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Hoyt

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7. That's why you can't explain anything to "these people." Not even worth trying.

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:07 AM

Sep 2012

Worse, if you were to get through to them at some point, they are not embarrassed by their ignorance. They certainly won't apologize for being mistaken.

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Sheesh, a rightie trying to argue that a square meter is about 3 square feet. [View all] progree Sep 2012 OP

That's what thinking in one dimension will do to you jberryhill Sep 2012 #1

You live at the Tesseract Arms Apartments? Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #45

It's the damned equal housing laws.... jberryhill Sep 2012 #47

OK, science aside . . . . HughBeaumont Sep 2012 #2

The connection is San Francisco--i.e. anything San Francisco is doing must be a liberal idea-- Moonwalk Sep 2012 #29

Hey Moonwalk, you're good at parsing these things. Here's another from the same comment section progree Sep 2012 #32

There ya go! Small = Liberal and it's all aiming to make us communists Moonwalk Sep 2012 #40

WTF laundry_queen Sep 2012 #57

I guess the idiot doesn't know how to work Google either... SidDithers Sep 2012 #3

Maths is hard. Thank goodness for the Internets. Now I know enough to make a Noo cyu ler bomb n/t progree Sep 2012 #6

Google is a commie symp plot. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2012 #48

That is some PAINFUL math fail. Systematic Chaos Sep 2012 #4

Jebus, he also thinks a standard prison cell is 8x2 feet? You couldn't even fit in a cot. denverbill Sep 2012 #5

I thought of that too, but he's slow, so I figured better take it slow - one concept at a time progree Sep 2012 #8

Just right for a narrow mind. Downwinder Sep 2012 #12

That's why you can't explain anything to "these people." Not even worth trying. Hoyt Sep 2012 #7

Ouch. I've heard of people who think science ... surrealAmerican Sep 2012 #9

It's squared. So it's about 3 squared 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #10

Actually 3 ft = 1 meter is a very ROUGH approximation. yellowcanine Sep 2012 #44

In this case forgetting to cube is the larger error 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #46

It is sufficient for pointing out the nature of his mathmatical error... JHB Sep 2012 #62

pretty sad hfojvt Sep 2012 #11

If he said "three-feet squared", he'd be about right, so it could be grammar and usage. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #13

I assume you are kidding. n/t progree Sep 2012 #18

You assume wrong. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #20

There's no way you can read what he wrote and think he has any idea what he's talking about. progree Sep 2012 #21

I have a BA in Math, a MS in CS, and I assure you I can think that. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #33

No evidence of any of that in what either he or you wrote. The other responses on this thread must progree Sep 2012 #34

Being insulting just makes you look mean and stupid. bemildred Sep 2012 #35

Mean? I just said there was no evidence of any of that in what either he or you wrote -- progree Sep 2012 #42

Up to now, you have not even grasped what I'm talking about. bemildred Sep 2012 #49

LOL. Neither has anyone else. I think you are in your own little world on this one. progree Sep 2012 #51

Apparently so. bemildred Sep 2012 #53

WELL WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN IT TO US!@!!!@! progree Sep 2012 #54

I did. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #55

No you didn't. Its a bunch of gibberish. I think you are trying to pull a bunny out of a hat, but progree Sep 2012 #56

Post #13. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #58

Post #13 - exactly, gibberish to everyone but you. nt progree Sep 2012 #59

Nope, no bunny Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #61

Brilliant argument. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #64

You want an argument-- here it is Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #65

But I never disputed that. bemildred Sep 2012 #68

Yes, you were disputing that Blue Eagle is clueless. progree Oct 2012 #69

Ah, a mind reader too, with powers to control others. bemildred Oct 2012 #70

I'm just reading what you wrote and pointing out the inconsistencies. progree Oct 2012 #71

No, because of his own calculation muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #41

No, that wouldn't even be close... Bradical79 Sep 2012 #52

Grade school dropout, obviously. liam_laddie Sep 2012 #14

a "Christian Academy" probably. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #16

A meter is one of those damn French Soshulist things! Odin2005 Sep 2012 #15

Unlike Mr. John O. I would not waste one second of my time trying to chemenger Sep 2012 #17

That is stupidity so pure hifiguy Sep 2012 #19

Homeschooled, obviously TransitJohn Sep 2012 #22

Odds favor public by a wide margin. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2012 #50

Math is hard. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #23

It's not the stupidity. dawg Sep 2012 #24

Idiots are people too!!! Initech Sep 2012 #25

quite the expert on the size of prison cells. i wonder why.... unblock Sep 2012 #26

Brawndo has what plants crave. n/t DefenseLawyer Sep 2012 #27

220 sq ft is indeed a space 10 ft x 22 ft (or a variation thereof). No, it's NOT adequate living kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #28

New York City is OKing 300 sq ft, they even showed a floor plan. Not bad if you have few possessions progree Sep 2012 #31

It serves as "a place for my stuff" (to use Carlin's phrase)... JHB Sep 2012 #63

You really have to go as simple as possible. kentauros Sep 2012 #30

That's hilarious. Or tragic. I'm not sure which. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #36

... Enrique Sep 2012 #37

You can't fix stupid NoPasaran Sep 2012 #38

He made the classic freshman mistake of dividing a 2 dimensional measurement.. girl gone mad Sep 2012 #39

John the engineer is correct here because a square meter is approximately 10.8 square feet. yellowcanine Sep 2012 #43

That is some industrial-strength math illiteracy. MadrasT Sep 2012 #60

It's arithmetic, stupid. PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #66

I'd love to sell carpet to Blue Eagle Brother Buzz Sep 2012 #67