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that kid, always forgetting to throw in Heisenberg's uncertainty principle...

The proverb has "evil" in place of "problems", so the whole thing is even more repulsive and stupid than it appears.

Actually, what's really funny is that if you need both time and money in order to get a woman, then woman = time PLUS money, not time TIMES money, which screws up the answer.

Surely this kid's teacher should have caught that.

Oh yes, and this is, in fact, repulsively sexist, but I thought it was funny that the math was wrong.

I saw the same calculation 4-5 years ago with the word evil applied.

It's not new at all.

We live in a culture where most advertising is blatantly misomasculist, so a little misogynist humor of the clever persuasion is hardly the beginning of the apocalypse.

That one is pretty old, though. Even in the original form it still manages to screw up the actual proverb, which is:

"For the love of money is the root of all sorts of evil..."

on the other hand I don't so much see how belly-achin' about the opposite gender is inherently bad. without the natural ribbing back and forth people might start taking this all seriously and then when someone does something amusing like refusing to get directions [sweeping generalization about men, which I have seen] or refusing to explain why they are not talking to you: "If you don't know what's wrong I'm not going to tell you!" {sweeping generalization about women, which has been used on me by more than one woman, and which I have witnessed numerous times...} what can you say that won't be a sexist affront?

Seems to me that someone who confounds and confuses and drives you crazy and you can't wait till they get home is someone that most of us know or have known...

and if it finally ends... why is there a problem when we are crying in our beer about what happened? This IS normal. What is abnormal is making it into a vitriolic diatribe against the other sex, that isn't remotely a joke or tongue in cheek, and punishing the next person for what the last one did.

Or making a rule that we can't joke about it, because it MUST be wrong. Making jokes helps you let go your anger...

All that said, I don't KNOW why Jane does not find it even a little bit funny, maybe there is more going on there... but my advice is for her to write up the opposite equation for men, and try and find amusement in it... the odd thing about [fill in gender] = problems is...
we love 'em anyway.

FWIW - D

You can't argue with math! I think it's at least a *little* bit funny. :(

And yea, it should be "Woman = Evil", which I think at least half the world with agree with!

Q: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb?

A: That's not funny.

Matt B-

Now *that's* funny!

That joke is older than me, so I can't take credit.

Women = sqrt(evil) joke is really old too. Pretty sure I saw it walking the halls of Van Vleck back in my u-grad days 10 years ago.

There's also the thermodynamics exam tale about hell being endo or exothermic with the punchline being "Sally said it would be a cold day in hell before she dated me...hell must still be warm -> endothermic."

Another math gag plays on the similarity between the integration operator and the letter 'S.' Punchline: Sex = fun.

Total money is dependant on time, more time spent-->more money spent, so he is correct to multiply them.

"Actually, what's really funny is that if you need both time and money in order to get a woman, then woman = time PLUS money, not time TIMES money, which screws up the answer."

It's silly even to repsond to this sort of nitpicking (it's a joke - who cares if it's mathematically sound), but that's wrong; and and or naturally map to multiplication and addition, respectively.

One of my co-workers has that joke on his wall. I think it's funny, so it must be.

What do you call it when Gloria Steinem goes to the bathroom? A woman's movement.

1 Timothy 6:10
"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

Not money itself. The love of money. I find even the correct quote silly, but "love of money" makes more sense than just "money" as a root of at least some evil.

Any supporters of the barter system want to argue that money itself is bad, if not quite the root of all evil? Maybe a communist would try - did Marx claim money itself was a source of evil?

It IS funny!!! But I liked the Gloria Steinem joke even more.

Something like a young woman (just turned 19) who is pretty with long blonde hair, is going to USC and turned down a cheerleading gig...she wants to go into entertainment law and make a scad of money...the thing is, she's now changed the kind of guy she dates (from your standard nice guys with great personalities and low cash flow), to those who make at least 10K a month...just to open the door. Then she doesn't want to invite guys to her birthday party because her mom will pay for it, and she doesn't think a woman should spend money on a guy...

Not funny, but a true story, sad to say.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you came across that jpeg by means other than being a regular reader of www.masalatime.com. Although, I can't decide if it would be amusing or sad if you were a regular. Both, perhaps? :)

on the other hand I don't so much see how belly-achin' about the opposite gender is inherently bad. without the natural ribbing back and forth people might start taking this all seriously and then when someone does something amusing like refusing to get directions [sweeping generalization about men, which I have seen] or refusing to explain why they are not talking to you: "If you don't know what's wrong I'm not going to tell you!" {sweeping generalization about women, which has been used on me by more than one woman, and which I have witnessed numerous times...} what can you say that won't be a sexist affront?

Seems to me that someone who confounds and confuses and drives you crazy and you can't wait till they get home is someone that most of us know or have known...

and if it finally ends... why is there a problem when we are crying in our beer about what happened? This IS normal. What is abnormal is making it into a vitriolic diatribe against the other sex, that isn't remotely a joke or tongue in cheek, and punishing the next person for what the last one did.

Or making a rule that we can't joke about it, because it MUST be wrong. Making jokes helps you let go your anger...

All that said, I don't KNOW why Jane does not find it even a little bit funny, maybe there is more going on there... but my advice is for her to write up the opposite equation for men, and try and find amusement in it... the odd thing about [fill in gender] = problems is...
we love 'em anyway.

QFT. I've always loved that joke.

If anyone asked me it is right or wrong I'm not sure,and we shouldn't generous like this. Even though I'm a girl, I really enjoyed the humor part in it, really funny..
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Aren't there usually two square roots?

Joseph, I think you're talking about one of those espalier-trained, multi-rooted, water cypress.

Illustrated version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qddCTp32yDc

Actually, you need time and money to get a woman, so (time)(money)=how to get a woman. Thus, evil=how to get a woman.

That explains why nice guys never get laid.

Yes, it is!