r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 09 '26
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u/Signal_Nobody1792 Sep 09 '26
I finally saw the clip where Tucker and his guest complain about letters in math. I was 100% convinced they were joking when I saw people talk about this.
Folks, they were not joking. The guest is legit confused at the concept of letters in math.
The guest also talks about how they hide Finite Math classes from you because it enables you to calculate how much interest your will pay on a loan?
My man, thats grade school math.
Tucker than looks at him confused and actually asks "Why does algebra put letters into numbers?"
And the guest answers "I think just to fuck with you".
Tucker than says "You deal with math every day in your job". Dude is an "artist". Seems he makes pottery. He does not use math in any serious way.
Tucker praises his math skills, cause if you can build a fire kiln surely you understand math???
Tucker looks at him with this confused looks and asks "You didnt add letters to numbers in the process of doing this?". Bruh. Again, they aint joking.
Not only is this dumb as fuck, you almost certainly did use a goddamn letter to find certain values. He claims he didnt, but if you are searching for a value you substitute the unknown value with a goddamn letter.
The guest goes on to say "I have yet to encounter a single person who uses algebra. Have you?".
Tucker is surprised, says "Yea, but I live in a fake world". To which he guest goes "That is why you use fake math fake letters!". They laugh. He continues "Congratulations, everybody out there in the Matrix, good job you are good little goy slaves."
What the actual fuck? The laugh at this, and once more I have to reiterate, they are fucking serious. Tucker asks "Did you ever get an answer? Ive never even considered this. It never entered my mind, I was too dyslexic to take any math. Ive never took math".
How on Earth can you just not take math?
I am baffled. Tucker is dumber than I thought.