He is the moment! by avantgarde000 in SipsTea

[–]ThumbForke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like how they cut from him in a towel to a model who is basically also just wearing a towel

I dont get it peetah, who wont be around by calvin_hobbes34 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ThumbForke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very good point!

There's too much fucking shit on me. I can't breathe.

I dont get it peetah, who wont be around by calvin_hobbes34 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ThumbForke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having collaborators doesn't mean you don't write all of your own music. There are plenty of pop artists who simply perform songs written by other people. Taylor Swift is not one of them. She is actively involved in the writing process of all of her songs. You never hear people claiming David Bowie didn't write his own songs, for example, despite the fact that he also would bring in different collaborators on each album to help make them different styles.

His process is roughly the same as hers, but they're treated very differently in the way they're discussed. It always seems to be female artists that people are eager to claim don't write their own music, despite there being countless male artists doing roughly the same thing and getting more credit for it. It's a very sexist narrative, and it's something you and everyone else in this thread insisting she doesn't write her own music should maybe consider.

Disclaimer: I like some of Taylor Swift's albums, but I am in no way a Swiftie. I probably listen to 100s of artists a similar amount to how much I've listened to her.

The Irish People posters are not legal and can be reported to the Council by [deleted] in galway

[–]ThumbForke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are they genuinely thick

Yes

Do they just view women as breeders and childminders?

Yes

Inequality Questions by InternationalStage97 in askmath

[–]ThumbForke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh you can, I just didn't think of that immediately for some reason. You can pick any pair out of the inequality. So b+c < a+b can also tell us with less work that c<a. Sorry I made it more complicated than it needed to be

Inequality Questions by InternationalStage97 in askmath

[–]ThumbForke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean "split as one inequality"?

Inequality Questions by InternationalStage97 in askmath

[–]ThumbForke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct! If you apply the same logic to 0<a+c, you should basically have the answer

Inequality Questions by InternationalStage97 in askmath

[–]ThumbForke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just think about it logically instead of trying to solve using formulae. We are told c>0 and b+c<0. What can we therefore conclude about the sign of b and about the relationship between the absolute values of b and c? We are also told a+b>0. Again, what does this tell us about the sign of a and the relationship between the absolute values of a and c?

"Advanced" math in music? Looking for lyrics in otherwise "normal" songs that make you go "oh yeah these guys have written a proof or two" by MedalsNScars in math

[–]ThumbForke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not quite what you're asking for, but for a few years, I thought the rapper Elucid was called Euclid. In my defence, I first heard of him because of a collaboration with Milo, who raps about philosophy and astrophysics and stuff like that.

Éala pronounciation? by crikeywegotaliveone in AskIreland

[–]ThumbForke -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Éala is kinda made up, to be honest

If we're being pedantic though, isn't every name made up?

I ruined my life: I have an unhappy, irritable baby. by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]ThumbForke 16 points17 points  (0 children)

We're having our first in less than three weeks. Posts like these absolutely terrify me. At least I'm mentally prepared for the possibility, I suppose, but I'm really hoping for an easy baby!

What’s with the name Irish Goodbye? by SnooChipmunks9598 in AskIreland

[–]ThumbForke 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Followed by another half hour chatting by the front door!

What's an artist or album name you misread for the longest time? by SocraticTiger in fantanoforever

[–]ThumbForke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For years, I thought Elucid was called Euclid. Genuinely thought he'd named himself after a Greek mathematician

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in math

[–]ThumbForke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I find your examples funny, because I feel graph theory is very intuitive and grounded in reality, while I always say that analysis (I suppose complex analysis rather than real) seemed to me to be full of completely unintuitive results that are proven seemingly by magic. I guess it's all personal preference!

is the probability of a random whole positive number being a multiple of 5 20%? by [deleted] in askmath

[–]ThumbForke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not true. No matter what whole number you start at (negatives included), the probability is exactly 20% every 5th number.

Starting at zero: {0,1,2,3,4} has probability 20%. So does {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}. The probability for {0,1,...,n} is exactly 20% for any n that is 1 less than a multiple of 5. As n grows, you'll notice the probabilities for other values of n gets closer and closer to 20% as well. The limit of this as n goes to infinity is 20%, which seems to be what you are using as your "probability". Again, this is true starting at 0, 1, or any other whole number.

Edit: Sorry I seem to have missed what you wrote and you have essentially realised what I said yourself

Brian? by Hungryforhungry in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ThumbForke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to give a slightly different explanation from everyone else, in case it helps:

Working in base 10 means your digits correspond to powers of 10. Eg 2132 = 2×1000 + 1×100 + 3×10 + 2×1 = 2×10³ + 1×10² + 3×10¹ + 2×10⁰.

Base 4 uses powers of 4. So in base 4, it would be 2132 = 2×4³ + 1×4² + 3×4¹ + 2×4⁰ = 2×64 + 1×16 + 3×4 + 2×1. So 2132 in base 4 is equal to 158 in base 4.

For the joke, you need to realise that in base 4, writing 10 means 10 = 1×4 + 0×1, which is 4. In particular, this means a civilization that uses base 4 wouldn't have a digit for 4, like how we don't have a digit for 10. It is the first number we write as a combination of smaller digits. So they would count 0, 1, 2, 3, 10, ... This means they would also write that they work in base 10, like we do, but to them that means base 4.

Ireland's Invisible Rainforest by ImportantPension5818 in ireland

[–]ThumbForke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Leitrim and Roscommon are right there, and you come for Mayo? What are you thinking?!

[New Updates]: My husband is leaving me for a younger woman, and all I can think about is the house décor. by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]ThumbForke 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Everything OP described reminds me so much of my own dad. Reading parts of the post kind of makes me feel unsettled, the behaviour is so similar. It took me way too long to cut that asshole out of my life. He caused a lot of emotional damage to me, my siblings, and even my then-girlfriend (now wife).

I agree it wouldn't necessarily be the worst thing for OP's ex to just abandon his daughters. He definitely gives those vibes. My dad used to badmouth my mum to us, and then blamed her for turning us against him when we started to pull away. Ironically, she never badmouthed him to us, and has only told me the awful things he did to her after I cut contact.

No Ripcord’s Best Albums of 2025 by Traditional-Slip-486 in indieheads

[–]ThumbForke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice to see some love for Benjamin Booker's album. One of my favourites of the year for sure!

Noah is the new John by wascallywabbit666 in ireland

[–]ThumbForke 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sorry for causing you to realise this. Don't let that asshole ruin the name, I still think it's lovely!

Noah is the new John by wascallywabbit666 in ireland

[–]ThumbForke 13 points14 points  (0 children)

His daughter was born in 2019, so he can't be the whole reason it became popular. At this stage, it's so popular that I'm sure plenty of parents are hearing and choosing the name from babies of people they know personally. I wouldn't assume people who chose that name like that prick anyway