Maybe some are just ignorant, semi-literate, siloed, angry, hate-driven, and/or authoritarian followers by nature; but yeah, insanity can be contagious. Called folie á deux, or folie á plusiers (madness of two, or several), others get sucked into someone's delusional system due to overexposure.
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Maybe some are just ignorant, semi-literate, siloed, angry, hate-driven, and/or authoritarian followers by nature; but yeah, insanity can be contagious. Called folie á deux, or folie á plusiers (madness of two, or several), others get sucked into someone's delusional system due to overexposure.
the part that scares me most is literacy really begins and comes from your home. i was... preciously literate because of nature/nurture and kids grow up in homes today that quite literally don't have any books in them
December 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
the part that scares me most is literacy really begins and comes from your home. i was... preciously literate because of nature/nurture and kids grow up in homes today that quite literally don't have any books in them
I am not the most technologically literate person in the room. But I am head and shoulders above a lot of these folks due to the nature of my job.
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I am not the most technologically literate person in the room. But I am head and shoulders above a lot of these folks due to the nature of my job.
Modern usage:In academic and modern contexts, more neutral and accurate terms are used, such as "pre-industrial," "non-literate," "indigenous," "small-scale," or "nature-based," according to Sage Publishing.
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Modern usage:In academic and modern contexts, more neutral and accurate terms are used, such as "pre-industrial," "non-literate," "indigenous," "small-scale," or "nature-based," according to Sage Publishing.
All dwarfs are by nature dutiful, serious, literate, obedient and thoughtful people whose only minor failing is a tendency, after one drink, to rush at enemies screaming "Arrrrrrgh!" and axing their legs off at the knee.
𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴! 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴!
𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴! 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴!
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
All dwarfs are by nature dutiful, serious, literate, obedient and thoughtful people whose only minor failing is a tendency, after one drink, to rush at enemies screaming "Arrrrrrgh!" and axing their legs off at the knee.
𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴! 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴!
𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴! 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴!
ruin your thanksgiving by reading new york magazine's take on mathematics
![The Ten Most
Ridiculous-Sounding
Math Classes Currently
Offered at Liberal-Arts
Colleges
By Jessica Pressler, Janelle Zara, and Emily Watkins Rachel Stein andAviva Shen OCT. 19, 2010
Every year, liberal-arts majors anxiously scour their college's course listings looking for classes that will fulfill their math requirement but aren't so, you know, math-y. Here's what they're signed up for this year.
10. Topology: The Nature of Shape and Space: "In geometry we ask: How big is it? How long is it? But in topology we ask: Is it [Sarah Lawrence
9. The Mathematies of Chance: "Most topics are introduced ina case-study fashion, usually by reading an article in a current periodical such as the New York Times. [Bard]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5itm7jsyrdqdxizkb4cufqxl/bafkreieq6gmwmropzlvjkaaxk6d2smd4tv4dy7qar66uoyv6mhs6naa3fu@jpeg)
![8. Mathematics in Many Cultures: "Mathematical ideas are found in many cultures, among both literate and non-literate peoples. This course examines both mathematics and the role it plays in the cultures. Examples chosen from the mathematical ideas of present-day peoples of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, as well as historic Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Islam and China." [Pomona]
7. The Magic of Numbers: "This course will explore the beauty and mystery of mathematics through a study of the patterns and properties of the natural numbers 1, 2, [and] 3." [Harvard
6. Models of Life: In particular, we will ask such questions as: How do you model the growth of a population of animals? How can you model the growth of a tree? How do sunflowers and seashells grow?" [Kenyon]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5itm7jsyrdqdxizkb4cufqxl/bafkreic3c4ox53ouwr3ij3wsmvetmuknu2u2jai7hlvuigco3ahppeoabi@jpeg)
![5. Mathematical Origamist's Toolkit: "Topics include modular origami and how this models the creation of polyhedra and coloring of graphs, comparison of origami-axiomatic constructions to straight-edge and compass constructions, the combinatorics of possible crease patterns, the mathematics of origami design (circle packing, optimization), matrix models for paperfolding, spherical geometry, Descartes' Theorem, and Gaussian curvature." [Hampshire]
4. Mathematics and Narrative: "Many literary works (Arcadia, Proof, and Uncle Petros and the Goldbach Conjecture) use mathematics as an integral part of their narrative. Movie and television narratives such as Good Will Hunting and Numb3rs are also mathematically based. Nonfiction works about mathematics and mathematical biographies like Chaos, Fermat's Enigma, and A Beautiful Mind provide further examples of the connection between mathematics and narrative." [Vassar]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5itm7jsyrdqdxizkb4cufqxl/bafkreigyk5tqjszw3fodt7ivmszq7mozpta55o7c552oyzpbqyphl26x7m@jpeg)
![3. Borges and Mathematics: "Jorge Luis Borges was one of the most important writers of the 20th century. Many of his short stories and essays were concerned with philosophical, metaphysical, and mathematical questions. The thesis motivating this course is that if we know the mathematies that Borges referred to, then we will read him differently, and we will read him better." [Bennington 2. Mathematics and Science as Art in Contemporary Theatre: "Playwrights such as Tom Stoppard, Rinne Groff, Michael Frayn, and others have effectively explored mathematical and scientific themes for artistic purposes. Through readings and exercises, and by conducting labs and staging scenes, this class will gain some first-hand insight into the complementary ways in which science and art aim to seek out their respective truths." [Middlebury]
1. Meaning, Math, And Motion: "Quoting a charming articulation by Kinsman (a mathematician-turned-oceanographer, in the preface to Wind Waves): "To the beginner, science is a conversation that has been in progress for a very long time. Our collective work is to catch up on the conversation. [Evergreen]
This is why Asia is winning, by the way.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5itm7jsyrdqdxizkb4cufqxl/bafkreihglx3kxej43i22j4vggyoutp2oyomivtmmvgp6uvslqemm4hhpci@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
ruin your thanksgiving by reading new york magazine's take on mathematics
Meanwhile, on Facebook: "you do no not matter what we do even if we stoped using it all 2morra and use solar ect the world will still heat up and the ice caps will melt as u can change man but u cannot change nature"
Who to listen to - qualified scientists, or barely literate fuckwits?
Who to listen to - qualified scientists, or barely literate fuckwits?
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Meanwhile, on Facebook: "you do no not matter what we do even if we stoped using it all 2morra and use solar ect the world will still heat up and the ice caps will melt as u can change man but u cannot change nature"
Who to listen to - qualified scientists, or barely literate fuckwits?
Who to listen to - qualified scientists, or barely literate fuckwits?
And I'm conventionally visually attractive (porn body, Disney face), funny, kind, patient, forgiving, generous, into sci-fi, comedy, video games, nature, am bright, friendly, hyperliterate, fun, media literate, strong sense of justice, woke AF.
And it's imposs to find an available man on my lvl. 😢
And it's imposs to find an available man on my lvl. 😢
Dating Apps suck arse so large.
Last time I bothered with them, I pressed No on 100s, possibly 1,000s of men.
Of the very few I reluctantly Liked, only some of them Matched.
And they were devastatingly dull.
The dating scene is Hell.
Men are so unfuckable under Patriarchy unless unlearning it.
Last time I bothered with them, I pressed No on 100s, possibly 1,000s of men.
Of the very few I reluctantly Liked, only some of them Matched.
And they were devastatingly dull.
The dating scene is Hell.
Men are so unfuckable under Patriarchy unless unlearning it.
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
And I'm conventionally visually attractive (porn body, Disney face), funny, kind, patient, forgiving, generous, into sci-fi, comedy, video games, nature, am bright, friendly, hyperliterate, fun, media literate, strong sense of justice, woke AF.
And it's imposs to find an available man on my lvl. 😢
And it's imposs to find an available man on my lvl. 😢
I would recommend Gnomes for adv on saves and Darkvision.
Being a Nomad gives you animal handling, survival, and nature two of these being where you put your expertise.
Cultist background lets you nab arcana and religion.
Then you're a literate rogue until L6 where you take Wodewose. 3/
Being a Nomad gives you animal handling, survival, and nature two of these being where you put your expertise.
Cultist background lets you nab arcana and religion.
Then you're a literate rogue until L6 where you take Wodewose. 3/
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I would recommend Gnomes for adv on saves and Darkvision.
Being a Nomad gives you animal handling, survival, and nature two of these being where you put your expertise.
Cultist background lets you nab arcana and religion.
Then you're a literate rogue until L6 where you take Wodewose. 3/
Being a Nomad gives you animal handling, survival, and nature two of these being where you put your expertise.
Cultist background lets you nab arcana and religion.
Then you're a literate rogue until L6 where you take Wodewose. 3/
And that's the problem. Even the people who are "literate" in the ways of Nature, have zero respect for it. Actually that's kind of the issue every where. There is no respect for any thing or any being whether human or other. Thus our present Hell
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And that's the problem. Even the people who are "literate" in the ways of Nature, have zero respect for it. Actually that's kind of the issue every where. There is no respect for any thing or any being whether human or other. Thus our present Hell
Robyn— I KNOW this is what they *say,* but when one is actually literate, there's no "extra" time in typing out legible things or using punctuation; it's second-nature. I doubt any of them, given "extra time," could compose an actual piece of writing. I used to work for a—
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Robyn— I KNOW this is what they *say,* but when one is actually literate, there's no "extra" time in typing out legible things or using punctuation; it's second-nature. I doubt any of them, given "extra time," could compose an actual piece of writing. I used to work for a—
— Deltarune AU portrayal of Lain Iwakura from Serial Experiments Lain.
— In-character posts / crack / literate.
— Due to the nature of the original series, account will touch on dark and psychological themes.
— Multiship with chem. Lain is a lesbian.
— In-character posts / crack / literate.
— Due to the nature of the original series, account will touch on dark and psychological themes.
— Multiship with chem. Lain is a lesbian.
November 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
— Deltarune AU portrayal of Lain Iwakura from Serial Experiments Lain.
— In-character posts / crack / literate.
— Due to the nature of the original series, account will touch on dark and psychological themes.
— Multiship with chem. Lain is a lesbian.
— In-character posts / crack / literate.
— Due to the nature of the original series, account will touch on dark and psychological themes.
— Multiship with chem. Lain is a lesbian.
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Didn’t know gays freaked out over whales too, thought that was strictly a lesbian disorder with the weirdo animal/mammal fetishes. Actually, this is exactly the kind of gay I’d end up being friends with... like overly emotionally literate? Crying-over-nature type f@g? Instant freindo!
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Didn’t know gays freaked out over whales too, thought that was strictly a lesbian disorder with the weirdo animal/mammal fetishes. Actually, this is exactly the kind of gay I’d end up being friends with... like overly emotionally literate? Crying-over-nature type f@g? Instant freindo!
It's sad to me that this whole time people have been "trusting" anyone rather than just being scientifically literate.
Only the stupid people think the rest of us have been "blindly trusting authority" when it comes to observing nature.
Only the stupid people think the rest of us have been "blindly trusting authority" when it comes to observing nature.
October 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It's sad to me that this whole time people have been "trusting" anyone rather than just being scientifically literate.
Only the stupid people think the rest of us have been "blindly trusting authority" when it comes to observing nature.
Only the stupid people think the rest of us have been "blindly trusting authority" when it comes to observing nature.
Believe it's important for the kids in your life and in your community to be science literate and connected to nature?
Check out these two #KidLit books on natural history and #STEM for younger readers!
🐺: www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-W...
🪨: www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Rock...
Check out these two #KidLit books on natural history and #STEM for younger readers!
🐺: www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-W...
🪨: www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Rock...
October 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Believe it's important for the kids in your life and in your community to be science literate and connected to nature?
Check out these two #KidLit books on natural history and #STEM for younger readers!
🐺: www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-W...
🪨: www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Rock...
Check out these two #KidLit books on natural history and #STEM for younger readers!
🐺: www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-W...
🪨: www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Rock...
YA came in around 91, because most literate teens were shunning the teen sections.
I read a bunch, S E Hinton, Lois Duncan and some others. It was mostly decent. Top pick would be Janni Howker's Nature of the Beast.
I read a bunch, S E Hinton, Lois Duncan and some others. It was mostly decent. Top pick would be Janni Howker's Nature of the Beast.
October 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
YA came in around 91, because most literate teens were shunning the teen sections.
I read a bunch, S E Hinton, Lois Duncan and some others. It was mostly decent. Top pick would be Janni Howker's Nature of the Beast.
I read a bunch, S E Hinton, Lois Duncan and some others. It was mostly decent. Top pick would be Janni Howker's Nature of the Beast.
Agree. "Noble savage" is still dehumanizing. "Oh they're so close to nature, oh they live in peace, oh they don't want modern lives." No, they're no better or worse than anyone else - they want their kids healthy, literate, and alive, and generally speaking, they would also like some iPhones.
October 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Agree. "Noble savage" is still dehumanizing. "Oh they're so close to nature, oh they live in peace, oh they don't want modern lives." No, they're no better or worse than anyone else - they want their kids healthy, literate, and alive, and generally speaking, they would also like some iPhones.
some parts of the iwtv fandom might feel better if they would know that the characters in the books are having a mental breakdown every 5 minutes because they realise that their vampire nature is inherently evil but then you need to be literate to understand this and it’s not guaranteed
October 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
some parts of the iwtv fandom might feel better if they would know that the characters in the books are having a mental breakdown every 5 minutes because they realise that their vampire nature is inherently evil but then you need to be literate to understand this and it’s not guaranteed
im not that smart so it was hard to come up with a deeper idea in turn a gundam
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
im not that smart so it was hard to come up with a deeper idea in turn a gundam