Fasters's definitions

“Say No to X, Y, Z” Bill

The “no algebra, no trauma” law mathematically challenged or symbolically allergic Trumpublicans or QAnonists are pushing for their state governor to sign, which would make the teaching of algebra optional for all grades 7–12 students if they feel that they were not born with the “mathematical gene.”

Florida Gov. DeSantis told non-symbol-minded parents that they’d count on him 100% to sign the “Say No to X, Y, Z” bill if they’d support him as the 2024 Republican Party presidential candidate.

by Fasters April 23, 2022

TikTok Pi

The geeky talk du jour why mainland Chinese ByteDance’s beloved app is so addictive to millions of netizens worldwide is that its wicked algorithm unprovenly makes use of the digits of the irrational and transcendental number π.

Some team members behind the TikTok pi hypothesis were previously underpaid hackers from North Korea, Russia, and Iran—they’re poached by CCP headhunters, whose mission is to recruit raw or rogue foreign talents, who’d help make China great again.

by Fasters March 30, 2023

Crypto Addiction

A high-tech term for hardcore gamblers or speculators who have made trading in digital currencies their god—some common symptoms are Trump-like lying, getting into massive debt, and insomnia.

Luxury rehabs are doing brisk business treating crypto addiction patients, by changing them exorbitantly—common treatments involve yoga, acupuncture, massage, and medication.

by Fasters February 5, 2023

Pi Pyramidologist

One who numerologically believes that the value of the number π and a number of mathematical formulas are encoded in the structure of the Great Pyramid in Egypt—for example, the perimeter of the base of the Great Pyramid divided by twice its height supposedly gives the value 3.150685.

Pi pyramidologists restrict their attention to the Great Pyramid but ignore other Egyptian pyramids—if the heights and base dimensions of 22 true pyramids were used to calculate π, the value ranges from 2.58 to 4.42.

by Fasters February 10, 2022

SFO

Short for “Sino Flying Object.” A quasi-symmetric (spherical, cylindrical, octagonal, …) object that has recently been spotted (or finally been detected) crossing near “US sensitive sites”—a few of them were shot down by a fighter jet because they allegedly or exaggeratedly posed a surveillance threat to the security of the country, or to the lives of the people.

The US had shot three SFOs or UFOs in three days following the take down of a Chinese spy balloon that floated their sky the previous weekend, but they themselves had hypocritically launched no fewer than a dozen of these slow-moving spy or surveillance objects over the Chinese or Russian airspace since last year.

by Fasters February 13, 2023

Covid-19

A virus that has proved to be more effective than the brutal measures adopted by most dictatorial or rogue leaders in stopping pro-democracy and anti-government protests, slowing down terrorist attacks, reducing air and noise pollution, and exposing inept heads of state in handling a crisis.

Thanks to Covid-19, some previously thought extinct animals, birds, and fish have reappeared, bringing much joy and smile to so many people worldwide.

by Fasters June 24, 2020

DEI Math

Short for “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Math.” Math products or services that right-wing math educators and MAGA parents have chastised for their “woke” content, and have called on their lawmakers to censor them from their states to protect the young minds from “foreign indoctrination.”

Some Singapore math publishers have apparently been warned by some white Taliban curriculum censors in some red states—they need to remove pages that promote multicultural or DEI math, such as depicting Chinese, Arabic, and Hindu numerals for the numbers one to nine, or stating that the theorem named after Pythagoras was known to Chinese and Egyptian mathematicians long before the Greek numerologist was born.

by Fasters June 5, 2023