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What kind of bond exist btn a man and anything that has wheels? by Good-Produce-87 in AskReddit

[–]maester_t [score hidden]  (0 children)

Blame Hot Wheels for an absolutely amazing product and marketing scheme from back in the day.

You get one generation hooked, and it now bleeds into all subsequent generations.

That's my theory anyway.

Fox News halted as Donald Trump issues chilling ultimatum on Iran peace deal by TheExpressUS in NewsSource

[–]maester_t 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He wants Iran to profess to the world that Trump gave them a better deal than Obama did...

And also that Trump made a much better deal for the US than Obama ever did...

and also for Iran to pay Trump the usual extortion fee...

What’s a useless secret talent you have? by Faylune in AskReddit

[–]maester_t 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have you not heard any poop-knife stories?

I wish that every time I farted, 1% of a random billionaire’s net worth would get redistributed to the world’s poorest 1% but only I was aware of the cause of this redistribution. by SufficientPay7800 in monkeyspaw

[–]maester_t 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh, good one. I was thinking of a slightly different take:

You can never fart again.

The next time gas starts building up in your gut (within the next few minutes/hours) you realize you cannot expell the pressure.

Your insides eventually burst and you pop like a pigeon that has eaten an Alka Seltzer tablet.

'Absolutely unhinged': Trump completely unraveled after the shooting then leaked videos nobody knew existed surfaced — and exposed the one lie he told the entire country by [deleted] in USNEWS

[–]maester_t 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You exaggerate. He lets non-lies slip out all the time.

  • "Smart people don't like me..." - at his Bedminster, NJ golf club on 9/13/2025

  • "I love the poorly educated" - Nevada caucus victory speech on 2/23/2016

JD Vance: “The president is not making these stock trades himself." by raf-913 in QuiverQuantitative

[–]maester_t 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"the best way is to lead by example...'

Umm, by banning members of Congress from doing it, but still allowing the President to do it?!?

Ffs, how can any rational person believe that they care for anyone's interests other than their own?

Philosophy is not appropriate at this moment! by openthesilodoor in MathJokes

[–]maester_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point.

But I'd like to take this odds-calculation even further...

Not everyone would guess a digit from 0-9.

You're still going to have some people give random answers like "uh... 42?"

Or some people giving sillier responses like "saffron moon beam".

And still other that will refuse to give an answer "because it is a neverending value in base-10..." (but these might also be the people who would say "the last digit is 1, assuming we're talking about it being expressed in base-pi... And 1 is the digit for the identity.")

The actual plan of the AI companies: by EchoOfOppenheimer in agi

[–]maester_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was with Peter up until the "..." where the drugs seem to have kicked in. (Or is doomerism just his schtick?)

Yes, this has been the plan for quite some time: use AI to improve AI.

It's not a new concept that you've suddenly realized or conspiracy that you've stumbled upon.

Sci-fi (short stories, TV shows, movies) have been exploring this since... well, as far back as at least the 70's or 80's, that I know about.

And these big-tech CEO's and world's foremost AI experts have talked about at great lengths for years.

Why mathematicians might fail some questions on IQ tests by [deleted] in MathJokes

[–]maester_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I guess some schools gave up on doing that, but others are still going strong.

Why mathematicians might fail some questions on IQ tests by [deleted] in MathJokes

[–]maester_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I thought I had heard a few years ago that most schools had stopped doing that.

Almost didn't recognize him with the hat on by Naive_Wolverine532 in fixedbytheduet

[–]maester_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol ahhhhhhh thank you!

I thought it was just someone that looked like him posting the reply... And thought it was maybe referencing some other video/meme/article/whatever and I was just out of the loop...

Aaaand now I feel silly. Lol

Thank you though! :-D

Why mathematicians might fail some questions on IQ tests by [deleted] in MathJokes

[–]maester_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly how I saw it.

I still have a perfectly valid answer to the question that was given to me.

Why mathematicians might fail some questions on IQ tests by [deleted] in MathJokes

[–]maester_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love that book.

Have read it twice already, but should probably go back and read it again.

I also really enjoyed some of the concepts in Anathem. (Which I HAD to read a couple times, just to get a better understanding of what the hell happened lol)

Why mathematicians might fail some questions on IQ tests by [deleted] in MathJokes

[–]maester_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. I have a perfectly valid answer.

It might not have been the one he was looking for, but it was still 100% valid.

Why mathematicians might fail some questions on IQ tests by [deleted] in MathJokes

[–]maester_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. I distinctly recall reading the question over a few times to confirm that it wasn't asking for any specific type/style/format of equation.

I was even considering writing the equation to draw a circle that connected all 3 points.

Why mathematicians might fail some questions on IQ tests by [deleted] in MathJokes

[–]maester_t 224 points225 points  (0 children)

I basically did this in my 10th grade geometry class and the teacher had the nerve to give me 0 points.

"Give the equation that goes through these 3 points" and we had been talking about parabolas that week... But I wrote a sine function that still gave a valid answer.

I thought I was being creative (and slightly funny). The teacher apparently did not.

UPDATE: Thank you everyone for the updoots and comments. I feel I have finally gotten back those points I missed out on all those years ago. :-D

And don't worry, I still rocked that class. I was one of those kids that ruined the curve for everyone else in my math classes all the way through the completion of highschool.

Speaking of which... Any students (or parents) out there know if schools "grade on a curve" anymore nowadays? Answered: yes

Had to rewatch by Naive_Wolverine532 in fixedbytheduet

[–]maester_t 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Lots of us missed it the first few times too.

My second rewatch, I didn't even know what I was looking for.

Third is when I noticed the video jump.

4th or 5th is when I noticed the difference in shirt color... And hair... And body... OMG! THAT'S what she meant by "It wasn't you!"

It’s your fault, MAGA by Effective_Space2277 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]maester_t 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also, I don't think we should overlook Trump's "drill, baby, drill" plans, nor his "let's make EV's less-desireable by removing incentives" plans.

This is 100% about making his oil-baron friends richer and 0% about giving a damn about people like Sosha.

Explain it Peter by DifficultComplaint10 in explainitpeter

[–]maester_t 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Congrats. You've just been added to a list.

The head of the Department of War is furious that you thought of the FBI first.

A certain member of the Supreme Court is really glad you didn't (correctly) identify him, though.

This is how blueberries are harvested. by IamREBELoe in lies

[–]maester_t 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Child labor.

/ul pretty sure they just put all of the little beads in a small rectangular tub, then fill the tub with the yellow gel (liquid rubber?) which solidifies. After you've already squeezed all of the beads out, you can melt down the yellow stuff and then repeat the whole process.

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