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Bat

A nocturnal creature that continues to receive bad press since the coronavirus pandemic hit the planet, because it was blamed for unprovenly transmitting the virus to humans.

After a video showing a Chinese woman consuming bat soup (which was shot in Palau, and not in China, many years before the Covid-19 outbreak) was virally circulated, the bat has since become the world’s most notorious mammal.

by MathPlus March 8, 2021

Tabloid Math

Juicy talks in mathematical circles on who are working on which projects or proofs, or who have been offered tenure, especially among the “office politicians” who were unprovenly promoted based on their close or intimate relationship with the boss rather than on their published papers and teaching awards.

Stabbing each other on the back, bitching about promoted or demoted fellow colleagues, and the like are part and parcel of tabloid math conversation, which preoccupies the minds of thousands of frustrated or marginalized mathematicians at lunchtime.

by MathPlus March 8, 2021

Political Mask

When the wearing of a face mask has turned into a divisive political issue in a number of countries that protect their citizens’ individual rights, whose selfish behaviors in donning zero masks in public in the midst of a pandemic crisis endanger the health of the majority.

Alt-right politicians are pushing their political mask agenda, by pretending to address the anti-social demands of a noisy minority to win their votes.

by MathPlus March 9, 2021

I Mask, Therefore I Am.

When tens of thousands of people worldwide suddenly realize their existence or mortality after wearing a face mask in public, because they are conscious or paranoid of their physical look for vanity reasons or otherwise.

Trump, who ridiculed his political rival for publicly donning a mask, narcissistically told his diehard supporters after he’s infected with the coronavirus, “I mask, therefore I am.”

by MathPlus March 9, 2021

Maskelist

Someone who collects face masks from different countries as a hobby: DIY masks, designer masks, defective masks, political masks, and the like.

With the coronavirus pandemic still raging and the wearing of face masks being mandatory in most parts of the world, maskelists have popped up in different parts of the world, as they see an opportunity to make some decent money from their new hobby.

by MathPlus March 9, 2021

COVID-19

The planetary equivalent of someone who suffered a heart attack that nearly killed them—which often arises due to zero exercise, unhealthy diet, or high-stress lifestyle—because earthlings made bad choices like deforesting and polluting the earth, ignoring the poor and the marginalized, and overspending on the military but underspending on health care systems.

COVID-19 exposes how fragile global supply chains are, how under-funded health or medical systems worldwide are, and how vulnerable the poor and marginalized in both developed and developing countries are.

by MathPlus March 10, 2021

Musk Math

Brain-unfriendly math questions that leverage on the wealth of South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, whom mainland Chinese worship as “King of Mars” or “Rocket Man” for building flying cars and colonising the cosmos—they view Mr. Musk as a coldblooded god, compared to Jack Ma, whom they call a “performing monkey.”

Two Musk Math questions are:
a) Guesstimate how many face masks China could produce from billionaire Musk’s obscene wealth.
b) If Mr. Musk spent ten thousand dollars every day, would he have enough money left by the time he experienced his last heartbeat?

by MathPlus March 12, 2021