A PC term for the 2019–2022 era, where the social trends have shifted: no more wearing of face masks, no more vaccines and boosters, no more social distancing and quarantine, and no more tracking and tracing—a temporary global relief from viruses and variants until the next deadlier pandemic shows up.
by MathPlus February 05, 2022
When someone would dump their boyfriend or girlfriend, or even their fiancé or fiancée, after they were tested positive for the coronavirus, because they reasoned that any offspring from them might not grow into a healthy person, whose DNA would have been compromised by infected cells, or who might be carriers of yet-to-be-detected corona diseases for future generations.
Guesstimate how many couples worldwide quietly or unexplainably parted ways due to viral separation since the beginning of the pandemic.
by MathPlus March 20, 2022
Those who would conveniently or lazily order their meal via the Grab app even though they could easily step out of their house and walk a few meters away to have their breakfast, lunch, or dinner at a nearby food court or hawker center.
What would be the long-term health condition for the Grab generation, who rely on takeaways and practice zero exercise?
by MathPlus April 03, 2021
When unscrupulous mainland Chinese manufacturers ship millions of inferior or ISO-unapproved masks to syndicates in both developed and developing countries, which then distribute them to unsuspected hospitals and businesses—when low quality masks the wallet-friendly masks.
Is mask trafficking behind the difference between “Three China-made mask boxes for $10” and “One mask box at $8”?
by MathPlus March 27, 2021
When autistic folks or idiot savants claim that hours-long meditation on the digits of the decimal number π puts them in some kind of hypnotic state, thus allowing their mind’s eye to see sexy numerical relationships, or kaleidoscopic geometric shapes linked to the “sacred” digits of the transcendental pi in hyperspace.
Pure mathematicians or number theorists obsessed with the beautiful properties of π love to indulge themselves in pi trance activities, hoping to experience a few aha! moments in the process.
by MathPlus July 13, 2021
A phrase that implies that the world doesn’t need more fake billionaires, more corrupt leaders, more serial liars, more narcissists, more racists, and more white supremacists, but rather more God-fearing and honest heads of state who give a damn about something other than benefiting themselves and their oft-shady businesses.
Although President Biden told the world that America is back on the world stage, however, US allies feel ambivalent about this new political normal, because for them, one Trump is one too many.
by MathPlus February 27, 2021
Brain-unfriendly or fiendish math questions that leverage on the public’s mixed attitude vis-à-vis the oft-feared bat, which has so far received bad publicity or negative press in the aftermath of unproven claims that it was the vector for the coronavirus pandemic.
Two examples of bat math are:
a) Today is Friday the 13th. Trump’s spiritual guide recommends that he should drink the blood of a bat 666 days from today to live a "normal” life free from nightmares and demonic attacks. What day of the week would he perform that dreaded ritual?
b) Given that 🦠 + 🦇= 76 and 🦠 × 🦇 = 19, what is the value of 1/🦠 + 1/🦇?
Answers: a) Saturday b) 4.
a) Today is Friday the 13th. Trump’s spiritual guide recommends that he should drink the blood of a bat 666 days from today to live a "normal” life free from nightmares and demonic attacks. What day of the week would he perform that dreaded ritual?
b) Given that 🦠 + 🦇= 76 and 🦠 × 🦇 = 19, what is the value of 1/🦠 + 1/🦇?
Answers: a) Saturday b) 4.
by MathPlus April 17, 2021