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Jesus and Trump

The Commander in Chief and the Commander in Cheat; the Anointed One by God the Father and the QAnon-ed one by alt-right voters; the Alpha and the Omega, and the rejected and the ejected; and the others-centered and the me-centered.

Comparing Jesus and Trump is like comparing heaven and hell, or forgiveness and vindictiveness.

by MathPlus April 7, 2021

Emoji Math

The use of emojis instead of letters or symbols in questions, equations, or expressions as an attempt to lure those who are not so symbol-minded to math.

An example of emoji math is to calculate the value of each item from the following pair of equations:
2 🍩 + ☕️ = $3.90
3 🍩 + 2 ☕️ = $6.60

Answer: 🍩 = $1.20, ☕️ = $1.50.

by MathPlus October 17, 2017

Yoga

A paranormal corona cure endorsed by nationalistic Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his gang of gurus, although any negative correlation between meditation and viral infection has yet to be proven.

Just as the American right-wing ex-president promoted disinfectants and UV light as corona cures to his millions of diehard supporters, the Indian prime minister is now touting yoga as a spiritual cure against Covid-19 and the deadlier Delta variant to his hardcore BJP supporters.

by MathPlus July 4, 2021

Mustafa Shopping Centre

Singapore’s popular hangout for migrant workers, and a destination of choice for budget tourists, which is arguably ground zero for the high number of corona infected cases that had plagued the “fine” island-state.

Although safe distancing measures were in place at the dormitories long before the lockdown started on April 7, with thousands of migrant workers socializing and shopping at Mustafa Shopping Centre on their off days, it’d have been a miracle or modern-day Passover had God graciously and completely spared the mostly Hindu and Muslim migrants from the coronavirus.

by MathPlus January 5, 2021

The C Register

When governments want to discreetly keep a record of “uncooperative” or “selfish” citizens and residents who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus, thus hindering their goal for the population to attain herd immunity.

Countries that have set up the C register are mum what they’d do to those vaccine free riders, other than hinting that they’d not expect to be treated the same as those who have come forward to be inoculated in spite of potential health risks.

by MathPlus February 23, 2021

Otter Math

When locals’ and aliens’ mixed attitude vis-à-vis otters and their apparently manageable growing population on the “fine” city of Singapore provides a fertile ground for math educators to pose a number of brain-unfriendly questions to challenge exam-smart symbol-minded students.

Two otter math questions from a Singapore math problem solving book are:
1. At a recent otter attack at a church’s fish pond, five koi fish were swallowed up, while the remaining partially eaten fish were left with one or two eyes. From the 17 koi fish in the pond, the verger found only 16 eyes. How many koi fish lost only one eye?
2. On average, what percentage of fish in a pond get eaten by an otter family every time they terrorize a condominium located in some posh area of Singapore?

by MathPlus December 11, 2021

Urban Dictionary Asshole

One who would maniacally or sadistically downvote any new entries on a daily basis, by clicking on the contributor’s username, even before they are publicly accessible under the search engine, or would have them deleted.

Since last December, some Urban Dictionary asshole has been downvoting every recently approved entries submitted by MathPlus a dozen times every day—it’s high time the Urban Dictionary squad look into this terrorist attack, by exposing the suspected Islamist or Trump perpetrator.

by MathPlus January 3, 2019