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HumbleMemeFarmer 56 points ago +57 / -1

And that's how you get the FIU bridge collapse and the 737 MAX.

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crash7863 6 points ago +6 / -0

That's how a lot of welding goes though....

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rootGoose 5 points ago +5 / -0

Thank God not with the welders I know.

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crash7863 5 points ago +5 / -0

Well, are they doing structural buildings or fabricating go karts because it does make a difference.

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rootGoose 2 points ago +2 / -0

Pipelines.

Edit: and one formally doing underwater oil industry structures.

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rootGoose 5 points ago +5 / -0

It sparks joy!

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SharpCookie 44 points ago +44 / -0

I love that one guy's example that's just "if one factory has 2 machines but parts to make a third, and the other factory has the same, then 2+2=5".

No dipshit, you just described 2.5+2.5=5

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DarkMemeDuck 31 points ago +31 / -0

Came here to say this.

Every example they give is brain dead and doesn't fit their own narrative. 2 apples plus 2 oranges doesn't equal 4 apples. Correct, but it does equal 4 pieces of fruit.

They want to argue idiot semantics.

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DeathBattleFan123 19 points ago +20 / -1

Two apples plus two oranges does not equal four apples. Simplified, it equals two sets of apples and oranges:

2a + 2b = 2(a+b) , where a is an apple, b is an orange, and a != b

Edit: lol someone downvoted this. How do you downvote basic algebra?

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SharpCookie 8 points ago +8 / -0

It's a troll. Side note, I'm actually very impressed with the ratios here. Shows that actual patriots use the site. I was on a stickied thread yesterday and the top comment had like 800+ upvotes and only 2 downvotes.

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SharpCookie 11 points ago +12 / -1

It literally is just that. I have some lefty friends and all they actually argue is rhetoric.

There is no substance to their anti-Trump opinions too, it's "He SaId GrAb HeR bY tHe PuSsY!" while ignoring that Joe Biden raped someone by literally grabbing her pussy.

They still bring this up as their main argument today...

Then they pivot to how Trump tweets.

They have nothing to complain about other than "words hurt meeeeeeeee!"

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congruent 8 points ago +8 / -0

But 2 + 2 = 10........................in base 4. Ha ha I got you.

But 10 in base 4 is...4. Yes?

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MisterGuapo 4 points ago +5 / -1

No. In Base 4, you only have three numbers available to make your values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4.

Once you hit a total of 4, the next value to the left increases by one.

(assuming base 10 value on the left side being calculated to base 4 on the right)

0 + 1 = 1 base 4 0 + 2 = 2 base 4 0 + 3 = 3 base 4 0 + 4 = 10 base 4 0 + 7 = 13 base 4 0 + 8 = 20 base 4 0 + 12 = 30 base 4 0 + 13 = 31 base 4

0 + 16 = 100 base 4

(I wrote a lot more but decided to stop at this point).

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DeathBattleFan123 3 points ago +3 / -0

In base four, you only have 0 1 2 3.

In base four, 2 + 2 = 10

In base ten, 2 + 2 = 4

In base two, 10 + 10 = 100

In base three, 2 + 2 = 11

In base one, || + || = ||||

The point is this: 10(base4) == 4(base10) == 100(base2) == 11(base3) == ||||(base1). They're all the same equation. And none of those will ever give you a way to come up with the value 5

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HuggableBear 3 points ago +3 / -0

All bases are base 10

wrap your noggin around that

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AceOfTrumps 6 points ago +6 / -0

it is pretty much semantics,

like you say 2/4 + 2/4 = 1 gallon

& they're like those aren't fourths, they're quarts!

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DeafMute 2 points ago +2 / -0

Only the master's tools can deconstruct the master's house.

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Swolehas 4 points ago +4 / -0

I was going to say this lol. He doesn't know what a fraction is

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Fabius 1 point ago +1 / -0

They really are stupid.

They just put their thought process on display and it's so telling. This is why they are the way they are.

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Kekistaniphil 32 points ago +32 / -0

"depends on context" '2' '4', '+', and '=' PROVIDE THE CONTEXT. It's ARITHMETIC. All those symbols have specific, restricted meaning.

They're acting like these symbols can be used as randomly mutable jargon words. Which, to be fair, is how they act about the rest of language.

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TedCruzAteABoogaloo 15 points ago +15 / -0

Read the whole twitter thread from this lady. She explains why they do this and how it's being used to destroy the country.

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semblanceofsanity 7 points ago +7 / -0

It's brainwashing. It's not encouraging people to think more deeply, it's encouraging people to abandon basic truths they "think" they know for the purpose of making them more susceptible to influence.

2 + 2 = 10 in base 4 is an exercise in questioning assumptions and clarifying your communication. It's possible to say the same thing in two different ways that appear contradictory that express the same truth, but that's not what academia is doing. Academia and the media are attempting mass reprogramming and it's obvious.

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Sumarongi 6 points ago +7 / -1

The number ‘1’ kind of looks like a penis so it must mean hetero-patriarchy oppression against minorities. I made that up, but that’s literally the depth of their argument.

In reality they think if mathematical concepts were developed in a non-white culture, even with different symbology, the end results would also be completely different; the actual meaning, and then more equitable social outcomes follow from that

Ultimately, like in 1984, if they can get you to accept that 2+2=5 then they can get you to accept pretty much any ‘truth’ that they put out as propaganda in order to achieve total societal control.

It’s insane

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congruent 3 points ago +3 / -0

more equitable social outcomes follow from that

But I thought critical theory sees only power. How does equity result from a shift in power?

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2020yall 3 points ago +3 / -0

these symbols CAN be redefined. the question is SHOULD they be redefined?

WHY? we should have a very good reason if we decide to do this. That very good reason had better be something amazing. There had better be some actual insight we didn't have before this redefinition that is impossible without it. But, if this redefinition were necessary, then it would also be complete. if we redefine these symbols, we should have a one to one mapping to their 'old' meaning. But, if we have that our amazing proof should also work with those old symbols.

TLDR; math is hard enough to discuss as it is. redefining everything for shits and giggles isn't helping anything.

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Okie_Life 17 points ago +17 / -0

"If you have two factories each with two working machines and the pieces to build half a machine and combine them together you got 5 machines"

So the parts from two companies match? Thank god for the creation of an assembly line to make such perfect parts, can't wait for that to be considered white supremacy. Also each factory doesnt have just 2 machines they have two and a half machines. Fractions have been around since ancient Egypt, might as well use them.

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Marshall 5 points ago +5 / -0

It's not a machine until it's made into a machine. Geeze these people are fools.

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Boldwithoutthebull 16 points ago +16 / -0

"2 apples plus 2 oranges doesn't equal 4 apples. "

I think my brain is bleeding from this one.

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spezisapedo 7 points ago +7 / -0

(2x+2y) != 4x ... OMG MATH IS RAYCIST!!!

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sir_rockness 13 points ago +13 / -0

MUH DEFINITIONS AND AXIOMS....

I'm without a doubt several IQ points lower for having read that screenshot...

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Segfault 13 points ago +13 / -0

There’s a reason I removed my kids from public schools..

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Basileus 10 points ago +10 / -0

This is literally out of 1984. Sometimes 2+2=5, and sometimes it is 3.

Winston even says something along the lines of "Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2=4. If that is granted, everything else follows." I.e., the freedom to tell the truth. Well, we see how that is faring in society these days.

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Basileus 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thanks, I will check it out. I've been meaning to read more of his essays.

Another excellent dystopian novel, not as well known as 1984, is Koestler's Darkness at Noon.

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Fabius 3 points ago +3 / -0

YES.

Excellent essay that I always suggest to people.

https://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit

It's a good read.

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Jabblemonkey1 9 points ago +9 / -0

Honk fucking honk.

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Fuck_commies_2024 7 points ago +7 / -0

Never seen a group so dedicated to consistently insisting on moronic, illogical behavior. Other than the mentally ill, of course.

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bubble_bursts 6 points ago +6 / -0

Yep, this is where we are at. I hope my rental income goes up by 25% though.

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DestroyerofCobwebs 5 points ago +5 / -0

What is going on here: They're trying to enstupify the youth so they will more readily accept nonsense as truth.

Why are they doing this: Because they are Communists, and since Communism is an objectively bad idea, a person has to be stupid to believe in it.

How can we stop it: By throwing them out of helicopters.

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MaverickRobot -3 points ago +1 / -4

Water tension can make it more than a gallon of water held. That's actually the point the math or making, and it's quite real and accurate. It's not the common use of it, but is not stupid or fake.

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ouvrez_les_yeux 1 point ago +1 / -0

Who said the buckets have water in them?

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MaverickRobot 0 points ago +1 / -1

The math which proves the definition of "1" exists.

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iwasbuiltforcomfort 4 points ago +4 / -0

Essentially the claim of 2+2=5 entirely depends on them changing rules and definitions until they get to the place that 2+2 does indeed = 5.

What the fuck!

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Marshall 4 points ago +5 / -1

First get rid of absolute truth (GOD), then you are free to get rid of mathematical truth. Then truth is a matter of opinion and whips around like a flag in the wind.

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spezisapedo 3 points ago +3 / -0

entirely depends on them changing rules and definitions until they get to the place ...

so... exactly like everything else they do? ... see "definition of racism".

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MAGAbetterargument 2 points ago +2 / -0

As someone said in the tweets, just deconstruct their paycheck and 2+2=4 again all of a sudden.

This is the right answer. Play their stupid games against them to prove that not all interpretations are valid.

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Fabius 1 point ago +1 / -0

2+2 never equals 5.

They are delusional.

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MaverickRobot -1 points ago +1 / -2

In fact, it can and does for high values of 2 in specific situations. It's.... Complicated, but it stems from how you prove "1" exists in the first place, and is beyond my education on it. This was a "trap" laid to catch people unaware of high level science and math. What they're saying is technically true but not commonly applied.

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donaldo_dil_trumpini 3 points ago +3 / -0

i thought i wasn't that smart, but in comparison to these people i might as well be a God. Fucking clowns the lot of them.

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av345 3 points ago +3 / -0

Just wait till the find out about 0 Kelvin, absolute zero. They'll probably call that transphobic or racist.

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f_u_reddit 3 points ago +3 / -0

Someone learned different bases of numbers and thinks their smart and edgy. No one cares, anywhere on earth, if you type 2 + 2, you mean base 10 all the way down to native code on computers which do the base 2 / 16 conversion via firmware, and you would use hex or bits then, not numeric. The entire point of this is flawed. Cool, you understand number systems, get off my lawn.

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nrjk1 3 points ago +3 / -0

Based James Lindsay started this.

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MadRussian 2 points ago +2 / -0

Jesus fuck. How do I get off this planet?

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MaverickRobot 0 points ago +2 / -2

By learning the high level math, which is quite real, which they are referencing. They are technically quite right in specific situations, and they are using a bad analogy to explain it.

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rootGoose 2 points ago +2 / -0

The deconstruction and denial of objective truth is their means of establishing control, it allows them to change the truth on a whim, and prevent us from challenging them, especially if the very language you have is redefined as innately evil.

These people are dangerous, mostly to us, less so to themselves.

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redditadminssuckit 2 points ago +2 / -0

2+2=4 is based on the understanding that you are adding identical things.

They use arguments like "2 apples + 2 oranges doesn't equal 4 apples" NO SHIT FUCKHEAD

The other one is arguing 2 factories + 2 factories = 5 because the factories contain the materials to make 5 machines. Reminds me of the Idiocracy scene where NotSure is asked If you have one bucket with 2 gallons and another bucket with 3 gallons, how many....buckets do you have?"

And he correctly answered "TWO" because ONE BUCKET plus ONE BUCKET equals two. Not 5 gallons.

Fucking imbeciles.

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james43552352345 2 points ago +2 / -0

This is a good HR question to ask any potential candidates to make sure they aren't "woke".

HR Question: What is 2+2?

Normal person: "It is equal to 4"

Woke person: "Well it depends on what context the question is asked in and the various axioms that exist" (or some equivalent "big brain" logic)

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Fabius 2 points ago +2 / -0

These people are literally retarded.

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MaverickRobot -1 points ago +1 / -2

Actually, this is one where they are right.

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MegaMagaManX 2 points ago +2 / -0

Wish that we still had people the likes of Einstein and Hawking still around.

Now we have people under 30 obsessed with TikTok and themselves. The future is grim if they take control

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Sumarongi 1 point ago +1 / -0

Hawking was a pedo. Visited Epstein island and then became a climate warrior shortly after. Hawking was a pedo

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MegaMagaManX 2 points ago +2 / -0

News to me, sad really. What could he have done from his chair anyway?

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MaverickRobot -1 points ago +1 / -2

Einstein agreed that 2+2 can equal 5 for high values of 2. I'm not kidding.

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Cheesecakecrush 2 points ago +2 / -0

Good, these psychotic lefties can get bankrupted by overdraft fees when they completely fail to balance their checkbooks because of this horseshit.

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Marshall 2 points ago +2 / -0

They'll pass a law banning overdraft fees as systemic racism.

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DeadMenSmellToenails 1 point ago +1 / -0

Math is racist

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Live_Free_1776 1 point ago +1 / -0

Applying postmodernism to mathematics. What could go wrong?

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maga-pede-2020 1 point ago +1 / -0

The chicken example. They're describing the Fibonacci Sequence, which requires an algorithm to express. 11235.

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MAGA_4EVER 1 point ago +1 / -0

This is why homeschooling our kids is the way of the future.

Soon, neighborhoods will band together and create our own schools.

Hopefully, the vouchers Devos has been talking about for 4 years becomes a reality. Then each neighborhood can hire a few teachers based upon their own criteria and know exactly what is being taught to kids.

Then, kids can go to community colleges halfway through highschool and not spend so much time in indoctrination centers.

I can see the plan unfolding. I just hope it becomes a reality.

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MythArcana 1 point ago +1 / -0

If anyone needed re-education camps, it would be Democrats.

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chahn1138 1 point ago +1 / -0

Ah Claire. :0)

For me this comes as Four Lights on the Wall.

FOUR

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yzzp 1 point ago +1 / -0

you start losing reality with leftism what else is new

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RiverRunnerVDB 1 point ago +1 / -0

People who advocate for this kind of insanity need to be purged. We are welllllllllll past shaming only. We need to cull these idiots from the gene pool.

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BIG_TUNA 1 point ago +1 / -0

If they're "deconstructing" hard mathematical values the level of devastation to society will be catastrophic. Can't wait to see the skyscrapers, bridges, convention centers, and other construction projects collapse horribly in their world.

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MaverickRobot -2 points ago +1 / -3

It actually comes it's of the proofs needed to show 1 exists at all. They're quite actuate, though with a very uncommon usage of numbers.

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ChromeWeasel 1 point ago +1 / -0

JFK!

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physicscat 1 point ago +1 / -0

Let them try and balance their checkbook.

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308win 1 point ago +1 / -0

Sometimes....its best to lay off the pot while on twitter.

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