is that a joke?
Maybe the joke is on me, as I sit here wondering what 2-year old comment @bugcat found!
is that a joke?
Maybe the joke is on me, as I sit here wondering what 2-year old comment @bugcat found!
She is referring to my original post that kicked off this thread.
True accidental joke: I warned someone yesterday about a possible “sit ban.” If you get one, it means you have to play all your games standing up.
BREAKING NEWS FROM HELL: Satan just implemented two innovations, go and free choice. Players get to choose whether to play against a sandbagger or a score cheat.
I see some of the jokes in this thread come straight from chess. Let me give it a try with my favorite:
Go is the constant struggle between my desire not to lose and my desire not to think
I chuckled
Dan: How do I use this answer?
SDK: What is the answer?
DDK: What does the question mean?
This is how I feel whenever I read about high mathematics, eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert's_problems#Table_of_problems
Pro: Pfft, that old thing? The answer is irrelevant
Dan: How do I use this answer?
SDK: What is the answer?
DDK: What does the question mean ?
Edit: borrowing bugcat’s awesome joke from above
Regarding that list, most mathematicians would qualify as somewhere in between SDK and DDK, then
For mathematics, I feel like the analogy would be like this:
High School: What is the answer?
Bachelor’s: How do I use the answer?
Master’s: Why is this the answer?
Doctorate: What should be the question?
Professor: How do I get a grant for this?
Edit: borrowing and adapting @Vsotvep’s suggestion below
Or:
High School: Why do I need this?
Bachelor’s: What is the answer?
Master’s: How do I prove this?
Doctorate: How do I get a grant for this?
Hahaha. I think the last one should be reserved for a new line altogether:
Professor: How do I get a grant for this?
Through effort and teamwork, one time we might write the perfect maths joke, perhaps
“What is OGS for?”
me, 2017: Go
me, 2018: kibitzing
me, 2019: poetry
me, 2020: Latin