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I'm Singaporean

A sarcastic response to a false and or generally fucking stupid accusation

of any kind
Typically of political or racist varieties

Based on a genuine response from the CEO of TikTok Shou Zi Chew about alleged connections between ByteDance and the Chinese government brought up by US Senator Tom Cotton
Senator: Are you a Chinese Communist?

CEO: Senator, I'm Singaporean
by My Name Jeff but Epic March 19, 2024
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The Trumpification of Singapore Math

When uninhibited math educators in the “fine” city of Singapore have started posing word problems that use rogue characters who exhibit the idiocies and idiosyncrasies of Mr. Pinocchio and his team of morally corrupt lawmakers and semi-innumerate advisors.
The Trumpification of Singapore math has sprung a dozen-odd politically incorrect titles that aim to hone students’ and parents’ critical thinking skills in mathematics.
by Numerati March 20, 2024
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The Bitcoinization of Singapore Math

When Bitcoin becomes not only the currency of choice among math educators and homeschoolers worldwide when ordering math books from the “fine” city online, but is also popular among an increasing number of local math authors who prefer their royalty to be paid in crypto.
The bitcoinization of Singapore math has propelled the city-state to lead the way in blockchain technology and math education, much to the envy of math educators around the globe.
by Numerati March 21, 2024
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When Grades 1–6 math questions from the “fine” city of Singapore are creatively or subtly presented on a printed, friendly, colorful calendar rather than through traditional channels like boring textbooks and workbooks, a change of platform often works wonders for math-anxious kids and their parents.
Social media and e-learning platforms are often hyped by publishing houses to market their math products, whereas the calendarization of Singapore Math could be a more effective and cheaper vehicle for raising numeracy in the general public.
by Numerati March 14, 2026
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The Amazonification of Singapore Math

When writers-mathepreneurs keen on leveraging on the Singapore math brand are ever grateful to Amazon’s print-on-demand services, which allows them to self-publish their oft-half-edited manuscripts, which were rejected by 99.99% of educational publishers.
The Amazonification of Singapore math and the low interest or investment in AI technologies have led some once-leading publishers to drop from hero to zero until it’s too late for them to do anything.
by Numerati December 30, 2024
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The Half-Life of Singapore Math

The time it takes for the bar model method, the heart and soul of Singapore math, to become a common feature in most math curriculums around the world, which implicitly means that it no longer holds the competitive edge over other developed nations in math education.
With pirates from both developing and developed countries leveraging on AI, the half-life of Singapore math is getting exponentially shorter, and the “fine” city of Singapore risks being innovated away if local math educators don’t act now.
by Numerati January 8, 2025
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The Democratization of Singapore Math

When more and more countries around the globe are fast embracing the Singapore math curriculum, or part of it, so as not to be left behind educationally and economically, as they copycat or emulate the best educational practices used by local math educators and tiger parents, who have helped put the “fine” city of Singapore on the world’s math education map.
Like the democratization of music, the democratization of Singapore math ought to force math educators in the city-state to embrace the courage imperative, by turning barriers into breakthroughs, or obstacles into opportunities, if they want to maintain an asymmetric advantage over their counterparts in other high GDP economies.
by Numerati January 14, 2025
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