Comments on: Why I failed that Maths Test

By: Yeah!

Yeah! — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:07:40 +0000

I believe “Maths” is an Australian/British thing, while we here in the States call it “math”. It’s like “colour” vs “color”. Maybe we just don’t like extra letters in our words here.

By: Hime no Shi

Hime no Shi — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:51:24 +0000

123%? .__. you do need math help.

jk jk. XD

By: blatant troll

blatant troll — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:21:06 +0000

Another person who thinks “maths” both looks and sounds ridiculous. Get upset about it.

By: sjerrie

sjerrie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:22:16 +0000

IT IS NOT MISSPELLED!!!

read the other comments, smartass ;D

By: bo

bo — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:39:56 +0000

It’s over 9000!!!!!

By: Call me

Call me — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:52:19 +0000

Hey let me know whether you are a boy or a girl because seeing your name i cannot identify

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:48:50 +0000

Hey i have never never failed maths test and even not slept once with my teacher’s wife.How rubbish?

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:19:19 +0000

Apparently very few of us here have picked up on the fact that the graph does not add up to 100%, and that the red area quite obviously does not make up 75% of the chart. Clever graph WIN.

By: tyler

tyler — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:45:20 +0000

it was a deliberate joke by the creator. he failed to create a correct pie chart even when making a pie chart about how he couldn’t MAKE a pie chart. see?

By: tyler

tyler — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:42:23 +0000

i’m from north america too, but i wish i said maths- i mean, mathematics is the full term for the subject, and it’s plural, so why shouldn’t it be maths?

By: tyler

tyler — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:39:07 +0000

uhmmmm….. question…. i’m american too, i use math, but i wish i said maths- Mathematics = plural so maths makes more sense to me

By: tyler

tyler — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:37:13 +0000

1- love the name, and why is sleeping with the teacher’s wife only 5%?! thought i should ask the woman who knows the most about porn in the post

By: che

che — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:46:16 +0000

it’s a british thing

By: Rockso

Rockso — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:03:23 +0000

C-C-C-yeah, but you don’t has to worry baby, I do cocaine. I mean, you work with porn, you has a win.

By: Kira

Kira — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:10:38 +0000

Dyslexia with math is called Dyscalculia. So unless you are referring to trouble with reading word problems, the “Honest Dyslexia” portion of this graph should be “Honest Dyscalculia”

By: Ned Udomkesmalee

Ned Udomkesmalee — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:33:20 +0000

the total of the graph comes out to 123%. probably another reason why he failed the math test.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:37:04 +0000

It’s all purposeful, no unintended humor. Since the chart contains more than 100%, the 75 doesn’t look like it normally would.
Kind of like how 75/118 is smaller than 75/100

By: gzusphish

gzusphish — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:38:15 +0000

Hmmm…I had no idea that the rest of the world calls it maths. Must Google this. GREAT! Thanks rest-of-the-world…because of you I’m doomed to at least three hours of linking thru wikipedia (probably on topics unrelated to math[s]).

Good graph too, btw. Got a chuckle outa the comments as well.

Also… http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maths

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:54:10 +0000

Pie-Graph-Fail Win?

By: Erin K.

Erin K. — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:16:57 +0000

If you really want to stir them up, Cledbo, point out that although Americans call it Math and other nations call it Maths, other nations call it sport, and Americans call it sports. Mind blowing.

Be nice, people. Can’t we all enjoy graphs in peace and harmony?

I love the graph’s messed-up percentages. Hee.

By: yelling

yelling — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:02:18 +0000

READ THE OTHER COMMENTS AND FIX YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY!
lol

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:53:07 +0000

123% LOL!

By: Zog

Zog — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:07:31 +0000

I think it’s hilarious that this if the cause of failure 5% of the time…. like it’s happened so often that it’s actually a noticeable fraction of the overall fails

By: Val

Val — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:43:21 +0000

Maths stands for mathematical anti telharsic harfatum septomin

By: Val

Val — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:41:18 +0000

hehe, well said.

By: Cledbo

Cledbo — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:26:52 +0000

Whilst I am well aware that this dead horse has been beaten into a pulp by previous TPS reports, I still must point out:
If the full form is ‘mathematics’, surely ‘maths’ makes more sense? You never hear someone say “I’m going to learn mathematic.”, do you?

I could also provoke a whole new argument as to why Americans call it ‘trash’ and Brits and Aussies (and other colonials, of course) say ‘rubbish’. Or ‘lift’ and ‘elevator’, ‘sidewalk’ and ‘footpath’…
But that would be pugnacious of me, wouldn’t it?

By: that guy

that guy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:57:39 +0000

isnt it supposed to be irony, “75% failed to create correct piechart” and mispelled the title?

By: pnogal32

pnogal32 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:37:38 +0000

wouldn’t it be discalculia?

By: Ayala

Ayala — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:05:14 +0000

I don’t care what you call it in the privacy of your own homes. I can handle differences in language. What I don’t like is people calling a perfectly legitimate dialectal difference “stupid” or “ridiculous”. OK? And, BTW, it’s 数学.

By: Mazz

Mazz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:31:17 +0000

And ‘math’ looks and sounds stupid to me, so we’re even.

By: eterrilsmith

eterrilsmith — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:16:43 +0000

Are you kidding me? Roller Derby, hockey in Florida, and Rugby all need their fan base. I’ll have props, wingers, defensemen, and blockers sending hate mail. (sigh)

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:11:50 +0000

Um, okay.

This would explain why things like “pro wrestling” are able to turn a profit.

By: megs

megs — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:21:45 +0000

Dummy…… everyone knows that the plural of Math is Mathses

By: eterrilsmith

eterrilsmith — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:42:21 +0000

This is the funniest graph I have seen on this site because of the inane, ignorant responses to it. I love it when people go bonkers over plural word usage and all of the “idiot”/ idotic name calling. A great graph is measured by the number of offended pseudo intellectuals that freak out on the graph maker and then get freaked out on by the brain wizards. Wonderful!!!

By: lurker

lurker — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:24:09 +0000

Best graph(s) ever! Humo(u)r both simple and grand.

By: The Wiz

The Wiz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:23:45 +0000

Read the second sentence of the post I made 8 minutes before yours.

By: meowcat2

meowcat2 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:14:32 +0000

MATH NOT MATHS, MATH IS A PLURAL FORM IN ITSELF!!!

By: limey bastard

limey bastard — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:37:57 +0000

fcuk the limey bastards

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:22:31 +0000

Even if the imaginary test concerned only one particular mathematics topic it could still be called a maths test, the same way a test on World War II could still be called a history test. And the language you’re using is called English, not American, so it seems silly to be referring to an abbreviation that the rest of the English-speaking world uses as “ridiculous”.

By: The Wiz

The Wiz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:14:14 +0000

Dude, get over YOURSELF. I explicitly stated that I was speaking with bias so spare me the lecture.

Furthermore, what you said only solidifies my earlier point that if this is such a big deal to people (which it obviously is to you, hence your stalwart stance on the influence the United States has worldwide), we should just use the proper name for the subject: Mathematics.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:31:41 +0000

I suspect it emerged from his subconscious – or perhaps from his simple inability in general. But yeah, the “meta” aspect is pretty entertaining.

By: Waffletacular Sr.

Waffletacular Sr. — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:55:23 +0000

“Maths” could also just be a Look Around You reference.

Of course, it’s far more satisfying to smugly point out how much of an idiot they are for making a joke you failed to understand…

Educate yourselves!

By: cr33pingparanoia

cr33pingparanoia — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:46:26 +0000

Yeah, I know it’s a legitimate abbreviation outside North America and there’s nothing that makes “math” more legitimate, but the word “maths” just looks and sounds stupid to me.

By: MLD

MLD — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:03:34 +0000

and perhaps Math looks and sounds ridiculous to those who call it Maths natively? Get over the fact that we in the US are NOT the standard for defining what IS and SHOULD be for the whole world

By: The Wiz

The Wiz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:41:37 +0000

I am absolutely speaking with the bias of someone from the states here, but unless that imaginary test was on Algebra AND Geometry, or likewise two other sub-categories of mathematics, the term “maths” both looks and sounds ridiculous

By: PiMan

PiMan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:36:45 +0000

Why? ‘Maths’ works fine for me and a few hundred million other people.

By: The Wiz

The Wiz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:30:13 +0000

Not reading other responses that clear up what you are trying to make fun of WIN

By: The Wiz

The Wiz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:28:55 +0000

Honestly though, if you insist on putting an ‘s’ on the end, call the subject by its full name.

By: The Wiz

The Wiz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:27:23 +0000

Or any of them.

By: dna_level_c

dna_level_c — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:49:14 +0000

I love a good metajoke
Well done!.