Accelerationist Commandant Sarah 🏳️🌈
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This is exactly how I became self-aware and more empathetic! After going through something I swore I never would, that shit woke me tf up.
Now, when people attempt to give me hypotheticals, they get upset when I say I can't answer that because I'd only know if I were going through it!
Now, when people attempt to give me hypotheticals, they get upset when I say I can't answer that because I'd only know if I were going through it!
Something I learned is that people have all of the answers to questions when the scenario hasn't happened to them, but once it's really in your face the circumstances change. I have judged situations prematurely only to change when confronted with it. This is why I don't like hypotheticals.
February 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is exactly how I became self-aware and more empathetic! After going through something I swore I never would, that shit woke me tf up.
Now, when people attempt to give me hypotheticals, they get upset when I say I can't answer that because I'd only know if I were going through it!
Now, when people attempt to give me hypotheticals, they get upset when I say I can't answer that because I'd only know if I were going through it!
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Hassett: "Tariffs have created a golden age in America"
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Hassett: "Tariffs have created a golden age in America"
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There's something so depressing about seeing a school shooting happen in Canada, looking at the tolls and thinking "yeah, that's a bad one" only to hear it described as "one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history."
I'm so acclimated to them I look at numbers like I'm evaluating snowfall.
I'm so acclimated to them I look at numbers like I'm evaluating snowfall.
February 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
There's something so depressing about seeing a school shooting happen in Canada, looking at the tolls and thinking "yeah, that's a bad one" only to hear it described as "one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history."
I'm so acclimated to them I look at numbers like I'm evaluating snowfall.
I'm so acclimated to them I look at numbers like I'm evaluating snowfall.
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as a GenXer our entire childhood vibe was "you are probably going to die in nuclear fire by the time you are 30, good luck with that kid." so as much as "be good at math or you'll die" sucks and puts a weird anxiety on people, at least they gave you some sense of agency in the matter, lol.
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 AM
as a GenXer our entire childhood vibe was "you are probably going to die in nuclear fire by the time you are 30, good luck with that kid." so as much as "be good at math or you'll die" sucks and puts a weird anxiety on people, at least they gave you some sense of agency in the matter, lol.
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My parents ridiculed me regularly in what they clearly thought was lighthearted manner about how I’m just not wired for math and that’s why as a Chinese person I will never find mainstream success, but could maybe still do well for myself if I stopped being lazy and got better grades lol
February 11, 2026 at 2:08 AM
My parents ridiculed me regularly in what they clearly thought was lighthearted manner about how I’m just not wired for math and that’s why as a Chinese person I will never find mainstream success, but could maybe still do well for myself if I stopped being lazy and got better grades lol
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me, child prodigy at math, crashed and burned in college.
kid, struggled quite a bit, didn't get into the math he wanted to in high school, did a year on his own in summer to catch back up, now math major in college, not having issues.
kid, struggled quite a bit, didn't get into the math he wanted to in high school, did a year on his own in summer to catch back up, now math major in college, not having issues.
February 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM
me, child prodigy at math, crashed and burned in college.
kid, struggled quite a bit, didn't get into the math he wanted to in high school, did a year on his own in summer to catch back up, now math major in college, not having issues.
kid, struggled quite a bit, didn't get into the math he wanted to in high school, did a year on his own in summer to catch back up, now math major in college, not having issues.
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The math classes I took at St. John's College used primary sources so we learned Euclid's Geometry and moved to Appolonius and others. Made it much easier to understand concepts that were abstract numbers in math text books
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollon...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollon...
Apollonius of Perga - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 AM
The math classes I took at St. John's College used primary sources so we learned Euclid's Geometry and moved to Appolonius and others. Made it much easier to understand concepts that were abstract numbers in math text books
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollon...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollon...
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Yes, it made me very very angry as a kid that apparently only math ability mattered to the culture.
February 11, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Yes, it made me very very angry as a kid that apparently only math ability mattered to the culture.
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I was *also* like that in languages, though maybe not quite to the same degree. college level in like crate 3-4, crazy reading speed, etc. but yeah that was a party trick where math was what "mattered". but my brain parses them sorta same. math is to me basically just a weird language.
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I was *also* like that in languages, though maybe not quite to the same degree. college level in like crate 3-4, crazy reading speed, etc. but yeah that was a party trick where math was what "mattered". but my brain parses them sorta same. math is to me basically just a weird language.
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I was the opposite at math, they literally could not teach me fast enough, and I hated that sentiment so much, even on the positive side.
"my brain is shaped the right way to make that easy and that's extremely helpful but please dont make it morally significant admin weirdos"
"my brain is shaped the right way to make that easy and that's extremely helpful but please dont make it morally significant admin weirdos"
February 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM
I was the opposite at math, they literally could not teach me fast enough, and I hated that sentiment so much, even on the positive side.
"my brain is shaped the right way to make that easy and that's extremely helpful but please dont make it morally significant admin weirdos"
"my brain is shaped the right way to make that easy and that's extremely helpful but please dont make it morally significant admin weirdos"
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I also did well in math through high school and arguably into undergrad. Yet, I’ve always felt it a weakness and I’ve published papers using advanced stats. I suppose it’s because I’ve always known folks better at it than me.
February 11, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I also did well in math through high school and arguably into undergrad. Yet, I’ve always felt it a weakness and I’ve published papers using advanced stats. I suppose it’s because I’ve always known folks better at it than me.
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as someone who did fine with math but ended up in a social science field, can confirm that both self-effacing “ooh numbers scary” from within and condescending “aw you dumb babies” from without is still pervasive
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 AM
as someone who did fine with math but ended up in a social science field, can confirm that both self-effacing “ooh numbers scary” from within and condescending “aw you dumb babies” from without is still pervasive
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The sentiment is alive and well. I dropped out of a STEM program to switch to Linguistics and people mock me to this day for it.
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
The sentiment is alive and well. I dropped out of a STEM program to switch to Linguistics and people mock me to this day for it.
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I literally had my 9th grade algebra teacher tell me I needed to stop drawing cartoons because that is not a viable career.
February 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I literally had my 9th grade algebra teacher tell me I needed to stop drawing cartoons because that is not a viable career.
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Going into junior high in the 70s we were tracked for EVERYTHING based on our 6th grade teacher's assessment of our math aptitude. You got advanced science, civics, & english all the way up through 12th grade. "Bad at math" in 6th grade? Didn't get to take the social studies AP exam in 11th grade.
February 11, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Going into junior high in the 70s we were tracked for EVERYTHING based on our 6th grade teacher's assessment of our math aptitude. You got advanced science, civics, & english all the way up through 12th grade. "Bad at math" in 6th grade? Didn't get to take the social studies AP exam in 11th grade.
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This is a whole 'nother subject but I HATED how career-tracked even electives were. I wanted to take music and auto shop and journalism but they just wouldn't let you do shop if 1) you were a girl and 2) had decent college prospects. You had to fill that space up "strategically" 😡
February 11, 2026 at 6:24 AM
This is a whole 'nother subject but I HATED how career-tracked even electives were. I wanted to take music and auto shop and journalism but they just wouldn't let you do shop if 1) you were a girl and 2) had decent college prospects. You had to fill that space up "strategically" 😡
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In middle school I was shunted into the dumb-kids math track. Our math teacher, a quarter of the way into the year, threw out our textbooks and taught the advanced algebra syllabus instead. Entering 9th grade, my class had nobody not on the track to AP calculus in 12th grade.
February 11, 2026 at 5:14 AM
In middle school I was shunted into the dumb-kids math track. Our math teacher, a quarter of the way into the year, threw out our textbooks and taught the advanced algebra syllabus instead. Entering 9th grade, my class had nobody not on the track to AP calculus in 12th grade.
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Oh yeah. I had a calc professor tell me I wasn’t smart enough to be in his class when I asked for pretty standard (these days) accommodations during tests.
I got so mad I aced the final which was 70% of the class after not showing up once more after that.
I got so mad I aced the final which was 70% of the class after not showing up once more after that.
February 11, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Oh yeah. I had a calc professor tell me I wasn’t smart enough to be in his class when I asked for pretty standard (these days) accommodations during tests.
I got so mad I aced the final which was 70% of the class after not showing up once more after that.
I got so mad I aced the final which was 70% of the class after not showing up once more after that.
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Ooh that’s such a cool way to put it
February 11, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Ooh that’s such a cool way to put it
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I found out that I'm a "have to physically touch math with my hands" to understand it kind of person and that is just not something that's taught at all. I didn't find out until I ended up in a trades career on accident.
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 AM
I found out that I'm a "have to physically touch math with my hands" to understand it kind of person and that is just not something that's taught at all. I didn't find out until I ended up in a trades career on accident.
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Literally every Humanities Major were sounding the alarm about the possible scams involving Crypto, AI, and online radicalism. Business and Tech Majors gobbled it up like their lives depended on it.
February 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Literally every Humanities Major were sounding the alarm about the possible scams involving Crypto, AI, and online radicalism. Business and Tech Majors gobbled it up like their lives depended on it.
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I'm a man who's interested in humanity subjects (anything to do with books).
There are two subjects that illicit the most hostility to my subjects, having an oversized ego, and is the Kings of credulity: Tech and Business Majors.
There are two subjects that illicit the most hostility to my subjects, having an oversized ego, and is the Kings of credulity: Tech and Business Majors.
February 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I'm a man who's interested in humanity subjects (anything to do with books).
There are two subjects that illicit the most hostility to my subjects, having an oversized ego, and is the Kings of credulity: Tech and Business Majors.
There are two subjects that illicit the most hostility to my subjects, having an oversized ego, and is the Kings of credulity: Tech and Business Majors.
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My ex just went ahead and got a minor in math for the same reason. It didn’t filter him out, but he had to take so much coursework in it that he was one class short. Meanwhile all the technical writers DID have to take software design classes (w/o learning to code first).
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM
My ex just went ahead and got a minor in math for the same reason. It didn’t filter him out, but he had to take so much coursework in it that he was one class short. Meanwhile all the technical writers DID have to take software design classes (w/o learning to code first).
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I was in a computer engineering program in the 2010s and they had a lot of aggressively curved high level math courses which were explicitly intended to filter out the math idiots because "if you just wanted to code you'd be in the sciences department getting a compsci degree"
February 11, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I was in a computer engineering program in the 2010s and they had a lot of aggressively curved high level math courses which were explicitly intended to filter out the math idiots because "if you just wanted to code you'd be in the sciences department getting a compsci degree"
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Yep, this culture really did a number on young women, myself included. I got freaked on timed tests and just assumed i was "bad at math." Decades later I saw the research on open vs. closed mindsets and realized I wasn't "bad at math" but that anxiety can interfere with my number sense.
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Yep, this culture really did a number on young women, myself included. I got freaked on timed tests and just assumed i was "bad at math." Decades later I saw the research on open vs. closed mindsets and realized I wasn't "bad at math" but that anxiety can interfere with my number sense.