'Sorry for algebra' and more #MuslimApologies
An image of Muslim mathematician Al-Khwarizmi was shared by many
Muslims around the world have been posting sarcastic messages on social media, in a bid to counter a wave of hostility towards Islam.
First came #NotInMyName, a hashtag popularised by moderate Muslims to denounce terrorist groups, and their actions. "Al-Qaeda, Taliban, ISIS and 9/11... do not represent me bec my religion doesn't teach hate & murder," read a typical message on Twitter. The hashtag has been used almost 50,000 times in the last week alone, and is still gaining momentum.
The earnest campaign didn't sit easily with everyone, however, and some felt it pandered unnecessarily to the Western media. "I'm tired of seeing Muslims rip themselves apart in apologies to prove their humanity to Islamophobes with campaigns like #notinmyname," said one.
Soon enough, the hashtag's satirical counterpart emerged. On Tuesday #MuslimApologies appeared, and quickly gathered pace. It has been used almost 30,000 times in the last 48 hours.
"Sorry for Algebra, cameras, universities, hospitals, oh and coffee too," wrote one. "I'm so sorry for coffee, cheques, parachutes, chemistry, inoculations, soap, shampoo, cameras," said another, and "I'm sorry it was a Muslim woman, Fatima Muhammad Al-Fihri, that established the world's first university," said a third. They soon spun out into the absurd. "I'm sorry he took his shoes off," and "Sorry for inventing /discovering everything you can't imagine living without," were both retweeted hundreds of times.
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Thanks for the thread, Turborama.
E.G., a chemical formula...
H-I-O-Ag
Hi yo-Silver!
the first one orders H2O the second one says I will have H2O too.
The second one dies.
You nerd.
in general or any branch of science.
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
William James
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Peace to you, longship.
Of course, I could never be accused here of having a sense of humor.
How you manage to do that without having a sense of humor is one of life's great mysteries.
Your post has single-handedly set into motion the total collapse of Western Civilization.
I hope you're happy.
Supermarket in Cambridge, 12-items-or-less line, college kid wheels up with a cart filled to the brim. Cashier looks it over and says to him, "Either you're from MIT and you can't read, or you're from Harvard and you can't count."
If you have an advanced degree in stats but you misspell "hilarious" then I guess we know which side of that cultural divide you're on.
OK, a typo doesn't actually say anything about your intelligence, but in this context it immediately made me think of the supermarket joke, and I couldn't resist.
(BTW, I know that the sign should have read "12 items or fewer" but I don't think I've ever seen a supermarket that worded it that way.)
Missed that the first time around!
But humor is a major sin to some.
Can I get a cosine on this?
And proves there IS a use for algebra after high school.
Geez, thanks for many hours of pain and frustration!!
A favorite from SCE's Sunday LOL Cats that I saved.
