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Exposing the mysteries, magic, and myths about the number π to an oft-innumerate or semi-mathophobic lay public, who secretly desire to gain an understanding or appreciation of the beauty, ubiquity, and utility of mathematics’ most famous constant.
Prof. Ian recently revised and updated “Naked Pi,” which is presently available for sale only on the dark web, because part of the book’s mature or woke content might not go well with a conservative or puritan audience.
by Fasters May 24, 2022
Get the Naked Pi mug.Short for “Pi Nostradamus.” Someone who not only coins π-related terms and popularizes oft-preposterous π concepts, but also predicts π breakthroughs—or makes bold claims on π hypotheses that could be proved or disproved in a-not-too-distant future.
It’s estimated that there are a dozen-odd pitradamuses or “pi futurists” who are unofficially affiliated with higher institutions of learning worldwide—they work as ghost researchers or ghostwriters for tenured math profs.
by Fasters June 14, 2022
Get the Pitradamus mug.When you meditate on the number π through all five senses, by disconnecting from the use of all technology with screens—only a pen and paper allowed, if need be—in the hope of experiencing an aha!
Going barefoot, being naked or/and blindfolded, and wearing a mask are some recommended frames of mind for those who are serious enough to put themselves in a pi posture.
by Fasters January 30, 2022
Get the Pi Posture mug.The minor sector formed when the two hands of a circular clock at 3:14 are imaginarily extended to its edge or circumference.
by Fasters August 25, 2022
Get the Pi Sector mug.The religion of Donald J. Trump and his ultra-MAGA patriots, where X is a spiritual unknown—an unspoken health-and-wealth gospel that is often associated with a mélange of white racism or supremacism and faux Christianity.
Believers of Xianity are lured to the gospel teachings of Hannity and Tucker on Fox News, while the hardcore believers, who’re obsessed with the white population being outbred by immigrants, Mohammedan migrants, and refugees, would get their daily spiritual feeding on OANN and NewsMax.
by Fasters January 14, 2023
Get the Xianity mug.Short for “Spy Pi.” The coded term for a math secret agent—who usually works as a journal or college textbook math editor, reviewer, or consultant—who would leak out information about submitted journal articles or contracted unedited manuscripts on the number π to some tenured faculty members (or to those seeking a permanent position in academia) in exchange for cash or favors.
Although the pool of 007 π operatives worldwide is unknown, however, their number is likely to be much higher than expected, as they’re sought after by faculty members who’d resort to unethical means and ways to secure tenure.
by Fasters November 24, 2022
Get the 007 π mug.The use of variables, equations, or inequalities to poke fun at the adulterous adventures of financially corrupt ex-presidents or ex-prime ministers, and of morally bankrupt priests or Pharisees, who continually deny having an affair with paid porn stars or Playboy models in spite of indisputable proof of hush money being involved to cover up their cheating habits.
A quick-and-dirty naked algebra question, which was censored by Floridian “woke math” educators, is the following: “Two b’s for $x + $130K + $y fine (and $z for possible bribery in exchange for a shorter stay behind bars). Guesstimate x, y, and z.”
by Fasters April 3, 2023
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