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What's an innocent misconception about your hobby/profession that drives you up the wall? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by TealKat@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

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Like for example, how someone thinks because you work in IT you can fix their TV, or how if you're into music you must be able to play any random instrument.

I just like hearing pros rant about about their very niche problems.

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[–] meatbag@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Whenever people find out I have a math degree, they tell me how bad they are at math. They seem almost proud about it. Nobody ever brags about being bad at English. They also assume I’m really good at arithmetic or counting, a la Rain Man or something. I am not.

[–] kaos95@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This gets me too, I'm very good at math, I am terrible at arithmetic.

[–] SoupOfTheDay@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m the inverse…(reciprocal?) of you! Terrible at higher level math, but great at arithmetic.

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm good with plugging things into computers and letting them do it.

[–] theyouttogetme@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's 1+1?

[–] meatbag@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If 1>0 and 1<2
Then 1+1>0+0 and 1+1<2+2
So we know that 0<1+1<4
Thus, 1+1 has to be 1,2, or 3.
More cannot be surmised with the given information.

[–] QHC@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I like how this quietly but accurately calculates the result of 2+2, but somehow cannot handle 1+1.