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Re:What use is mental math in 2022? by booleandilemma on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:26PM (#30503894)
It always amuses/scares me how much of a separation there is between people who think and people who just parrot others. The people in that video just copied what they saw people commenting on twitter. It’s ok though, they have nice looks and voices and it’s impolite to call them idiots.

It’s how we end up with eggcorns. People just say things without understanding what it is they’re saying.

When your words don’t have to adhere to reality, you can end up saying some ridiculous things, and the other parrots in the room will nod and agree with you.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

Re:What use is mental math in 2022? by exolymph on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:46PM (#30504199)
Early-stage covid was so revealing of this — who actually thinks, versus downloading updates from NPR and CNN.
Re:What use is mental math in 2022? by BolexNOLA on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:37PM (#30506131)
Interesting 2 choices there.