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Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

Left: A small sheet of printer paper with elementary school homework printed on it, laying on a marble countertop. Text overlay reads, "The homework our five year old came home with." Right: Female elementary school teacher helping cute schoolboy with homework.

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“This is so sad”: Mom points out error on 5-year-old’s grammar homework. Teachers rush to defend it

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Left: how a mathematician sees the world meme. Right: how a computer science guy sees the world meme.

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25 “how they see the world” memes that got progressively unhinged

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Reddit thread that reads, "My niece got this question wrong in math class today, with the "correct" answer being 6. I'm trying to explain to her that she was in fact correct and that the teacher was incorrect, but I don't know what the question was trying to ask. The teacher explained that the base of the pyramid could be broken down into 6 rectangles, which wasn't satisfying to myself or my niece. What do you guys think?"

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Culture

This fifth-grade math question confused a teacher, a family, and half of Reddit

Kyle Calise is a video producer, writer, and storyteller from southern New England. When he’s not crafting explainer and culture videos, he’s usually out on a nature trail admiring trees.

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Meme History: Confused Math Lady 

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How long would it take the Starship Enterprise to reach Kepler-452b?

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Think math is the worst? Wait till you meet this male model turned math teacher

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