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  • That’s pretty funny to me. I read the start of a King novel when I was probably too young for it (pretty sure it was It?), and just got bored with it. Never tried reading another for years. A decade or two later I tried the Dark Tower series and ended up binge-reading the first 5 books.

    I really love those books, although I absolutely see their flaws and understand why people wouldn’t like them.

    Either way, I definitely don’t think you need to be a Stephen King fan to enjoy them. I mean, I’m certainly not and I certainly did. Still haven’t read any of his other works…















  • TAYRN@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlThe panzer has spoken
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    1 year ago

    No, I think we all learned that multiplication is commutative in late elementary school, and obviously that’s an important thing to know.

    But I think the original post tried to make it out to be some magical mathematical trick, and I really don’t understand that. Maybe I misunderstood the post.

    Edit: wow, “commutative” is a really hard word to spell.


  • TAYRN@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlThe panzer has spoken
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    1 year ago

    …I mean, yeah? If the number is 50 or 10 that works out great. But let’s try that with 7% of 13. Now it’s 13% of 7. Just like you said, “much easier to calculate.”

    Okay, choosing prime numbers was intentionally mean on my part. But 3% of 9 becomes 9% of 3. 4% of 2 becomes 2% of 4. Can anyone honestly look me in the eye and tell me that this tip has helped them out in any meaningful way?




  • TAYRN@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlPainfully true
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    1 year ago

    This is some boss battle shit:

    The King of Florida

    Source of all Cringe

    And then a health bar that just extends through all the colors of the rainbow.

    Edit: I see now that it’s “The King of Lorda”, but I stand by what I said.