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Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Titan on January 29, 2005, 06:16:36 PM: So offense to you southerners :) I was browsing through Snopes.com and found this. I can\'t believe its true. Are they serious? The state mandated that fractions and decimals can\'t be taught. I hope this has been reversed since then because this is absolutely the dumbest thing I ever heard.

http://www.snopes.com/lost/fraction.htm
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 29, 2005, 06:28:47 PM: Uh, did you click on more information at the bottom, there bud???

http://www.snopes.com/lost/false.htm

Read people...

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Everything in this section is a spoof. Mister Ed was no more a zebra than the origin of the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence had anything to do with pirates on a recruiting drive. As for Mississippi\'s doing away with teaching fractions and decimals in its school systems because kids find them too hard to master, that\'s no more true than Kentucky\'s imposing a licensing fee on uses of its name, Edgar Rice Burroughs naming his celebrated apeman after the city he lived in (other way around, actually), George Bernard Shaw penning a poorly-attended play called Closed For Remodeling, passengers on the Titanic viewing a 1912 silent version of The Poseidon Adventure while their doomed ship was sinking out from under them, or the design of California\'s flag being the result of "pear" being taken for "bear."
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Titan on January 29, 2005, 06:39:16 PM: Yeah, I read it, but I bet some other people didn\'t.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 29, 2005, 06:40:32 PM: I bet they did now...(if you are talking about the people on the forums)

NEVERMIND
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Halberto on January 29, 2005, 06:41:30 PM: I didnt those few states made up the south
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Titan on January 29, 2005, 06:43:31 PM: I believed it at first. I mean, there are some religious fundamentalists in the south that do crazy things. I wasn\'t sure about state legislature though.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: videoholic on January 29, 2005, 07:01:54 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Titan
Yeah, I read it, but I bet some other people didn\'t.

Ah, sounds like a northerner trying to cover up for a serious lack of intelligence.

Sure you saw it.

Sure. ;)
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 29, 2005, 07:06:25 PM: YEEEEAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW

Good to know the southern part of the great southern land doesn\'t have these southern problems.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Paul2 on January 29, 2005, 07:15:01 PM: LOL.

This reminds me when I was in 7th grade, my math teacher, I believe his name is Mr. Flack taught us a method to get an answer in an equation.

Something like this,

1/2 = x/8

What is x? He uses the method of multiplying the number 2 to equal 8 which is 4 and does the same on top. Which means x = 4.

Then I said, there is another method which is cross multiply. He said no that won\'t work or something. But cross multiply does work and cross multiply was later cover in the next several chapters...
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: videoholic on January 29, 2005, 07:36:47 PM: well Cross Multiple is the only way to do it. He\'s just lucky there was a 1 on top of that 2. Essentially he was using the cross multiply method. He just didn\'t realize it.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 29, 2005, 07:39:02 PM: You can solve the equation by saying 1/2 times 8 and saying x times 8...its just an equation
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Titan on January 29, 2005, 07:43:01 PM: Cross multiply is the reason I passed math and physics. That is some useful stuff right there.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Paul2 on January 29, 2005, 10:30:42 PM: Quote
Originally posted by DeAnna
You can solve the equation by saying 1/2 times 8 and saying x times 8...its just an equation

yeah, looks like DeAnna score there...
times 8 on both side to solve for X. Good job DeAnna.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Paul2 on January 29, 2005, 10:33:34 PM: Quote
Originally posted by videoholic
well Cross Multiple is the only way to do it. He\'s just lucky there was a 1 on top of that 2. Essentially he was using the cross multiply method. He just didn\'t realize it.

Cross Multiply you mean. Not Cross Multiple...

Actually, there is other methods beside Cross Multiply such as DeAnna method which just make "X" alone, and in this case, by multiplying 8 on both sides...
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 29, 2005, 10:42:47 PM: Thanks Paul...you are so on my level ;)
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Paul2 on January 30, 2005, 01:31:45 AM: *umm...is DeAnna flirting with me? Me runs and hide*
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 30, 2005, 01:42:33 AM: WHAT THE CRAP???

No...I meant, you are in a sense smart!

I WAS NOT FLIRTING. JUST BECAUSE I SAY SOMETHING DOESN\'T MEAN I AM TRYING TO FLIRT. MY GOSH YOU PEOPLE KILL ME!!
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Samwise on January 30, 2005, 01:50:08 AM: Hehe... now behave children! :D
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Post by: Halberto on January 30, 2005, 01:51:07 AM: Now now children. Calm down, Uncle Hal is here to poop on your faces...
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 30, 2005, 01:58:41 AM: Oh go back to grade school, Hal...
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Post by: Halberto on January 30, 2005, 02:03:17 AM: Pooping on faces is no laughing matter DeAnna. It is a part of American culture, and I will not let you spit on the stars and stripes!

BAN HER
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 30, 2005, 02:05:27 AM: You are just mad because I successfully dissed you there, Hallyboy...
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Halberto on January 30, 2005, 02:06:34 AM: O god dammit.... You just called me Hallyboy
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Paul2 on January 30, 2005, 02:09:25 AM: Quote
Originally posted by DeAnna
WHAT THE CRAP???

No...I meant, you are in a sense smart!

I WAS NOT FLIRTING. JUST BECAUSE I SAY SOMETHING DOESN\'T MEAN I AM TRYING TO FLIRT. MY GOSH YOU PEOPLE KILL ME!!

I was kidding btw DeAnna. But I wouldn\'t mind a smart and rather nice looking girl flirts with me.:nerd:

Thanks for saying i am smart btw, I like the compliment and compliments does make me feel good. Rarely do I take those seriously because I don\'t like myself.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 30, 2005, 02:15:12 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Halberto
O god dammit.... You just called me Hallyboy

I knew you would like that one :D

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Originally posted by Paul2
I was kidding btw DeAnna. But I wouldn\'t mind a smart and rather nice looking girl flirts with me.:nerd:

Thanks for saying i am smart btw, I like the compliment and compliments does make me feel good. Rarely do I take those seriously because I don\'t like myself.

Ok, sorry for jumping the gun on yah there Paul and btw thanks to you too.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Jar O Pickles on January 30, 2005, 08:37:09 AM: Quote
Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
YEEEEAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW

Good to know the southern part of the great southern land doesn\'t have these southern problems.

everything is upside down in austrailia so all your retarted people live in the north
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on January 30, 2005, 01:41:37 PM: ah, well not many people like up north. Most are to the South, East and West coasts.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Weltall on January 30, 2005, 03:05:29 PM: Quote
Originally posted by DeAnna
WHAT THE CRAP???

No...I meant, you are in a sense smart!

I WAS NOT FLIRTING. JUST BECAUSE I SAY SOMETHING DOESN\'T MEAN I AM TRYING TO FLIRT. MY GOSH YOU PEOPLE KILL ME!!

Look, sweetie. I like you, don\'t get me wrong. You\'re smart, sweet, and you have an incredible ass. But I don\'t think I\'m ready for a relationship right now. That doesn\'t mean I don\'t think the sex is great, it just means that there\'s someone else in my life.

Sorry :(
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Titan on January 30, 2005, 04:09:37 PM: Leave it to the members of PSX2Central to go off topic on any topic ;)
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 30, 2005, 07:36:59 PM: Where did Weltall come up with all that crap??

I\'ve never showed him my butt...
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Weltall on January 30, 2005, 09:32:58 PM: There\'s a lot you don\'t remember from New Year\'s Eve. You got so drunk that you started crying, saying you were trying to climb into God\'s mouth but you couldn\'t because the chickens were quoting Genesis, Frosty the Snowman was your angry teenage daughter you thought you aborted, and everything smelled like purple.

Showing me your butt was one of the more classy things you did. I\'m not surprised you don\'t remember.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: project86 on January 31, 2005, 03:40:06 AM: Quote
Originally posted by videoholic
Ah, sounds like a northerner trying to cover up for a serious lack of intelligence.

Sure you saw it.

Sure. ;)

I\'m a northerner and if Titan was my son I would have srangled him at birth.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: SwifDi on January 31, 2005, 09:09:44 AM: No offense, but DeAnna is the biggest thread ruiner.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: CHIZZY on January 31, 2005, 09:23:21 AM: tru dat
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 31, 2005, 01:47:41 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SwifDi
No offense, but DeAnna is the biggest thread ruiner.

how can you say no offense, when the offense was obviously directed at me??

Anyways, if he had put no wonder people think Notre Dame, IN is stupid, or wherever you live...you probably wouldn\'t like it either. I thought it was funny and stuff, sure, but geez, we aren\'t as stupid as we are considered to be. Some people just lack sophistication.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: GigaShadow on January 31, 2005, 01:56:11 PM: Quote
Originally posted by DeAnna
how can you say no offense, when the offense was obviously directed at me??

Anyways, if he had put no wonder people think Notre Dame, IN is stupid, or wherever you live...you probably wouldn\'t like it either. I thought it was funny and stuff, sure, but geez, we aren\'t as stupid as we are considered to be. Some people just lack sophistication.

Can we get a Deanna STFU! smilie?
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: THX on January 31, 2005, 02:08:04 PM: Quote
Originally posted by GigaShadow
Can we get a Deanna STFU! smilie?

AMEN BROTHAH!!
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Titan on January 31, 2005, 05:02:26 PM: Quote
Originally posted by DeAnna
how can you say no offense, when the offense was obviously directed at me??

Anyways, if he had put no wonder people think Notre Dame, IN is stupid, or wherever you live...you probably wouldn\'t like it either. I thought it was funny and stuff, sure, but geez, we aren\'t as stupid as we are considered to be. Some people just lack sophistication.

I can answer the no offense. We did this in lit class. It is word choice. We say that to soften the blow even though we mean offense. No offense, but you are ignorant ;)
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on January 31, 2005, 07:55:56 PM: Quote
Originally posted by GigaShadow
Can we get a Deanna STFU! smilie?

You can\'t be serious :o
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: unknown on January 31, 2005, 09:22:43 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Weltall
There\'s a lot you don\'t remember from New Year\'s Eve. You got so drunk that you started crying, saying you were trying to climb into God\'s mouth but you couldn\'t because the chickens were quoting Genesis, Frosty the Snowman was your angry teenage daughter you thought you aborted, and everything smelled like purple..

ROFL

Weltall I missed you.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: SwifDi on January 31, 2005, 09:27:32 PM: Quote
Originally posted by DeAnna
how can you say no offense, when the offense was obviously directed at me??

Anyways, if he had put no wonder people think Notre Dame, IN is stupid, or wherever you live...you probably wouldn\'t like it either. I thought it was funny and stuff, sure, but geez, we aren\'t as stupid as we are considered to be. Some people just lack sophistication.

I said no offense, so you wouldn\'t take it personally. I am just making a reference towards your posts. They kill threads.
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: SwifDi on January 31, 2005, 09:37:24 PM: Quote
Originally posted by GigaShadow
Can we get a Deanna STFU! smilie?
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: Bozco on January 31, 2005, 09:53:10 PM: Oops
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: GigaShadow on February 01, 2005, 05:32:29 AM: Quote
Originally posted by DeAnna
You can\'t be serious :o

I would prefer it say something else so you couldn\'t revel in the glory of having a smilie named after you - I prefer:

STFU FEMALE!

That would do nicely.

LOL @ Swifdi
Title: No wonder people think the south is stupid
Post by: DeAnna on February 01, 2005, 04:16:40 PM: Ahh READ MY AVATAR Giga....

:p