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This troper's college had an 'Alcohol Awareness Week', and in the cafeteria they were serving free "Mocktails", mixed drinks that were basically orange soda and Sprite with splashes of fruity syrup and a lime wedge. This troper got into a debate with the people serving them over the logic of demoting one drug (alcohol) while promoting another, more addictive drug (caffeine). The argument ended like this:
Teacher: Well, you don't endanger the lives of others every time you drink a Mountain Dew.
This Troper: Maybe YOU don't.
Wait, which one of thosse items has caffiene?
The Mountain Dew, of course.

WrenP-Complete posted:

Is that maybe what the last few lines were trying to express? Not that any of this happened.

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The in-flight encounter, according to Cross, began when the sick man, after some initial yells for help, became unresponsive, prompting a flight attendant to shout, "Call overhead for a physician onboard." As Dr. Cross recounts on her Facebook posting:

"I raised my hand to grab her attention. She said to me, 'Oh no, sweetie. Put your hand down. We are looking for actual physicians or nurses or some type of medical personnel. We don't have time to talk to you.'

"I tried to inform her that I was a physician but I was continually cut off by condescending remarks. Then, overhead they paged 'any physician onboard, please press your button.' I stare at her as I go to press my button. She said, "Oh, wow, you're an actual physician?' I reply yes. She said, 'Let me see your credentials. What type of doctor are you? Where do you work? Why were you in Detroit?'

"I respond, ob-gyn, work in Houston, in Detroit for a wedding, but believe it or not, they DO HAVE doctors in Detroit. Now excuse me so I can help the man in need."

CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:

What is Common Core and why will Americans on social media not shut up about it

CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:

Do they have to learn BOMDAS so they can work out those Facebook """"riddles""" like "what is the answer to 3+3x3-3÷3 (90% of people get it wrong!)"

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Mnemonics are often used to help students remember the rules, but the rules taught by the use of acronyms can be misleading. In the United States the acronym PEMDAS is common. It stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction. PEMDAS is often expanded to "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally", with the first letter of each word creating the acronym PEMDAS.[7] Canada and New Zealand use BEDMAS, standing for Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. Most common in the UK and Australia[11] are BODMAS meaning "B"rackets, "O"f or "O"rder, "D"ivision, "M"ultiplication, "A"ddition and "S"ubtraction in Nigeria and some other West African countries and BIDMAS. In some English speaking countries, Parentheses may be called Brackets, or symbols of inclusion and Exponents may be called either Indices, Powers or Orders, which have the same precedence as Roots or Radicals. Since multiplication and division are of equal precedence, M and D are often interchanged, leading to such acronyms as BOMDAS. The original order of operations in some countries was BODMAS, which stands for Brackets, Orders or pOwers, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction. The O is sometimes associated with Of. This mnemonic was common until exponentials were added into the mnemonic.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Edgar Allen Ho posted:

Disney World isn't even allowed to have marvel stuff

Blue Moonlight posted:

Did Disney claw back the “east of the Mississippi rights” to Marvel theme park ventures, or did Universal only buy rights for Marvel characters people actually cared about at the time?

Skwirl posted:

Is there literally a Joe Disney? I know Walt's nephew or whatever who was running the cartoons in the 80s was named Roy, so I wouldn't put it past them to name a kid Joe, but still.