Thursday, April 26, 2018


1985

These comics, where the joke is that Randall is just too smart to function in a world built for idiots like you, are the ones I hate the most. It's this kind of not-actually-self-deprecatory humblebragging that really sets my teeth on edge. Of course the communications majors at the TV station wouldn't have ever really thought about questions like these; they're free to enjoy life in blissful ignorance! They can simply accept non-mathematically-rigorous definitions. Oh, what a terrible curse is erudition!

And, hang on, why does the woman have to be the one with the linguistics degree? Is Randall implying that women can't do pure math?
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1 comment:

  1. TBHApril 27, 2018 at 8:25 AM

    Prepare for angry hate mail from linguists who say that linguistics IS TOO a science

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