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A political label for an “ungrateful” citizen who selfishly voted for the opposition to ensure that there are some checks and balances for the ruling party, because they know that the previous government would win again, as the majority of voters trusted them for their decades-long competency and efficiency.
Singapore’s Prime Minister cheekily remarked that those who didn’t vote for his party are “free riders,” who just want to enjoy the best of both worlds: enjoying the financial goodies given out by the government while expecting the opposition to expose any unlucky MPs or ministers who are caught in some unethical or immoral activities like corruption, nepotism, and adultery.
by Covido September 5, 2020
Get the Free Rider mug.When authors of pop math books or e-books try to give their readers a make-believe mathematical experience, by keeping formulas and equations to a minimum, because for the publisher, every additional equation in the book has the potential of halving the sales figures.
Dubbed as “math lite,” armchair math goes some way in helping math-anxious readers appreciate the beauty, ubiquity, and utility of math in real life.
by Covido April 12, 2022
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A leaked out document from a Chinese lab that is investigating whether vaccine intimacy is pure nonsense or not reveals these alleged possibilities:
Pfizer + Moderna: Boy
Moderna + Pfizer: Girl
Sinovac + Pfizer: Twins
Sputnik + Sinovac + Sinopharm: Unknown
Pfizer + Moderna: Boy
Moderna + Pfizer: Girl
Sinovac + Pfizer: Twins
Sputnik + Sinovac + Sinopharm: Unknown
by Covido February 12, 2022
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The president-loser is arguably suffering from post-covid syndrome—is the FDA-unapproved “miracle drug” he took weeks ago now playing tricks on his brain, who is asking his lawyers whether he’d sue the doctors for negligence or incompetence.
by Covido December 7, 2020
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Why cybersix attracts so much interest even among math-anxious folks? Are they curious to know more about the six days of creation, as described in the Bible? Do they want to read up about the beautiful properties of the perfect number six? Or, could it be something else that isn’t so obvious to most logical or puritan minds?
by Covido July 22, 2022
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In TrumpWorld, or among an obscene number of morally corrupt Trumpublican lawmakers, a picture is worth 280 characters.
by Covido February 8, 2022
Get the A picture is worth 280 characters. mug.When Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán used the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to come up with an undemocratic act to grab unlimited political power—for example, someone who is spreading false information about the coronavirus could be jailed up to five years.
Under the cover of the Covid-🇭🇺 pandemic, the Orbán government could declare a “state of health emergency” whenever it wanted to crack down on the Opposition.
by Covido April 10, 2021
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