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A STOP DOING MINECRAFT MOVIE SANDBOX GAMES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN FILM 'ADAPTATIONS • YEARS OF FILMMAKING yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for creating MORE JUMANJI RIPOFFS Wanted to give antreft anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called " SMPS "I "Yes please give me uncanny valley mobs. Please give me terrible CGI " - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged LOOK at what Warner Bros have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the time and money they have (These are REAL screenshots, taken from the REAL trailer): ????? ??????? ???? ?????? please" "Hello I would like whitewashed Minecraft Steve They have played us for absolute fools

STOP LETTING PEOPLE ENJOY BULLPUPS • GUNS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BACKWARDS ⚫ YEARS AF TESTING yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND FOR BACKWARDS UPSIDE OWN RIFLES • Want a short rifle for a laugh? We had a tool for that: it was calle "get a carbine" ⚫ "Yes please give me impossible malfunction clearing. Please give me guns SO SHORT that I SHOOT MY HAND OFF." Statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged. LOOK at what Bullpup Enjoyers have been demanding your respect for all this time, with all the contracts and programs we gave them. (These are REAL guns designed by REAL engineers): ?????????? ???? ??? "Hello I would like an awkward uncomfortable rifle with ergos designed for octopi please" They have played us for absolute fools

STOP DOING Q ACTIVISM SEXUALTIES AND GENDERS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN A SLUR AS AN UMBRELLA TERM • MILLENNIA OF HUMAN SOCIETY yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for going more complex than "LGBT" • Wanted to go further anyway for a laugh? We had a word for that: It was called "GSRM" "Yes I am OMNISEXUAL. I am AGENDER ASEXUAL DEMIROMANTIC" Deranged LOOK at what Q this time, with all (This is REAL Q — Statements dreamed up by the Utterly s have been demanding your Respect for all the words & flags we made for them Activism, done by REAL Q Activists): Transgender Intersex Two Spirit Transmasculine Transfeminine Q Lesbian Bisexual Achillean Sapphic Bigender Pangender -Genderg Abrosexual Greyasexual Cian Nonbinary Demigender Demiboy Demigirl Transmascfem & Neopronouns Autigender Butch Intergender 0 ????? Genderfluid Tools Xenogender Butch Girltwink & Hazardqueer Transf Butchgender Moon Lesbian Butch Two-Spirit Lesboy Wisteria Lesbian Genderpunk& Unisexual/Uniromantic Bi Lesboy Metalhead Lesbian Luvflux& Boybutch & Q Inclusionist & Sapphillean& Aut4Aut Freak4Freak& freak Masc Sapphic& Metalhead Lesboy Transmasc Lesboy Multigender Lesboy Aldernic& Multigender D Metalhead Bi Genderhoarder Axenlector Portalgender Gendertech = Internetgender Computergender boy& Liminalcoric Synthogender Robotgender Distortgender Errorcoretic Scenecoric Horrorgender Horrorboy Unholyfreak Singender Firmic& Political lesbianism A 17 languages Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Political lesbianism is a phenomenon within feminism, primarily second-wave feminism and radical feminism; it includes, but is not limited to, lesbian separatism. Political lesbianism asserts that sexual orientation is a political and feminist choice, and advocates lesbianism as a positive alternative to heterosexuality for women [1] as part of the struggle against sexism.[2] Oddcoric Slasheric ??????? Girlflux& Boyflux& Webcoric Thingcenic & Boygirl Littleguygender Girlyboy& -Girlboy Guygirl/Girlguy& Transmasc Boygirl Backroomic& Liminalgender& Dogboygender Weirdthing& Virtualthing Girlboy Lesbian Femboy& Transfem Girlboy& Azurbyboy Distortboygender AnalogARGic Digigender Puppygirlboy Girlthing Offgirl & Somethinggirl& Boyfreak Guy.exeic Vhshorric Genderlog Boything& Weirdgirl Httpsgender ???????????????? "Hello I would like 2SLGBTQQIAAPPD+* representation please" They have played us for absolute fools

STOP MAKING APPS WEBSITES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN EXECUTABLES YEARS OF INTERNET yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for using anything other than your BROWSER Wanted to use something else anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "APIs" "Yes please let me download 300 MB of spyware to use your website" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged LOOK at what Corporations have been demanding your Data for all this time, with all the computers & program we built for them (These are REAL Apps, done by REAL Corporations): Cane's Raising Cane's ????? Vivid Seats ??????? "Hello I would like to visit FRIENDS OF Irel Laurel Hill Cemetery ????????????????? .com please" They have played us for absolute fools

STOP DOING CIRCUITS • Wires WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN NAMES • You wanted to find a DRAIN??? I think you need to check your bathroom • "Transistor-Transistor Logic" BUT I thought transistors DO NOT HAVE LOGIC • "Yes please give me RT0402BRD073K3L/ Please give me STM32F407VGT6" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged • ADC, AC, VDD, DC, DAC, AVDD, CAD, VCC??? the alphabet has other letters SEE what electrical engineers have been asking you to respect all this time, with all those oscilloscopes and Butterworth filters (This is REAL circuits done by REAL Engineers): V₂ Is R₁ 2 h R3 www R₂ www (3 1₂ SL ???? ??? This black square contains V₁ V₂ THOUSANDS OF TRANSISTORS???? R Rain R 3 R R R ww "Hello do you have some pure sine wave inverter?" Vout STUPID TRIANGLES They have played us for absolute fools

Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop stop doing consciousness - brain was never supposed to have "theory of mind" - millions of years development and yet no real world use found for having self-recognition in mirrors - "please transfer internal cognitive states to other organisms by means of sequential tokens obeying grammatical relationships", "I am not a cognitive zombie" - statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged THEY HAVE PLAYED US FOR ABSOLUTE FOOLS! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!! 15 déc. 2023, 18:44 · · Ivory for iOS · £7 158 · 244

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Stop Doing Math refers to a parody infographic by meme creator Welcome To My Meme Page that suggests the reader stops doing math for a variety of nonsensical reasons. The format of the infographic inspired parodies copying the format suggesting users stop taking part in various practices, usually academic, over the course of 2020.

Origin

On April 17th, 2020, meme creator Welcome To My Meme Page posted a parody infographic to Facebook,^[1] Instagram,^[2] and Twitter,^[3] titled, "STOP DOING MATH" (shown below). The infographic describes various ridiculous reasons why people should stop doing math, including that "numbers were not supposed to be given names," and ends with the phrase, "they have played us for absolute fools." The post gained over 9,800 reactions on Facebook, 77,000 likes and 23,000 retweets, and 18,500 likes on Instagram in 10 months.

STOP DOING MATH • NUMBERS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN NAMES • YEARS OF COUNTING yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for going higher than your FINGERS • Wanted to go higher anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "GUESSING" • "Yes please give me ZERO of something. Please give me INFINITY of it" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged LOOK at what Mathematicians have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the calculators & abacus we built for them (This is REAL Math, done by REAL Mathematicians): ????? ??????? ????????????????? "Hello I would like < apples please" They have played us for absolute fools

The graphics used in the meme are, in order from left to right, the absolute value of the complex Gamma function,^[11] a mesh plot of |arctan(z^(-5))|,^[12] a compound of five cubes,^[13] and the Riemann surface for the function f(z) = √z.^[14]

On April 18th, /u/Tullius19 posted the image to /r/mathmemes,^[4] garnering over 3,600 upvotes in 10 months. On May 17th, YouTuber^[5] Gianni Matragrano uploaded a video in which he reads the "STOP DOING MATH" meme in a comedic way, garnering over 513,000 views in nine months (shown below).

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On April 24th, 2020, FunnyJunk^[6] user cheshirethejack uploaded an image copying the style of the "STOP DOING MATH" infographic, instead telling readers to stop using logic for various absurd reasons (shown below). On April 30th, the image was posted by Facebook^[7] user Monstrous Metaphysics Memes, garnering over 240 shares and 570 reactions in 10 months.

STOP DOING LOGIC ARGUMENTS WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FORMALIZED • SO MANY RULES yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for going beyond MODUS PONENS • Wanted to prove things anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "INDUCTION" "Hello, how are Oan+1/¬(an+1 DCn+1) doing? Isn't the weather Vo (Oro +Dvu(Con' (V)}) today?" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged LOOK at what Logicians have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the arguments and languages we built for them (This is REAL Logic, done by REAL Logicians): ????? ??????? ????????????????? ''''You hVv3 to ba logicvl"" They have played us for absolute fools

On May 4th, Twitter^[8] user @memecrashes uploaded a parody of the infographic titled, "STOP DOING ENGINEERING," garnering over 1,500 likes and 530 retweets in nine months (shown below, left). On May 7th, Redditor /u/Eseniasty posted a version encouraging users to stop doing p-chem to /r/chemistrymemes,^[9] garnering over 2,200 upvotes in a comparable span of time (shown below, right).

STOP ENGINEERING EVERY MACHINE invented after the spoon is USELESS Planes DON'T exist, they're just advanced birds You want to build something? Use your hands, NOT this: THIS is what hides behind modern engineering lies, what truely controls our machines be, dA В dy, EI-µ(x) = |||| 9(x)dx Non-sense letters The Ones with (??????????) many arms All images of machines you see online are fake, they're fooling us Real people believe THIS EXIST -> They have played us for absolute fools

STOP DOING P-CHEM • CHEMISTRY is about MIXING THINGS in LAB, not writing EQUATIONS on PAPER!!! = ƏT • Its just SPICY MATH with LETTERS • "Consider it's a ideal gas" - NO ONE IS IDEAL WE ALL HAVE FLAWS THAT MAKE US BEAUTIFUL!!! PCHEM + BEAUTY A@) → A®) • The ONLY chemistry we need is NaCl, not RT Pis = RT In PiA = RT JA Pi Pi • LeTs UsE gReEk LetTErS CoZ wE ARe oUt of REAL ThlnGs LOOK at what they want us to believe chemistry is THIS is what hides behind P-CHEM P.T const C(100%) In *eq,i 30% C A(100) AB-G4 B(100%) NMR (Not ??? MORE Oversized TRIANGLES Motherf*kn TRIANGLES Real) "Hello, what is this substance?" "Oh, its just usr = µ(T,p) + RT In x57" SEE? IT MAKES NO SENSE! They have played us for absolute fools

On September 19th, Redditor /u/DrManhattan96 posted a version of the meme telling users to "stop doing medicine" to /r/medicalschool,^[10] garnering over 2,200 upvotes in five months (shown below).

STOP DOING MEDICINE Why name muscles? It's just meat Rectal examination is GROSS Biology is full of LIES what camera did they use to film the inside Look at what they want us to believe THIS IS WHAT THEY STUDY STUPID TRIANGLES ?????????? FREE AUTISM "Hello, what's my illness?" "Oh, it's just PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCO They have played us for absolute fools

Various Examples

STOP DOING CHEMISTRY - Letters represent english NOT ELEMENTS - Wanna hear a kicker??? Organic chemistry has NO ORGANS - ONLY sticks and stones can break my bones so WHY CAN'T I DRINK HYDOXYCHLOROQUINE "Yes I need H20 to survive each day. I need to do cellular respiration" - statements from the utmost privileged LOOK at what Chemists and Chemical "engineers" have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all of this origami and LEGO pieces we buit for them (This is REAL chemistry done by REAL Chemists) ???? ?????? ??????????? "Hello I would like 3 moles of milk please" They played us like absolute fools made by snr_0714

STOP DOING SOIL SCIENCE • Dirt was not supposed to be given names • Digging in the soil with your bare hands is GROSS • You are only disturbing the worms • TOTAL LACK OF RESPECT for the Earth and the secrets that lie beneath the surface Look at what Soil Scientists have been demanding our attention and respect for G5/3a sity Sand Long T hole in ground ???????? "What type of soil is this?"" "Ah, this is clearly a haplic arenic ferric garlic albeluvicambisol" They have played us for absolute fools Sit

STOP PLAYING MUSIC OA is a letter not a sound It's just air vibrating and people argue which vibration is better - what's next? Rating earthquakes? If there's only 12 sounds why is there so many keys in the piano? Jazz? Just play the right notes LOOK at what Musicians have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the Xylophones and Theremins we built for them (This is REAL stuff made by REAL Musicians): 7 ????????? Hello, can I please hear C#maj9add13 ??? They have played us for absolute fools

STOP DOING CHESS •OPENINGSWERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN NAMES • YEARS OF PLAYING yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for using anything than your HORSE • Wanted to use something anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "HOUSE RULES" "Yes please give me e4 of something. Please give me F3 with it" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged LOOK at what chess players have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the boards & pieces we built for them (This is REAL chess, done by REAL chess players ): A A A A A A A A A A ????? ??????? ????????????????? "Hello I would like O |castles please" They have played us for absolute fools

$STOP DOING PHYSICS S • PARTICLES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKED AT • YEARS OF BONKERS THEORIES yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for looking beyond the FIRST ORDER DERIVATIVES • Wanted to build a weirder model for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "EXPERIMENTAL CONJECTURES" "Nice throw Jimmy, the ball really went HO)\v@) = ih iw0)) ! I'm feeling very - + V(a.n) today" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged LOOK at what Physicists have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the labs & computer programs we built for them (This is REAL Physics, done by REAL Phyisicists): FOLDING UNFOLDING ????? ??????? ?????? ?????? uuu"The uncertainty in i They have played us for absolute fools$

STOP DOING LINGUISTICS WORDS WERE NOT MEANT TO HAVE MEANING • YEARS OF MAKING NOISES yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for doing more than GRUNTING • Wanted to communicate abstract ideas anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called "CRYING" "Yes, this man's e-ROLE is a g-agent" "Yes that plosive should DEVOICE word finally" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged LOOK at what Linguists have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the elicitations and grammaticality checks we did for them (This is REAL Linguistics, done by REAL Linguists) CP VXF(x)>L(J, x) ТР DP T' ????? ???? VP Opast A ranjisgast ??????? ????? "Hello, Like(l, apples) please" They have played us for absolute cretins

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External References

^[1] Facebook – Welcome to my meme page?

^[2] Instagram – Welcome to my meme page

^[3] Twitter – WTMMP

^[4] Reddit – Stop doing math

^[5] YouTube – STOP DOING MATH

^[6] FunnyJunk – LOGIC ALERT

^[7] Facebook – meme source: discord, pls link source if you find it

^[8] Twitter – Submitted by
@HomieRicky

^[9] Reddit – Made with hatred of physical chemistry

^[10] Reddit – Stop the lies. [Shitpost]

^[11] Wikimedia – Complex gamma function

^[12] Berkley – FREQUENCY RESPONSE GALLERY

^[13] Wikipedia – compound of five cubes

^[14] Wikipedia – reiman surface

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STOP DOING suppressive fire Bullets were not meant to miss. • Years of shooting, yet no real world use found for not hitting your target. Want to stop the enemy from shooting at you, for a laugh? We had a tool for that, it was called killing them. 'No, don't actually kill your enemy, just shoot over their head to scare them." -statements of the absolutely deranged. LOOK at what submachinegunners have been demanding your Respect the automatic weapons and ammunition for all this time, with all we built for them "we built for them (This is REAL combat footage of REAL battles ;) : ????? ??????? "Hello I would like ???? ???? to fire thousands of rounds for every enemy casualty They have played us for absolute fools

STOP DOING MISSILES DISTANT TARGETS (ON WARSHIPS) WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HITACCURATELY YEARS OF MISSILING yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for ENGAGING higher than 24 KILOMETRES Wanted to go higher anyway for a laugh? We had a tool for that: It was called FLOODING PART OF THE SHIP TO GIVE THE GUNS THE ELEVATION THEY NEED "Yes please give me PINPOINT ACCURACY. Please give me VLS CELLS-Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged LOOK at what MISSILEISTS have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with all the LAUNCHING SYSTEMS we built for them (This is REAL MISSILES done by REAL ENGINEERS"); ????? ??????? ??????? ??????? "Hello I would like VERTICAL LAUNCHING VERTICALRAUNCHING please" They have played us for absolute fools

STOP CALLING FOR CLOSE AIR SUPPORT PLANES WERE NOT MEANT TO SHOOT AT THE GROUND YEARS OF R&D yet NO REAL WORLD USE FOUND for destroying friendly infantry collumns Need to destroy an armored target a mile away? We have a tool for that: It's called "ARTILLERY" "Yes please get my JTAC to call in a 9-LINE for CAS! We have a FRIENDLY WARTHOG in the SKY" - statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged LOOK at what the Air Force has been demanding your respect for all this time, with all the guns and planes we have built for them (These are REAL CAS aircraft, thought up by REAL aerospace engineers): ?????? ???????? ?????????? "Hello I would like bombs dropped danger close to my infantry please" They have played us for absolute fools

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