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Prisonies

Trump’s convicted cronies who escaped imprisonment because they were pardoned by him as a quid pro quo for helping him rise to the highest office in the land with some collusion with Russia.

Guesstimate how many prisonies would be free on 1/20, 2021, when the Liar-in-Chief leaves (or is escorted out of) the White House.

by MathPlus December 27, 2020

Take a Knee

To disrespectfully kneel instead of standing up during the National Anthem to protest against politicians you don’t like, because of their discriminatory practices, racist views, or offensive comments.

Imagine if every time an employee or football player doesn’t like something about their CEO or president, they take a knee—aren’t there better ways to justifiably convey their anger or frustration?

by MathPlus September 30, 2017

Sharia Math

Math problems that directly or indirectly leverage on dozens of man-made religious rules, which often discriminate against women and girls, that dictate how faithful Mohammedans ought to live among “infidels,” especially if they are the minority in the population.

Radical Islamist groups want certain math topics like percentages, probability, and statistics to be banned from a sharia math curriculum, because they promote interest rate earnings, unhealthy lifestyles, or gambling, which could lead students into unwholesome activities or vice, thus compromising their faith.

by MathPlus September 18, 2021

Gossip

Tasty or juicy words that we enjoy swallowing, as they head their way into our innermost thoughts—they are easy to remember and retain, and are ever ready to be shared.

It’s unlikely that those who gossip to you won’t gossip about you. Think of the harm or hurt a gossip does to relationships and friendships.

by MathPlus April 30, 2023

Coronaffiti

When Singapore with strict graffiti laws sounds open to designating spaces where graffiti is allowed—a form of vandalistic inoculation—especially for folks to vent out their frustrations about the government’s half-baked reactive measures in containing the high infection and mortality rates, as the “fine” city experiments to live with Covid in the endemic new normal.

Arts critics have mixed feelings about Singapore’s semi-openness in allowing coronaffiti at some designated locations, because some artistically talented actors from the Opposition could be a pain in the brain in exposing the 4G leaders’ recurring hypocrisy and ineptitude in solving the corona crisis.

by MathPlus October 7, 2021

Void Deck

Singapore’s empty zones on the ground floor of apartment blocks, where children play in the mornings and senior citizens play Chinese chess or complain about unpopular or unfair government policies at dusk, aimed at encouraging communal interaction among the bored residents.

To what extent have void decks in the “fine” city of Singapore strengthened social cohesion and religious harmony among the different races in the last half century? Does it sound like another socially engineered attempt by the authorities to maintaining peace and order in the multicultural and multiracial island-state?

by MathPlus October 11, 2021

Zeroist

When the number zero starts exhibiting its mean or ugly side, by being a “numerical troublemaker” to other numbers in an arithmetic operation.

Zero can really be a “numerical asshole” if it’s allowed to behave in a zeroist manner vis-à-vis fellow numerals, when they’re part of a mathematical operation like 1 ÷ 0, 0 ÷ 0, or 0⁰.

by MathPlus November 30, 2018