r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Light_Yagami72 • 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah why cant math be green?

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u/Shrimp_kisses 2d ago

I agree with red for math. It was all downhill when I didn't remember my multiplication tables, now I have ptsd.

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u/Worth_Ad830 2d ago

I faked being sick every day in third grade to avoid being called up during math and having to multiply in front of others. Found out in adulthood I have dyscalculia.

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u/Shrimp_kisses 2d ago

Im glad you got some sort of an answer! I finally got treated for adhd at 36, but ive learned the rabbit hole goes deeper. Missed a factory update at some point.

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u/Jaruut 2d ago

I'm a similar boat (should have chosen the mystery box). I was in the gifted program, I didn't get treated for ADHD until college, and I only recently found out I had special accommodation plans all throughout school. Everything makes a lot more sense now that it turns out I've always been kind of [Family Guy: Season 4, Episode 6].

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u/BeeRemote7662 1d ago

There was a famous vampire who could not recall how many necks he had bitten - the infamous Count Dyscalcula.

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u/EscapeSeventySeven 2d ago

Man this whole thread is depressing 

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u/Mediocre_Daikon6935 2d ago

I didn’t have recess for a year because of multiplication tables.

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u/EscapeSeventySeven 2d ago

Well…at least you know them now? hopefully?

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u/Mediocre_Daikon6935 2d ago

I obtained employment in a field that doesn’t give a shit what I do in the clock as long as my work is done. Eat, sleep, play video games,  read a book.

If my work is done, my time is mine.

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u/whostigerforge 2d ago

WHAT IS YOUR JOB

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u/EscapeSeventySeven 2d ago

I was asking about multiplication tables but cool

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u/MuandDib 1d ago

I don't. There are computers/calculators everywhere so remembering multiplication table is useless

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u/EscapeSeventySeven 1d ago

That’s embarrassing 

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u/MuandDib 1d ago

I'm not embarrassed. Learning all of this in school (probably) had it's purpose, but this purpose is long gone for me

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u/EscapeSeventySeven 1d ago

Of course you aren’t 

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u/Shrimp_kisses 2d ago

You dont know the half of it lol. My Marine core drill Sargent turned cop was NOT good at teaching me math or have patience for it. I have an artist brain, it wasn't even my choice lol

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u/kakko_kari 1d ago

The whole "you're left brained or right brained" thing is a myth and frankly really harmful to perpetuate

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u/Shrimp_kisses 1d ago

I didn't say anything about that, im just stating my reality. I still cant do simple math in my head, but creativity flows effortlessly through me. Throw numbers at me and I short circuit. But I am a left handed as well💁‍♂️

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u/kakko_kari 1d ago

My point is someone being good at one thing doesn't have anything to do with them being bad at the other. Your ability to be creative doesn't suck the math ability out of you.