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lissener
06-24-2002, 03:13 PM
Why am I seeing the pi symbol graffitoed everywhere? What's the significance "on the street" all of a sudden?
Frank #2
06-24-2002, 03:46 PM
Maybe math is the "in thing" with the rebelious people out there.
Captain Amazing
06-24-2002, 04:19 PM
I don't know. It's irrational.
Engywook
06-24-2002, 04:29 PM
If you live on a traffic circle, multiples of pi are much more practical street addresses than rational numbers. ;)

Seriously, where are you seeing this? It doesn't seem to have hit New York, or I'm not looking hard enough.
lissener
06-24-2002, 06:10 PM
It's in Seattle. I'm seeing it everywhere. Just the symbol, no other context.

And here's the thing: I work with LGBTQ street kids, in a drop-in center. We try to keep gang-related stuff out of here, so I'm tempted to erase it when I see it, but I don't want to be reactionary without knowing for sure that it's gang related.
Milton De La Warre
06-26-2002, 06:38 AM
LGBTQ?
pulykamell
06-26-2002, 06:42 AM
hmm...http://acronyfinder.com (Great resource!) seems to give LGBTQ as:

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning
muttrox
06-26-2002, 08:36 AM
When you start seeing "i" out there, run like hell.
xizor
06-26-2002, 09:18 AM
Originally posted by lissener
Why am I seeing the pi symbol graffitoed everywhere?

Because it would take to long to graffiti the actual number "3.1416..."
yabob
06-26-2002, 09:43 AM
Originally posted by Captain Amazing
I don't know. It's irrational.
You just don't understand because it's transcendental.
epolo
06-26-2002, 10:24 AM
I saw this in NYC circa 1998 as ads for Pi (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0138704), the movie.

But maybe that's just circular reasoning.
Keeve
06-26-2002, 11:39 AM
This thread is making no progress. You're all running around in circles.