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When diehard party-goers who superstitiously believe that the coronavirus is scared of ghosts are required by the authorities to wear a “frightening” mask to remind onlookers that the virus won’t take a break just because it is Halloween.
Unlike Muslim-majority countries that ban Halloween because it is against Islamic teachings, a number of Western nations are allowing the “infidel“ festival to proceed provided the organizers strictly enforce Covid-👻 rules.
by MathPlus October 30, 2020
Get the Covid-👻mug. When the symbol π drawn on a piece of paper is cut up and glued onto a piece of magnetic sheet to make a DIY fridge magnet—an inexpensive fun family math activity to introduce the most popular constant in mathematics to precocious kids.
What are the chances that if some kidpreneurs decided to tailor-make some pi magnets to sell to their classmates, they could earn enough money to afford a Mother’s Day present?
by MathPlus October 8, 2021
Get the Pi Magnetmug. When a country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been quasi-effective partly because citizens and residents understand the importance of wearing a face mask in public squares even though a significant number of them have been fully vaccinated.
Compared to the incompetent US, Brazil, and India responses, China’s success in containing the Covid-19 pandemic could be partially attributed to mask pride and vaccine nationalism.
by MathPlus June 12, 2021
Get the Mask Pridemug. The spiritual equivalent of mathematical problem solving. How to pray when you don’t know what to pray.
Just as problem solving is about what to do when you don’t know what to do, speaking in tongues is allowing the Holy Spirit (the third Person in the Trinity) to pray to God on your behalf in a supernatural language that you yourself don’t understand.
by MathPlus April 4, 2021
Get the Speaking in tonguesmug. When rogue politicians or unethical drug manufacturers are continually exaggerating the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic to hang on to power, or to profit from the oft-irrational fear of semi-informed citizens.
How many millions of people worldwide are subconsciously suffering from corona-fetishism, when power politics or profiteering has held them captive?
by MathPlus December 25, 2021
Get the Corona-fetishismmug. When tax fugitives and corrupt entrepreneurs in Singapore want to ostentatiously donate millions to Trump’s post-election fund to help him fight against “fraudulent ballots”—which prevented him from being re-elected in the 2020 presidential election—in the hope that come 2024, when he ran again and won bigly, he would grant them tax concessions as a quid pro quo.
Ironically, most members of Singapore 4 Trump are filthy rich permanent citizens and naturalized citizens from mainland China and India, and millionaires and billionaires who had fled the US and the EU to settle in tax-heaven Singapore, who bet that having Trump as the re-elected president in 2024 or 2028 would be an auspicious year for their businesses.
by MathPlus December 10, 2020
Get the Singapore 4 Trumpmug. A label used during the coronavirus pandemic to warn anyone in public squares or in social circles that the marked empty space or seat cannot be occupied to minimize the odds of them being infected.
A geeky Covidiot argued with the police that he occupied the space marked with X, because he’d figured out that the distance between him and the next person was more than six feet away, so he’s in no way breaking any social distancing rules, or endangering other people’s lives.
by MathPlus December 28, 2020
Get the Xmug.