Five Pillars of Islam

(1) Belief in Allah (God) and Mohammad (an old word referring to Jesus Christ), as expressed in the Qu'ran (a mistranslated, Syriac Christian book).
(2) Pray 5 times a day facing Mecca (an Arabic town where an imaginary pagan prophet lived).
(3) Giving of alms (Zakat, or 2.5% of income, which is 1/4 the customary alms required of other Christian sects).
(4) Fast during Ramadan (an imitation of the Lenten Christian holy month, Ramadan is related to the crescent moon)
(5) A trip to Mecca (ensures that Saudis make a lot of money and involves walking around an old Christian church now called the Kaaba)

The "Five Pillars of Islam" were invented by competing Arabic warlords in the process of creating their new religion from an older, Christian sect. In time, these groups would be known as "Sunni" and "Shia."

by Juanky A. June 4, 2014

The Five Senses of Pi

Hearing: Your ears can listen to the musical digits of the seemingly random pattern of the decimal number π as they are being recited.

Smell: Your nose can scent the fragrance or sweet aroma of the digits of the transcendental number π.

Sight: Your mind’s eye can see at a glance the entire beautiful landscape of the real number π.

Taste: Your tongue can savor the different flavors of the digits of the sacred number π.

Touch: Your skin can feel the different sensations of the digits of the normal number π, when it is truncated to a certain number of significant figures.

Guesstimate how many autistic people or idiot savants around the world could experience at least one of the five senses of pi.

by MathPlus September 19, 2021

five pillars of islam

Faith
prayer
charity
fasting
pilgrimage to Mecca

the five bases of the Islamic faith: shahada (confession of faith), salat (prayer), zakat (almsgiving), sawm (fasting, especially during the month of Ramadan), and hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca) ::dictionary.com

five pillars of Islam consist of 5 factors believed by muslims in order to become a better person.

by howudoinn March 29, 2018

five year olds

Pure energy

"Oh look. There's a group of five year olds. Run"

by Liv_River_Song December 4, 2020

Five Minutes Of Fame

RICHARD.

He had five minutes of fame then went back to being a dumbass

by Twisted Monster February 27, 2021

Theory of the Five Facets of Science

An expansion of the Four Facets model that adds a crucial fifth dimension: the Technical-Technological Facet. This recognizes science not just as knowledge, but as the engine of technique and technology—the practical applications, instruments, methods, and tools that science both produces and depends upon. Where the Four Facets model captures science as method, belief system, power structure, and institution, the Five Facets model adds the reality of science as a tool-making enterprise. This facet explains how scientific progress is often driven by technological innovation (the telescope, the particle accelerator, the DNA sequencer), how scientific knowledge enables technological transformation, and how the boundary between pure science and applied technology is perpetually blurred. The five facets together—Methodological-Logical, Religious-Ideological, Social-Political-Economic, Academic-Structural-Organized, and Technical-Technological—provide an increasingly complete framework for understanding science as a human activity embedded in material culture.

Theory of the Five Facets of Science Example: "The discovery of CRISPR wasn't just a methodological breakthrough (Facet 1) or an academic achievement (Facet 4)—the Five Facets model reminds us it was fundamentally a Technical-Technological (Facet 5) revolution that transformed what scientists could actually do."

by Dumu The Void March 12, 2026

Forty-five Days of Stupid

That time generally starting a few days before Thanksgiving and ending sometime after the New Year where everyone appears to lose all common sense. Highlighted by events such as Black Friday, Drunk Christmas Parties, Fights over parking stalls at malls, erratic driving on freeways, an unexplainable increase in the number of people out and about, and general chaos wherever people tend to congregate.

Dude this sucks. I try to go to a store and I get hit by the Forty-Five Days of Stupid. People cutting me off on the drive over, fights over a parking stall, crabby-ass folks in line at the check out, and clerks that look like they would rather kill you and stick you in a closet than ring up your tab.

I'm gonna go in the basement with a six-pack and wait it out.

by Bob1655 December 23, 2011