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Holy shit /sci/, today I think I met a genius.

I was at my boyfriend's house, just reading a book while he did his homework. He got stuck on a question, called his 15 y/o sister up, and five minutes later she was there, reading the chapter. Five minutes more and she showed him what to do. They both seemed to think it was normal.

Now, does that make her actually smart, or does it sound like she is just good at following the book's directions? I think it was chapter four of Second Year Calculus by Bressoud.

>> No.4738690

Calculus is pretty easy, so it's just a matter of actually reading the stuff, something your boyfriend is probably too lazy to do.

What field of engineering are you in, anyway?

>> No.4738694 [DELETED] 

>>4738690
Engineers are not gay, and for all you know the OP might be a woman.

You are not funny.

>> No.4738696

>>4738694
OP is on 4chan so is obviously not a woman.

You are not funny either.

>> No.4738698

>>4738690
Yeah, I'm a girl, I just thought it was shocking that she could pick it up just like that. I'm not an engineer, though; right now I'm getting all my high school credits up to date, since I was a dumbass and dropped out halfway through grade 12.

>> No.4738701 [DELETED] 

>>4738696
There are women on 4chan, it is just that they usually avoid the boards that are disgusting.

I was not trying to be funny.

>> No.4738702

>relative genius
pun accidentally discovered

>> No.4738703 [DELETED] 

>>4738698
Just so you know, there is an unfunny joke that is sometimes repeated here about how all engineers are homosexual; and that is what that other poster was doing.

>> No.4738706

>>4738694
>>4738694
you know what Harriet? You are not funny. You are an auistoc savant. You come to this board not to do science but to participate in IQ troll threads, religious debates, and to insult others and spam inane drivel. Get out.

>> No.4738707

Your telling 4chan about your thoughts on this? 4chan? He's your bofriend for fuck's sake, ask him about her.

>> No.4738710

>>4738701
Anyone who claims to be a woman on 4chan is a liar.

You are never funny and a blight upon the board. How many more times do you need to be banned to realize that?

>> No.4738709

>>4738703
Ah, I was wondering where the gay comment came from.

>> No.4738711 [DELETED] 

>>4738706
I do not spam anything, and I do not ever insult people.
I participate in science threads, and I am not autistic.

>> No.4738712

How do you know how old she is? Surely he's told you about her before.

>> No.4738713

>>4738707
I did, he thought nothing of it. I figured he was just biased, but apparently calculus is easy to understand from the reading.

>> No.4738714

>>4738706
i don't see much of the savant

>> No.4738715

>>4738711
>has been throwing insults all over the thread
>I do not ever insult people

>> No.4738716 [DELETED] 

>>4738709
Did you not wonder where the engineer comment from?
There was nothing in your first post to indicate that you actually did engineering.

I do not think that some of the people here really understand what a joke actually is sometimes.
They seem to think that if they repeat something random and nonsensical frequently enough, then it automatically becomes a joke somehow.
It does not.

>> No.4738719

>>4738712
Yeah, I've actually known her for about 6 months now. She always seemed bright, but I just thought that was kinda amazing.

>> No.4738720

>>4738716
It typically becomes a cultural "meme"
Are you completely retarded?

>> No.4738721 [DELETED] 

>>4738710
I was only ever banned once, and it was later repealed.

I am not a 'blight' as you say. Some posters appreciate me even if you do not.
Then you are saying that the OP is a liar?
And I am as well? I am also a girl.

>> No.4738724 [DELETED] 

>>4738715
Which word was the insulting one?
Telling somebody that they are not funny is not an insult.

>> No.4738725

>>4738721
You are both liars.

You are proving this by denying to have been banned countless times, the last of which was yesterday.

>> No.4738726

>>4738716
You're the one who first connected engineering with gayness here from what I can see here >>4738694

This guy >>4738690 assuming OP was an engineer based on having calculus class isn't outlandish

>> No.4738727

>>4738724
Yes it is. And so is calling boards disgusting, by doing so you are insulting the hundreds of people who frequent them every day.

>> No.4738730

I'm sorry for what this thread turned out to be, OP.

>> No.4738731

>>4738726
Him being an engineer was based on him having a boyfriend

>> No.4738732 [DELETED] 

>>4738720
I am aware of what memes are. Most of them I do not find amusing in the slightest.


>>4738725
I was not banned yesterday; I was posting last night.

>>4738726
No, he really was referring to the meme.
Many branches of study involve calculus. Engineering would not be the first guess.

>>4738727
No it is not, saying that you are not funny is my opinion, and I am entitled to it.
Saying that certain boards are disgusting is also an opinion.

>> No.4738733

this is a shitty thread. Thanks, harriet, you obsequious tripfag.

Your BF's kid sister might just be really good at math. Some things come naturally to some people, usually because they happen to be wired in such a way as to understand the syntax being used.
I tutor people in math, and ~70% is just getting them familiar with the sort of language and syntax the book uses.

>> No.4738735

>>4738732
you're such a troll harriet

>> No.4738737

>>4738732
You are not entitled to have opinions, because you are a troll.

>> No.4738739

>>4738716
Fuck you Harriet, horrible shitty shitposting imbecilic shitposter. Stop going on /sci/ you fucking eunuch tenderfoot pederast. You get out and talk to someone. Are you ugly or something? Did your grampus touch you where he shouldn't have? Get over it and man up you fucking puerile green boy, you fucking discharge of coagulated vaginal blood.

>> No.4738741

>>4738733
Thanks, that does make a lot of sense! I'd fall under the 70% of your tutoring, personally. The math makes sense to me, but often the syntax doesn't.

>> No.4738742

>>4738732
>I was not banned yesterday; I was posting last night.

http://archive.installgentoo.net/sci/thread/S4735562

>> No.4738740 [DELETED] 

>>4738735
Why? Because I do not like your 'joke' about why all people who practise or study engineering are homosexual?

First of all, it is just simply wrong that engineers are any more inclined to be homosexual than people who follow any other branch of study.
Secondly, there is nothing wrong with being homosexual anyway, and it is not a choice.
And thirdly, it is not funny because it is just a random connection with no basis.
it is like if I said people that study geography all have the favourite colour red.
It is just incorrect, and in no way is this amusing.

>> No.4738745

>>4738740
I mean, I haven't encountered the joke before, but couldn't it just be something said in a generally good natured way? Like how if you said you were a Candafag, it isn't meant insultingly?

>> No.4738746 [DELETED] 

>>4738742
Actually, the posts in that thread were from yesterday afternoon, but yes I was also posting a little at that time as well.

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4738748

stop wanting to prove Harriet an ass to himself/herself, guys. this is becoming a troll thread

>> No.4738750

>>4738746
The archive proves you were banned and all your posts deleted.

You are a troll and a liar.

>> No.4738749 [DELETED] 

>>4738745
Perhaps it is not meant insultingly, but even so, it is still nonsensical and the connection between engineering and homosexuality completely lacks logic.

Do you find the joke to be funny?

>> No.4738753 [DELETED] 

>>4738750
Where does it say that?
If I am banned then how is it that I am still able to post?

>> No.4738757

>>4738753
Because you are evading your ban.

If you were not banned explain how all your posts were deleted.

>> No.4738761

>>4738749
Maybe not literal lol funny, but yeah, I can see it being funny. Like when you were in school and your best friend ribbed you over something.

>> No.4738759

I don't know about genius but it certainly seems a few years above her.

Depends on the country though too I think.

>> No.4738764 [DELETED] 

>>4738757
I do not think that my posts were deleted. I can not find he threads at the moment, they may have gone. Obviously if an entire thread is deleted then every post in it is also deleted.
This obviously does not mean that any poster was banned, it is just that this board has a limited capacity for threads.
I do not know how to evade a ban, and even if I did I would not do it because it is against the rules.

http://www.4chan.org/rules
See rule number 9.

>> No.4738765

>>4738753
You are a troll, that's why. You act like you do not know how a computer works. I see it all the time on here, stop pretending. The reality of the matter is you reset your IP to ban evade, shitposting Scottish cunt.

>> No.4738767

>>4738759
Canada, I think her current math is called Foundations and Precalculus 10, so she does have at least some experience with it.

>> No.4738770 [DELETED] 

>>4738761
Yes I can see why little things like that on a personal level between friends might be amusing. I have a few of these between my friends and I as well, but anonymously over the internet, and to generalise an entire group of study, it does not exactly work as well.

>> No.4738773

Harriet is a troll. She's usually the quickest to reply to a new thread with some retarded insight or opinion unrelated to the OP. Then other people answer her turning the discussion into harriet vs anons. Harriet is fully aware of the engineer-gay meme.

>> No.4738775 [DELETED] 

>>4738765
I do know how computers work, and I have never pretended otherwise.
You are a liar.

I did not reset my IP, I think that it stays the same and I do not know how to change it, nor would I see any reason to.
I am not Scottish, there is nothing wrong with being Scottish, and you are still a liar.

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4738774

>>4738764
Stop trolling you vapid whore.

>> No.4738782

>>4738770
I just meant it in a way where you don't take it seriously between friends and you shouldn't take it seriously over the internet. With friends because they like you, over the internet because discriminatory jokes are meant to be amusing, without any real focus on who you're talking about.

Like, telling a specific engineer over the internet that he's a fag, without it being a joke=offensive. Otherwise, just treat it like an in joke, since the people who say it obviously don't mean it seriously.

>> No.4738784

>>4738775

Keep rationalizing

>> No.4738785 [DELETED] 

>>4738773
>Harriet is fully aware of the engineer-gay meme.
Of course I am, that is why I told the person who referenced it that they were not funny.
if I was not aware of the meme, then I would not have been able to comment on it.

>>4738774
The little red cupcake thing means that a post was deleted?
Even if that is true, I did not deleted it, and I do not see any reason why a moderator would delete that.

I was making a good point, if the moderators were deleting any posts, then it should have been the OP from that thread, because he was posting the image of that poor little girl with down syndrome without her permission.
Her family are quite upset about that meme.

That meme is not funny either.

>> No.4738788

>>4738785
>and I do not see any reason why a moderator would delete that.

Because you are a troll and a shitposter and all your posts were deleted when you were banned.

You are also complaining about moderation which is grounds for a ban.

>> No.4738789 [DELETED] 

>>4738782
Alright, that is fair.
I do not actually study engineering myself, and the meme does not offend me at all, it is just that I do not find it funny.

>> No.4738790

>>4738775
I am not a liar. I am on my phone so sadly I can't look up the thread where you pulled out the retard card and prented to not know what EXIF data is.

You are Scottish, as revealed by your geoip location. you pretend to be a women on an anonymous internet community.

All ISPs have dynamic IPs in Scotland, it's a shame moot would loose too much traffic to ban your entire countries' IP block so you would stop shitposting on here daily.

>> No.4738792

>>4738774
Hey that was my thread. That was a lot of fun.

>> No.4738795 [DELETED] 

>>4738788
I am not complaining about moderation, because I believe that you are simply lying.

I did report the thread where he posted that poor girls picture, and I do not know if it was ever deleted or not, but I am not complaining about the moderation.
As far as I have seen, the moderators have always done a good job, and they have deleted many of the racist posts that I have reported over these last few weeks.

>> No.4738799

>>4738795
>I believe that you are simply lying.
>the archive proves me right

You are just digging your worthless self deeper in front of everyone.

>> No.4738800

>>4738795
It wasn't deleted. But I do remember your posts being deleted too lol.

>> No.4738802

>>4738789
That idea can also be extended for the girl with down syndrone. All those jokes about her? They were never really about her, they were about the idea of a girl with down syndrone. Arguably, ideas never hurt people; it's only when you take action on those ideas when you can definitely call them wrong.

>> No.4738804 [DELETED] 

>>4738790
Not knowing what EXIF data is does not make one a retard.
Truth be old, I am still not certain what it is, I know that it has something to do with the data on an image file, but I do not know the specifics.
This still does not make me a 'retard'.

I am not Scottish and I am a woman.
Whatever 'geoip' you have is faulty.

>> No.4738810 [DELETED] 

>>4738792
Did you watch the video I posted in that thread?
If you did, and you still have no remorse about abusing that poor little girl, then you are a horrible person.

>> No.4738813 [DELETED] 

>>4738799
The archives do not prove you right.
I think that I share an IP address with my housemate, who also sometimes posts on 4chan.
It is possible that she is able to delete my posts, although I do not see why she would do that.

Other than that, perhaps that red thing does not mean a post was deleted. or even if it does, perhaps it was made in error, or perhaps a moderator chose to delete that post without banning me.

>> No.4738817

>>4738813
>Other than that, perhaps that red thing does not mean a post was deleted.

Yes it does, read the fucking tooltip.

>perhaps it was made in error, or perhaps a moderator chose to delete that post without banning me

Yes, sure, someone deleted all your posts by mistake. What a joke. Just shut up you autistic twat.

>> No.4738819 [DELETED] 

>>4738802
Yes, they were not specifically about her, it was just making fun of people with down syndrome in general, but that is still a horrible thing to do, and she and her family are still upset by the misuse of that picture.
Please watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowYqNOjUQ

>> No.4738823

>>4738802
The funny part is that the picture I posted wasn't even the girl in Harriets video, but some random girl from Google images.

>> No.4738822

>>4738819
>but that is still a horrible thing to do

No, it's not.

>> No.4738828 [DELETED] 

>>4738817
>read the tooltip
Where is it?

You are very rude and angry.
Stop responding to me after you have answered my question.

>> No.4738832

/sci/ should have more moderators that delete Harriet's posts on sight.

You're either extremely retarded and autistic or a troll - or both.

You manage to turn ANY scientific discussion into something completely unrelated with your mental deficiency. You get banned all the fucking time and yet you always come back. You provide no scientific insight whatsoever; you simply state your (unpopular and usually unfounded) opinion on any topic. You also have extreme autism.

Please, for the love of all that is good and green, fuck off.

>> No.4738837 [DELETED] 

>>4738823
It is he same girl; her name is Heidi Crowter and it is her image that is used in the 'potato meme' which is the same image that the OP of that thread used.

>> No.4738839
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>>4738828
What it doesn't say is that you are a braindead retard for not being able to figure out on your own.

>> No.4738840 [DELETED] 

>>4738832
I am neither autistic, nor retarded, nor a troll

There is nothing wrong with my posts here. Many of the people responding to me are being rude and trollish.

>> No.4738842

>>4738764
http://archive.installgentoo.net/sci/thread/4737309
>>4737309

What now, Harriet?

>> No.4738844

>>4738819
Sorry, can't watch the vid, but I am close with someone who has down syndrome. Would I ever show him the meme? No, of course not, it would devastate him. Does that mean I can't laugh at a pic of the girl? Once again, of course not. The joke's aren't against a real, and shouldn't be considered as such.

Now, if someone goes up to the girl and says things to her, that is disgusting. It's all about respect.

>> No.4738845 [DELETED] 

>>4738839
You could have just told me to hover my mouse over the red thing.
The condescension is unnecessary, and like I said, stop responding to me now.

>> No.4738848

>>4738845
You have been told to stop posting and leave /sci/ for months, but you are still here. I'm not going to listen to a whore such as you.

>> No.4738847

>>4738837
how can anyone tell? they all look the same

>> No.4738849

>>4738837
Ha ha but that wasn't intentional. It was the first image in Google images.

>> No.4738852

>>4738845

>proven wrong
>"stop responding to me now!"

what a fucking idiot.

>> No.4738853 [DELETED] 

>>4738842
It appears that one of EK's posts also has the red thing as well, and was also deleted.
To be fair, she was very rude in that post, so perhaps a mod might have banned her for trolling.

>> No.4738858

>>4738853
Your posts are deleted as well.

>> No.4738860 [DELETED] 

>>4738842
My mistake.
It says further down that she chose to delete her own post.

>> No.4738863 [DELETED] 

>>4738849
Then if you were not deliberately trying to be hurtful, then that is ok, and was a genuine mistake.
Just try to show a little more respect please. :)

>> No.4738870

>>4738860
What about your posts then?

>> No.4738872

>>4738863
Where mistake? It was the picture I wanted to use. There was no mistake.

>> No.4738873 [DELETED] 

>>4738858
You are correct.
My posts has been deleted, along with all of EK's posts, and have several anonymous posters.

I do not personally see anything wrong with those posts, except perhaps the rudeness of EK, but the anonymous posts that were deleted seem to be relevant and appropriate, as does mine.

>> No.4738876 [DELETED] 

>>4738872
It is quite disrespectful to make fun of people with disabilities, you know.

>> No.4738878

>>4738872
What* my phone autocorrected that shit

>> No.4738879

>>4738876
But I wasn't making fun of people with disabilities. The picture pertained to the topic.

>> No.4738881

This thread 404'd 10 minutes ago

>> No.4738883

>>4738876
I think the difference is that, for most people at least, they aren't trying to make fun of actual handicapped people. Instead, they're making jokes about what a hypothetical handicapped person may say, without actually representing handicapped people.

>> No.4738918
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4738918

>>4738832
I try, but I have many boards to police.
I perma-ban Harriet and EK and remove all of their inane posts on sight for the crimes of imbecilic trolling and ban-evasion. Sure, these meaningless cretins can keep evading their bans and most more infantile gibberish on 4chan, but I'll just remove it.
Please report their trolling and all improper posts to the administration.
Only your good input can make /sci/ a good board.

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>>4738918
Holy shit.

Mod is god. Thank you based mod! Have my babies!

This made my day. I remember when I banned for a day for "reporting inane garbage and wasting my time when other people are posting CP". I might actually start reporting asshats like EK again. Thanks again mod.

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>>4738918

Thank you based Mod

>> No.4738933

>>4738918
mods=gods

>> No.4738966

>>4738918
Good to see the mods on our side

>> No.4740594

I walk by bressoud's office 3x a day during the school year. He's chill, though he rapes undergrads in complex analysis apparently. 3 of my friends have had him so far.

>> No.4740599

>>4740594
>complex analysis
>hard
pick zeros of the reimann zeta function on the real half line

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4740602

>>4738918
I fucking love you

>> No.4740609

>>4740599

>reimann
at least spell it right if you're going to post inane drivel like this

>> No.4740615

>>4740609
>hurr durr, i'm so superior with my l33t spelling skillz

>> No.4740652

>>4740615
spelling is a great indicator of literacy

>> No.4740655

>>4740652
As is capitalisation and punctuation.

>> No.4740667

>ITT
>Green text post numbers

>> No.4740668

>>4738918
Mutiny on the so-called queen

>> No.4740694

>>4740655
Yeah, his capitalization and punctuation was really crucial to that sentence right?

>> No.4740701

>>4740694
>oh so samefag

>> No.4740705

>>4740701
nope, just laughing at how mad you are

>> No.4740708 [DELETED] 

>>4738678
Read what you said you fucking moron. How old is your boyfriend - 8? You never fucking specified what he is studying, and no the picture isn't e-fucking-nough. She may or may not be a genius, but you are fucking stupid.

>> No.4740709

>>4740705
>nope
>yep
>u mad

oh sci