# Kozmik, pass 4th Grade before you post about Math **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934 "2005-10-19T16:51:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/1 "2005-10-19T16:51:41Z")
GD now contains the most inane [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339553&page=1&pp=50) I have ever seen here. Our friend **Kozmik** , for reasons unknown, is making it blatantly clear that he does not have a good 7th graders understanding of math. Ordinarily I’d pity him for this, since his job prospects are limited (though he’d be a good budget planner for the current administration) but he doesn’t respond to the many courteous and helpful corrections to his errors. So, for all posters in this thread who have restrained themselves, this one’s for you. Kozmik, you’re a fucking imbecile. Shut up, learn what a variable is, and don’t act like no one else could possible understand irrational numbers. My dog does better math than you. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/2 "2005-10-19T16:57:24Z")
I’m confused. Is Kozmic supposed to pass 4th grade or 7th grade? Is this the numerical equivalent of Gaudere’s law? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/3 "2005-10-19T17:00:12Z")
Hey, I’d like to see you type out all those posts without spilling bong water on your keyboard. It’s harder than it looks, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/4 "2005-10-19T17:03:51Z")
As an alternative to **Kozmik** not having gotten past elementary arithmetic at school, my hypothesis would be that he’s high on some illegal substance (or ethanol-based beverages). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/5 "2005-10-19T17:08:37Z")
**Nerdfight!** ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/6 "2005-10-19T17:42:12Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > **Nerdfight!** I resemble that remark. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/7 "2005-10-19T17:43:30Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > **Nerdfight!** This will only end in taped glasses and tears. ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/8 "2005-10-19T18:11:12Z")
> [@astro](#): > > This will only end in taped glasses and tears. I nominate this statement as the single most poignant and hilarious sentence EVER. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/9 "2005-10-19T18:22:38Z")
Well, there are worse fates than being pitted. Legend has it that the first guy who discovered that the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle was incomensurable with its legs was drowned by his fellow Pythagoreans, who had based their religion on the theory that any number could be expressed as the ratio of two whole numbers. Note to self: do not found religion based on unproven mathematical hypotheses. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/10 "2005-10-19T18:23:08Z")
> [@andros](#): > > I resemble that remark. Crap, I was going to type that exact same thing. Both 4th and 7th were written deliberately. 7th is more accurate, but 4th looked better in the title. 🙂 I’m sure deconstructionists could tell me what I really meant, though. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/11 "2005-10-19T18:24:09Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > Well, there are worse fates than being pitted. Legend has it that the first guy who discovered that the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle was incomensurable with its legs was drowned by his fellow Pythagoreans, who had based their religion on the theory that any number could be expressed as the ratio of two whole numbers. Now, let’s not start giving anyone ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/12 "2005-10-19T18:30:20Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > Note to self: do not found religion based on unproven mathematical hypotheses. Note to self: Do not argue with people who believe in a religion based on unproven mathematical hypotheses. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/13 "2005-10-19T18:30:28Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Both 4th and 7th were written deliberately. 7th is more accurate, but 4th looked better in the title. 🙂 I’m sure deconstructionists could tell me what I really meant, though. 5.5th grade? ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/14 "2005-10-19T18:39:07Z")
If 7th - 4th = 0… OhOh-ohoh…mmyy eeyyees juuusst crrossedd uupp… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/15 "2005-10-19T18:52:47Z")
What will he be like when he learns about complex numbers… shudders… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/16 "2005-10-19T19:00:35Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > GD now contains the most inane [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339553&page=1&pp=50) I have ever seen here. Our friend **Kozmik** , for reasons unknown, is making it blatantly clear that he does not have a good 7th graders understanding of math. Maybe it’s a Kozmik joke? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/17 "2005-10-19T19:34:01Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > What will he be like when he learns about complex numbers… shudders… He will demand that you prove i[sup]2[/sup] = i[sup]2[/sup]. heh. four-eyes… ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/18 "2005-10-19T20:04:35Z")
It is not four eyes unless |_i_| = 2. Otherwise it is just square eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/19 "2005-10-19T20:06:38Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > It is not four eyes unless |_i_| = 2. Otherwise it is just square eyes. If i=10, we’re gonna start calling you Argus. ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/20 "2005-10-19T20:09:33Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > He will demand that you prove i[sup]2[/sup] = i[sup]2[/sup]. > > heh. four-eyes… Actually it’s -1=-1 in that i=square root of -1, thus i[sup]2[/sup] = -1 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934.md?page=2)