Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

This is basically how I've felt—like the guy on the left— since 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlpLOYtTfzQ (SFW; 🐈​)

@LeDiva Next time you have the flu, be extra-sure to lick everything he owns. >___<

@chimerror Perhaps they are saving that for dessert.</ndnd>

@frameacloud I mean, it was definitely rooted in truth, though in practice these esoteric concepts were all thrown at kids with, say, a lot more examples and a lot slower...

@mawr Oh gods, you poor mawr. Our conference software DOES have that feature and it's STILL a friggin' calamity every time. :)

@frameacloud Sorry to spam you, but this Peanuts comic also sums it up pretty well, both the content and the resulting frustrations...

@frameacloud And while this Feynman bit is about a different subject, I feel like it criticizes the same "airy-fairy" tendencies in 1970s STEM education... http://fy.chalmers.se/~f3aamp/teaching/wakalix.html

@frameacloud Money quote from one of the applied math GOATs:

@frameacloud Huh. I only saw a bit of New Math education, given NE Ohio is always about 20 years behind the times at best... but my Mom was a big advocate of using "math manipulatives" (i.e. physical objects meant to teach math concepts concretely) and such when she was teaching 2nd/3rd grade, and I think those are considered a part of it.

My impression is that New Math was more focused on exploring the underlying concepts of how math works—like place value, base systems, basic set theory, foundational concepts like the additive/commutative/distributive property, and such—rather than relying on rote methods like chanting one's times tables.

I'm really torn about it, honestly. For "gifties" who were already good at abstract reasoning, it was a blessing and a real eye-opener—I know I sure prefer to know WHY something works instead of just how. My love of math only grew from exposure to all this weird, borderline-philosophical stuff.

But I can easily how it would just be a bridge too far, for kids and parents who were of the "TEACHER?! WHEN ARE WE GONNA _USE_ THIS?" mentality (often for very understandable class/survival reasons) and just did not have the background to grasp New Math. The stereotypical criticism of "dammit, my kid knows the commutative property—sort of—but can't multiply 27×13" is not invalid. This is doubly true in a typical American public school that's barely equipped to even teach kids the basics, let alone esoterica...

@Leucrotta i like that last one 🐯​

@Leucrotta Hmm, I wonder if I've finally found somebody who might actually care, if I deliver my whole spiel about what my favorite drinking games have in common...

(TL;DR: They should be as short as possible, e.g., drinking for "Hi Bob!" with The Bob Newhart Show, "Drink every time Vyv demolishes something" for Young Ones, or "Drink whatever the Archer cast is drinking, when they drink it*." Drinking games with multi-page lists are lame.)

*DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS ONE FOR YOU WILL SURELY DIE

@LeDiva Oh THAAAANKS nice KIIIITTY! (*glaven*)

feelin bitey tbh 🐯​

@dodec We don't like how fast they go through socks. 🐯​

@LeDiva Is it Smithereens, or the one with like Lindsey Lohan or Amanda Bynes or whatever? O;)

"HAMOS: THE MANS OF FATE!"

New headcanon: due to the relative lack of tigroid genomic diversity left by the 2200s, Martian DNA is actually about 15-20% housecat.

Asking Martians about rumors to this effect is like asking Klingons about their forehead ridges, i.e., a good way to find yourself dangling from a coathook.

But if you MUST know, that 15-20% is mostly Maine Coon and Norwegian Forest Cat, i.e., the BIGGEST AND BEST smallcat components available.

It's why we get along relatively well with Mooncats, though we'd never admit it to one of THEM. It's also why our fur doesn't need conditioner, it just looks fluffy and perfect every single day. *tosses her luxuriant metallic-red mane*

@kelseyhusky @LexYeen@snouts.online I didn't even know it was sick⸮ 😺​

@LexYeen@snouts.online Oh great, wouldn't us editorial types just love one more thing for people to get wrong⸮

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation ;) )

@LeDiva I've seen the "Um, Mortal Kombat, but..." one, but not the other two!