do not exist on the internets, remember? We would get lost online without visual cues like Macy's and Tiffany and Co. to keep us from losing our direction.
- xXKobaXx, on 10/11/2007, -12/+81lol, that picture made me smile inside.
- SultanTravi, on 10/11/2007, -7/+114I smiled outside too :)
- exemef, on 10/11/2007, -7/+165looks like a girl wrote it.
- jokerthief, on 10/11/2007, -22/+7That was lame.
- cavie2002, on 10/11/2007, -4/+53looks like a man with a wig
- anagoge, on 10/11/2007, -6/+154Looks like a drawing to me.
- foolfromhell, on 10/11/2007, -12/+4Of course you would think that...
You have never seen a woman...
- Scheissen, on 10/11/2007, -6/+53It does look like a girl wrote that answer.
- JaYBrooks, on 10/11/2007, -2/+44Yep... but I have noticed that some guys write all bubbly these days... A guys handwriting should be unreadable.. even by himself..
- Xinareiaz, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1No...thats not a Man, that would be a guy
- madmoose, on 10/11/2007, -16/+42HAHAHA! He put a statement where it asked for an example! That's so funny! Moran!
...
Wait, that wasn't it?- tizz66, on 10/11/2007, -43/+7Moran?
Sweet irony. - xtr3m, on 10/11/2007, -4/+56"Moran" is a valid word now.
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/n/U/moran.jpg - inotocracy, on 10/11/2007, -19/+6Why? Because a man with a mullet is holding a sign using the word?
- adc86, on 10/11/2007, -22/+5That sign is in error; he meant "Mormans"
Word still not official. - CraigCarlyle, on 10/11/2007, -4/+95"Why? Because a man with a mullet is holding a sign using the word?"
If that's not valid proof, then I don't know what is. - jokerthief, on 10/11/2007, -6/+47@tiz66 & inotocracy,
He misspelled moron on purpose for comedic effect. What makes that joke so funny is when people like you don't get it. - madmoose, on 10/11/2007, -8/+12"Moran" is a deliberate misspelling of the word "moron" used primarily in internet joke telling.
I assumed it was a joke that was, by now, disseminated widely enough that it would be understood as such without me referencing the original source, which xtr3m was kind enough do above.
I see now that I was wrong. How sad. You may continue your regularly scheduled internetting.
Morans. - Scheissen, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11^ In layman's terms. Digg nerds will make fun of a sign that uses "are" instead of "our" but will completely ***** up the English language [sarcasm]because they are so damn funny doing "leet" spellings.[/sarcasm]
- rawheadrex, on 10/11/2007, -5/+6That would be "1337" spelling.
- streak, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Actually, it just so happens that "morans" is the guy's pen name that he uses to sign all his posters, as well as the name of his ex-employer.
- tizz66, on 10/11/2007, -43/+7Moran?
- Kinjiru, on 10/11/2007, -70/+6Whats next.. the moron writing that answer will also say that tracy is a fag *****?
- jokerthief, on 10/11/2007, -5/+68No, he will say that she is a nappy headed ho and then get expelled for crimes against humanity.
- Kinjiru, on 10/11/2007, -60/+4My comment is getting dug down because I'm making fun of the Chauvinism and stupidity that was presented?
Racism and homophobia are right up there with the same stupidity after all so wtf is your problem ppl?
Ohh I know... must be them gay ***** hating dumb ***** from down south reading this eh? - jhumbug, on 10/11/2007, -16/+34@kinjiru
You're as stupid as a woman. - Kinjiru, on 10/11/2007, -14/+18@ jhumbug & others
Ironically those of us with a brain would call being against homophobia, racism, chauvinism etc would be considered being more intelligent and enlightened.. but it would appear the majority on here today are *****. :) - WaterDragon, on 10/11/2007, -11/+5@jhumbug
"@kinjiru
You're as stupid as a woman."
While I agree that kinjiru is obviously a racist, i wish all the misogynistic idiots making comments like yours would just ...take the dicks out of your mouths for a second , and STFU! - Wivell, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3@waterdragon
I dunno, seems to me it'd be pretty tough to make chauvinistic comments if there were a dick in your mouth, but maybe I'm just looking too far into it...
- SultanTravi, on 10/11/2007, -10/+59lolsome
Everyone who got all pissed off about this needs to calm down and realize that it's a joke.- sodascape, on 10/11/2007, -18/+2and how are you going to kill someone through the computer?
- jokerthief, on 10/11/2007, -24/+5I'm not mad, it's just a lame and over obvious joke.
- RJNavarrete, on 10/11/2007, -3/+40You would know about original jokes, wouldn't you jokerthief?
- sterlite, on 10/11/2007, -15/+1Ya it's a drawing for sure....
- johnn11238, on 10/11/2007, -21/+5buried for being...um..lame.
- krist69, on 10/11/2007, -17/+85tracy needs to get back in the kitchen...
- Sundownvf111, on 10/11/2007, -18/+2lol
- SniperZero, on 10/11/2007, -13/+4Tracy needs to get back into bed.
- sodascape, on 10/11/2007, -17/+2I would like to know what the answer is . .. I'm coming up with 25
- ElectricKetchup, on 10/11/2007, -15/+2>>> (math.sqrt(2)+math.sqrt(8))*(math.sqrt(2)+math.sqrt(8))
18.000000000000004
Don't be an idiot. It's not the first part of the statement that is wrong, it's the second part. - acetv, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11@ ElectricKetchup
Are you serious?
(sqrt(2) + sqrt(8))^2 = (sqrt(2) + 2*sqrt(2))^2 = (3*sqrt(2))^2 = 3*3*sqrt(2)*sqrt(2) = 9*2 = 18 - celerate, on 10/11/2007, -13/+4The square root of a positive number could be two positives or two negatives, the answers could be 18, 10 or 2.
(sqrt(2) + sqrt(8))(sqrt(2) + sqrt(8))
2 + (sqrt(16)) + (sqrt(16)) + 8
2 + (+/- 4) + (+/-)4) + 8 so you get:
2 + 4 + 4 + 8 or 2 - 4 - 4 + 8 or 2 + 4 - 4 + 8
2 + 8 + 8 = 18 or 2 - 8 + 8 = 2 or 2 + 8 = 10 - stormgren, on 10/11/2007, -4/+11@celerate
Um, no. sqrt(x) (written with the radical sign in the problem) returns the principle root of x, meaning the positive root. It's a function, it can't return two values. - celerate, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3@stormgren
Not in any school I went to, that assumption dropped off when we started high school math. Even Wikipedia states that it's only assumed that only the positive roots are wanted. - spingk, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1you have: (sqr(2)+sqr(8))^2
write it as: (sqr(2)+sqr(8))*(sqr(2)+sqr(8))
foil and you get: (sqr(2)*sqr(2))+(sqr(2)*sqr(8))+(sqr(2)*sqr(8))+(sqr(8)*sqr(8))
You can multiple the numbers under the radicals to get just one square root. ex. (sqr(2)*sqr(2))=sqr(4)
follow this rule with the others and you get: sqr(4)+2sqr(16)+sqr(64), those are all perfect squares so you get 2+(2*4)+8=18. - spingk, on 10/11/2007, -7/+5Sorry for the double post, but:
@celerate
+/- is only when you take the square root of a variable, sqr(x^2)=+/-x
but sqr(9)=3
If you graph y=x^2 it is a parabola.Let's say you want to calculate the x values when y is 9. Put the 9 in for y and you have 9=x^2. Simple algebra says to take the square root to solve for x. The answer in this case is +/-3. The reason for this is very simple. If you have x*x that is the same as x^2. Well 3*3=9 but also -3*-3=9.
Also as stromgren the inverse of a parabola is a radical function. And a function cannot return two values. This is why when you graph y=sqr(x) it is only one half of a parabola. - Reedan, on 10/11/2007, -7/+242.
- ElectricKetchup, on 10/11/2007, -15/+2>>> (math.sqrt(2)+math.sqrt(8))*(math.sqrt(2)+math.sqrt(8))
- irondragons, on 10/11/2007, -8/+0Full Marks.
- ricerfuel, on 10/11/2007, -10/+5At least he used an apostrophe.
- buuch, on 10/11/2007, -4/+24i was kinda disappointed to see this after reading an article saying that when females are told men do better in math, they do worse.
- kingatrock, on 10/11/2007, -13/+6well if an article says it, then its true!
Also, aliens attacked but we were saved at the zero hour by a giant mutant fish/koala. - WaterDragon, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1but then, a manbearpig ate the giant mutant fish/koala, and when aliens attacked again....
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we all had to start eating tacos! - shinynew, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1ITT
Idiots that think that bad alien jokes are funny.
- kingatrock, on 10/11/2007, -13/+6well if an article says it, then its true!
- hanu4u, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2nice finding.
- thearchitects, on 10/11/2007, -11/+1Haha. That made me smile! :)
- IdiotDogMachine, on 10/11/2007, -15/+80Why can't Helen Keller drive? ...
because ... She's a woman!- gmprunner, on 10/11/2007, -10/+169In the beginning of the lecture a college professor said: "In Sweden a prostitute makes $2000 per night."
All the women stood up and started to leave the class in protest of this joke. So he shouted after them: "Where are you going? The plane to Sweden doesn't take off until the day after tomorrow." - ybisme, on 10/11/2007, -4/+13sigh.., my lectures are never that funny, maybe because im in the IT faculty.
- indiandude514, on 10/11/2007, -6/+61Why don't women wear watches?
Because there's a clock on the oven! - WaterDragon, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2"sigh.., my lectures are never that funny, maybe because im in the IT faculty."
So....don't you think computers are funny?
Try this one on your class. (it's my 'copyrighted' cartoon, but you can borrow it.)
Two computers are walking down the street holding hands; a mother and a tiny daughter.
The little one asks: "Mommy...is there really carbon-based intelligence?"
The mother answers "No, dear." - WaterDragon, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3Why do men have nipples?
No, seriously, why do men have nipples?
I guess all that crap they taught us about how we actually understand the laws of physical evolution... was just BS. - gmprunner, on 10/11/2007, -7/+9"Why do men have nipples?"
If your serious about wanting to know the answer, its because in the early stages of fetal development both males and females grow using the same "template", if you will, and then the Y chromosome in males kicks in and begins specific male development while females continue along that template. But by the time the Y chromosome in men kicks in, we've already developed nipples. - Ramble, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Wrong way around, femlaes begin specific development and males continue on the template. Hence the missing information on the y chromosome.
- JorgeGT, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7My principal told us in our graduation party: "A lecture should be like a skirt: long enought to cover "the subject", short enought to keep the attention!"
- gmprunner, on 10/11/2007, -10/+169In the beginning of the lecture a college professor said: "In Sweden a prostitute makes $2000 per night."
- Gadwin, on 10/11/2007, -10/+1People are still like that nowadays?
Thenagain that looks PRETTY old. - Tigrou, on 10/11/2007, -9/+2Boooooring...it you're going to post "-ist" bile, at least make sure it's funny.
- rainydaywoman, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1:O...that was the look on my face...I can't believe he went there....I was good at math, I was just lazy and didn't want to do homework, so i failed.
- vornan19, on 10/11/2007, -14/+1They're evil too.
http://www.anvari.org/fun/Gender/Proof_that_Girls_are_Evil.html- DougPenn, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3That site is spyware city
- Kinjiru, on 10/11/2007, -7/+10@ DougPenn
No problems here using Firefox with Adblock+ (and Whitelist-G autoupdate)
However here is a spyware free source (and w/o the lame ass watermark added)
http://www.shoelace.org/pics/funny/girls_are_evil.jpg - shinynew, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1""Jim Garrigues" says:
I have a suggestion for the proof that girls = evil.
I believe that when you say:
x = (sqrt(y))^2
that you can only say that
x = |y| (absolute value of y)
therefore,
if girls=(sqrt(evil))^2
then girls=|evil|
or girls are "absolute" evil!
-Jim"
even if we did establish that x = girls and y = evil this 'joke' still doesnt work. square root of -1 is i, i squared is -1 so this is saying that (sqrt(-1))^2 = |-1|, which says that 1=-1 which means that 2=0 which means that 1=0 and 1 is the same as 1/1 and if 1 = 0 you just divided by 0.
OH SHI- - JoeBaynham, on 10/11/2007, -4/+4Thats only when they are on their monthly..
- MisterFlaut, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2lolwut.com , hahaha.
HABEEB IT. - spottynick, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1I love the illustration. Everything together makes for a great laugh.
- l0tharnt, on 10/11/2007, -7/+45I see women on Digg all day...they offer me snorg tee's...
- clabombard, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1i found it pretty funny
- bradleyosborn, on 10/11/2007, -4/+0Tracey had too much collagen injected into her lips before the math test.
- jennamalia, on 10/11/2007, -12/+5infantile, unfunny, and old. did i mean your comments, or the original post?
- tnoy, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2comments like this are infantile, unfunny, and old.
- kiduk, on 10/11/2007, -9/+4That was funny when I first saw it on reddit.
- jessebeans, on 10/11/2007, -8/+4lol... looks like i have a new (temp) desktop background
- thorb, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2FACT.
- justabum, on 10/11/2007, -5/+4besides the joke, this raises a couple important common themes in mathematics:
1) The onus of proof rests upon the person who suggests a theorem, not the person who denies it
2) It is generally easier to disprove a theorem than prove it. Disproving requires providing just one example. - MarrowMan, on 10/11/2007, -8/+0lol last time i saw a woman do math it cost me $490, 000.00 :s
- chrisbosh123, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2What were you on?
- jfb392, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0Does anyone know that site of stupid tests answers?
- MarrowMan, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0Google much?
- KingLeonitis, on 10/11/2007, -4/+0pie squared is not a rational number
- kd1s, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3That's almost what I'd answer given the same snarky question. I hate female bosses with a passion. I don't hate the person I hate the fact they feel they have to overcompensate. Those that do so seem to be some god awful bitches.
- Bureau9, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1the answer is 10
- JCritter, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0No it not!
- Unknown283, on 10/11/2007, -13/+0rofl... i know ***** WOMEN they're so bad at math
- Unknown283, on 10/11/2007, -11/+1***** YOU UNKNOWN283 WOMEN RULE!!! ***** MEN
- Unknown283, on 10/11/2007, -9/+1um... did you just reply to yourself?
- Unknown283, on 10/11/2007, -10/+0lol yeah i think he did what a moron
- Unknown283, on 10/11/2007, -10/+0shutup
- Unknown283, on 10/11/2007, -10/+0you shutup Unknown283
- frost000, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1lmfao! thats pretty comical
- killthewabbit, on 10/11/2007, -9/+16why is this on digg?
- Andicow, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3Great question.
You have the coolest screenname ever.
I love that cartoon! - raithetarkon, on 10/11/2007, -4/+9Because Digg is latently sexist.
- SteelFrog, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1"Great question.
You have the coolest screenname ever.
I love that cartoon!"
A.D.D. much?
- Andicow, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3Great question.
- pquackey, on 10/11/2007, -14/+9First of all, it is completely inappropriate to assume that just because someone "is a woman," they can't do mathematics. Even if all of you who commented were "kidding" or "making a joke," I can GUARANTEE you that you are actually at least somewhat sexist.
To find out, take Harvard's "Implicit Association Test" (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html) and go to "Gender-Science" to take a short quiz to discover your implicit association of women with housework and men with mathematics.- jseres, on 10/11/2007, -7/+4Quit trying to push your agenda.
- zephyrTR, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1There's a biological REASON for stereotypical gender roles - and even if you want to deny that there is (which is fine) there's still hundreds of years of people living to those stereotypes, hence we're going to instinctively associate scientists with men and caregivers with women. There's nothing sexist about that.
The sexist part is when one assumes a man can't be sympathetic or a woman can't handle advanced mathematics. - sarae, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2What's the matter with being sexist. Arn't we all to some extent. I really don't see what the big deal is about admitting that men are better at some things, such as math science and being bosses and women are better at others, such as languages, art, and doing motherly, maternal and wifely things.
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I'm a woman and I found that very funny and laughed. Then again, I hate math. - zephyrTR, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1booya, Sarae.
Women are the priest to my warrior - and I know better than to piss off the person keeping me alive.
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I'm such a geek... - drilldown, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3You ***** idiot.
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html)
Does not equal
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html
in a hyperlink.
- mst3kld, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0lol owned
- enjio, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1D-d-d-digg down frenzy!!
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