Bob

Mad scientist. Fandom junkie. Dork.

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@msheatherwebb @aereichert @lindaholmes I’ve never seen it but I read the Wikipedia synopsis and I’m haunted by the descriptions.

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@kukkyuwu @Nadasdee @sarahlugor My brother replied, “Only the rich people have mud houses. The rest of us live in trees.”

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But my “mental chalkboard” only holds a few digits at a time, and those disappear quickly.

Sometimes I wonder what arithmetic is like for people whose numbers stay in their heads. The 27 + 48 thread answers a few of my questions.

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This thread is fascinating!

My brain instinctively uses the “add the ones place, carry the tens place, add the tens place” method, which great if you have pen and paper, but is not the most efficient for mental arithmetic.

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...but it did explain my misery while trying to keep my grades up in pursuit of those degrees.

Mental arithmetic using number patterns requires holding the original and “transformed” numbers in your memory, tracking which is which, adding the right ones together

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@raker1000 @ErikJLarsen @chipnanimus Not weird. Your brains are efficient at recognizing patterns.

I’m totally not jealous that my brain doesn’t instinctively do this. 🤥

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@chipnanimus In the ones place 7+7+1=15, carry the 1, then in the tens place 2+4+1=7, we get 75

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@ausmazehanat @aamnaqureshi_ “But HOW MUCH cumin do I need to add?”
“You’ll just know.”
“NO I WONT, MOM!!”

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@wmdxiii @JoshLoveFanAcct @LibyaLiberty Also, Latin scholars bemoaning that the fashionable Spanish aristocracy would rather compose Arabic poetry than learn Latin like proper Christians. I guess the old guard has ALWAYS complained about Kids These Days.

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@wmdxiii @JoshLoveFanAcct @LibyaLiberty Chivalry! Medieval chivalry apparently was picked up by Europeans from the Moors. I just learned this today.

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@UnfocalPoints @BadLegalTakes I feel like there should be endless employment opportunities right now for night club bouncers with law degrees.

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@edgyprettyboy @LuckyCat12901 @AITA_reddit I was surprised and delighted the day I discovered that turmeric fluoresces under a black light. This information may be of use to you.

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@GeneraLMcMill @AngelicaDawn78 @Wissa38 I think the “you” in the last sentence is meant in the sense of “one’s own self”, ie the parent in a transracial adoption.

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@marthadurham512 @attackerman That absolves the detainees. It doesn’t absolve the government.

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@jrebeclee @_jamieland @MaraWilson I watched part 2 the year I was discovering how much college cost and how little I could afford. I wanted to cry over how much money he could simply throw away.

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@sarahehsan92 @MaraWilson Their high school was a castle. I was very envious.

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@bethgraced @OwenAdamsYT1 @MaraWilson Then he sold it, had regrets, and bought it back at extortionist rates.