• adarza@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    pegglegg back in fifth grade: ‘why i need to learn this math stuff. i aint never gunna use it’

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        5 days ago

        you still need to know what buttons to push on the magic box, and in what order…

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            4 days ago

            “It’s not like you’ll regularly have a little box in your pocket with access to the sum of all of the knowledge in the world but you’ll have to sift through an equal amount of incorrect knowledge and have the ability to differentiate the two.”

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      5 days ago

      That kind of math didn’t start for me until letters started showing up in it. This is basic shit though!