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A child genius. (static.happyplace.com)

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[–]ksulli10 336 points337 points ago

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This is kind of an urban legend... Everybody has heard some form of it. The one I heard was a kid applying for college was prompted for an essay question with: "What is courage?" and he just responded "This is courage." and got accepted.

[–]furbiesandbeans 182 points183 points ago

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Also the test about philosophy where the final test is just the question "Why?" and the student who answered "Why not?" got full grade points.

[–]Avi3leaves 33 points34 points ago

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or the philosophy teacher who asked on final exam prove that this chair exists, (places chair in front of class) everyone one in class proceeds to write long papers explaining the existential philosophy and physicality of the senses and relativity and what not, but the only person that got a 100% simply answered "what chair?"

[–]Lonestar93 8 points9 points ago

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How does that prove it exists?

[–]Garren191 10 points11 points ago

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I always heard the exam was to prove the chair didn't exist.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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It doesn't. The chair, like everything else including us, is just energy at a particular wavelength. We perceive a chair because that is what our eyes tell our conscious mind it is.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

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The chair [..] is just energy at a particular wavelength.

Right. A chair.

[–]ACommentFromBelow 18 points19 points ago

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GAMMA <--> XRAY <--> UV <--> CHAIR <--> VISIBLE <--> IR <--> RADIO

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Prove it exists?

Can't be done.

This is the point of the question.

[–]I_talk_about_stuff 1 point2 points ago

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...and the point of the answer.

By replying "What Chair?", the teacher would first have to prove the existence of the said chair in order for it to be a valid question in the first place.

[–]intentionally_blank 1 point2 points ago

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My guess would be that the person would have to acknowledge that it exists so they can respond to the question. At least, if they are playing nice.

[–]anusbomber 1 point2 points ago

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it doesn't, the point was that you can never prove it exists

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    [–]Trebay 2 points3 points ago

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    Would walking up to the chair knocking it over causing everyone in the cass including he teacher to notice , then going back to your seat and write "that" on your exam count

    [–]WhiteCanvas 10 points11 points ago

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    Because secret.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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    Oddly read that as 'because erect.'

    my annagramifier is working too well. and/or i'm developing dyslexia.

    [–]Neonite 1 point2 points ago

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    I am god, but i am not god. Because secret.

    [–]BonutDot 94 points95 points ago

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    He should've failed. The correct response is "because I fuckin said so".

    [–]jsmayne 149 points150 points ago

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    Because, fuck you, that's why.

    [–]CraigyFakeFake 15 points16 points ago

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    My dad spends all day at work on reddit instead of securing my future...

    [–]rwhittak3 17 points18 points ago

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    Son?

    [–]CraigyFakeFake 3 points4 points ago

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    Is that you daddy?!?

    [–]ChineseSweatPants 50 points51 points ago

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    This

    [–]PeterMus 37 points38 points ago

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    He looks heart broken.

    [–]Rimm 11 points12 points ago

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    give Bukowski back his icecream

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      [–]AutoBiological 2 points3 points ago

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      Sounds like something Sidney Morgenbesser would say to a cop.

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        [–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

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        actually the truth if you are into nietzsche, foucault, bourdieu, etc.

        [–]Acoz0r 17 points18 points ago

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        Bourdieu was a bitch and he can eat a dick

        [–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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        I find this level of discourse confusing.

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              [–]CountingCats 5 points6 points ago

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              I've heard another one of them where the question was something like:

              "Is this a question" and the answer was "It is a question because this is my answer".

              [–]DiaDeLosMuertos 1 point2 points ago

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              Other philosophy test: "Refute the existence of this chair." Places chair on table.

              Only A+ in class's answer: "What chair?"

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                [–]pr0grammer 32 points33 points ago

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                "Describe yourself in 200 words or less."

                "Concise."

                [–]Xen0nex 108 points109 points ago

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                This sort of reminds me of something I did on a job interview. They asked for an example of how I reacted to negative feedback I received from a previous employer, and I couldn't think of any. So I decided to tell a very strange and possibly incriminating story, and wisely decided to change it midway through.

                It was awful, and I pretty much told him that. When it seemed he was still waiting for a 'proper' answer, I gave it another go:

                "Well, there was some negative feedback I received from an interviewer once. I was asked to give an example of how I reacted to negative feedback, and then I told an unrelated story which didn't really answer the question, which was noted. Instead of giving up there and then, I decided to learn from my mistake and keep going, undaunted. I proceeded to give a great example of negative feedback and my response, which was well received."

                Somehow, I didn't get that job...

                [–]majesticjg 26 points27 points ago

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                Too bad. I would have hired you for that one.

                [–]problem_child2 5 points6 points ago

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                You're hired. Now mow my lawn you little shit.

                [–]Yakrin 1 point2 points ago

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                really? it sounded like a disaster to me

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                  [–]chingao327 45 points46 points ago

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                  I believe the college was University of Phoenix.

                  [–]atombomb1945 41 points42 points ago

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                  What Chair? was always my favorite.

                  [–]howmuchsoforth 14 points15 points ago

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                  Go on . . .

                  [–]simonsarris 91 points92 points ago*

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                  There's a philosophy exam that goes like this. A professor takes a chair and says "prove to me this chair doesn't exist."

                  The philosophy student says, "What chair?"

                  (Source: philosophy degree)

                  [–]Ali_2m 8 points9 points ago

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                  Fucking nailed it, dude

                  [–]speqter 8 points9 points ago

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                  He nailed the chair?

                  [–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

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                  It was either that or screw it, how else would it stay together?

                  [–]JohnTrollvolta 2 points3 points ago

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                  Glue it... but don't chew it.

                  [–]shiner_bock 11 points12 points ago

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                  The chair was totally asking for it.

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                    [–]con42scientist 38 points39 points ago

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                    The one I've always heard is about the kid in the philosophy class, and the teacher asks them to write their final explaining why their chair wasn't actually real or something. He wrote down "What chair?".

                    EDIT: Someone below already posted it. I'll still leave it here, because fuck you that's why.

                    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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                    I like you, kid. Ya got guts.

                    [–]somedaypilot 43 points44 points ago

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                    FW:FW:FW:RE:RE:LOL

                    The following is an actual question given on a McGill University chemistry mid-term Exam paper:

                    Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof

                    Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyles Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant.

                    One student, however, wrote the following:

                    First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that most people and their souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.

                    Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyles Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added.

                    This gives two possibilities.

                    If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

                    Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

                    So which is it?

                    If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Celine LeBlanc during my Freshman year - that "it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you" - and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then (2) cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic.

                    The student got the only A!

                    [–]ComebackShane 16 points17 points ago

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                    The version of the story where he does sleep with here is way better, IMO.

                    [–]rlbond86 6 points7 points ago*

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                    The problem, of course, is that he was in a science class, and Ms. Celine LeBlank's postulate was not published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal

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                      [–]wristdirect 3 points4 points ago

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                      http://i.imgur.com/a882n.gif

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                      [–]namenottaken 17 points18 points ago

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                      3rd grade spelling test.

                      Spell abbreviation.

                      abbr.

                      [–]kromak 6 points7 points ago

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                      Well, this is incorrect...

                      [–]RuleNine 5 points6 points ago

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                      Relevant snopes page.

                      [–]Phenomena0 4 points5 points ago

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                      In my high school religion class we were asked to draw what we thought God represented, I handed in a blank paper and got full marks.

                      [–]cynoclast 4 points5 points ago

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                      I heard "This is."

                      Brevity is the soul of wit after all.

                      [–]Quazifuji 3 points4 points ago

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                      Some things like this do happen. I had a cognitive science professor who talked about one time a student handed him an essay that just consisted of the sentence "Is this a simple heuristic?" copy-pasted until it was 500 words. The professor thought it was complete genius and gave it full credit.

                      [–]o_ldn 4 points5 points ago

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                      Beat me to the punch. In the UK it's applied to a kid trying to get entrance into a top private school.

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                        [–][deleted] 39 points40 points ago

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                        Probably apocryphal but the story I like is that an exam question asked "What is your your favorite word, and why?" to which the student answered "Brevity."

                        [–]speqter 15 points16 points ago

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                        ✔

                        [–]grilledcheesy 160 points161 points ago

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                        Ok child genius, prove to me 1 + 1 does not equal 2.

                        • "One rain drop plus one rain drop, equals one rain drop."

                        ಠ_ಠ

                        [–]DaylightDarkle 95 points96 points ago

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                        1 + 1 equals 3

                        for large values of 1

                        [–]celestialwolf 16 points17 points ago

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                        1+1=10 in binary

                        [–]BurningLed 15 points16 points ago

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                        Calculus made it possible.

                        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                        -_-

                        [–]jbigz 40 points41 points ago

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                        My friend would always pick on his little brother.

                        One day, he told his brother to "stand on one leg or I'll hit you."

                        The little kid, who can't even talk yet, complies.

                        "Okay now balance on the other foot, and don't fall or I'll hit you."

                        Little brother wobbles around, but is still able to meet his demands.

                        As a trick question, the older brother asks "Now balance on no feet."

                        Immediately the child drops to the ground, lays on his back, and lifts both of his legs into the air.

                        The little brother got beaten that day for being a smart ass.

                        [–]tekn04 53 points54 points ago

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                        You should not have this kind of a friend

                        [–]sje46 4 points5 points ago

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                        Especially considering how "he can't even talk yet".

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                          [–]yumwafflez 27 points28 points ago

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                          I'm sorry, but I fucking hate this. I know it's not supposed to be taken seriously, but c'mon. That's like saying 1=2 because you can split a piece of pizza in half. Measure using molecules, and you'll find that 1d + 1d = 2d, where d is the number of water molecules (which is roughly 1.7*1021) in a drop.

                          chemistryfag out

                          [–]anonysera 9 points10 points ago

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                          If you split a pizza in 2 and it became two smaller pizzas, instead of 2 halves of a larger pizza, you would be right. Alas, pizza is not amorphous like a drop of water, which remains a whole drop of water regardless of how little water it contains. You wouldn't call it a half of a drop of water...how would you quantify that in laymen's terms.

                          No one was talking about chemistry, so no need to bring it up.

                          [–]awesauce101 4 points5 points ago

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                          The definition of a drop a water, a droplet, has finite diameter). Thus it is the question which is incorrectly defined, as we can take the droplet d and divide it into two distinct partitions d1 and d2, both of which are droplets. As for the pizza, if you remove a slice from the pie, the original pie has been altered. This is to say, that the slice of pizza is a subpizza of the original pizza, but not of the remaining pie.

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                              [–]aaaxxxlll 4 points5 points ago

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                              In base 2, 1 + 1 = 10.

                              [–]prium 13 points14 points ago

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                              All bases are base 10.

                              [–]ReachingHorizons 12 points13 points ago

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                              including the base that belong to us?

                              [–]Fonethree 1 point2 points ago

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                              What about base 7?

                              [–]GNG 2 points3 points ago*

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                              Base 10 is named after the first number where digits repeat. Following that pattern, even base 7 is base 10.

                              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 10

                              To put it another way, Base n is named after the (n+1)th number.

                              [–]fenwaygnome 1 point2 points ago

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                              This is why people hate you math folk.

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                                  [–]skawesome 1 point2 points ago

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                                  I feel that this comment is both mind blowing and underrated. Have an upvote.

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                                    [–]Sexagesimal 20 points21 points ago

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                                    there are only 10 types of people in the word: those who understand binary, and those who don't

                                    [–]gring0 15 points16 points ago

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                                    BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 8 TYPES, BRO//???

                                    [–]kromak 11 points12 points ago

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                                    Ah, you're part of the first group!

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                                        [–]Andre7723 6 points7 points ago

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                                        That's because the chemical composition is the same so technically it'd be 1=1.

                                        Half a point?

                                        [–]MongrelNymph 3 points4 points ago

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                                        Half check.

                                        [–]your_penis[!] 9 points10 points ago

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                                        \

                                        [–]your_penis[!] 16 points17 points ago

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                                        my god what have I done

                                        [–]MongrelNymph 11 points12 points ago

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                                        shooting blanks?

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                                          [–]zyzzogeton 5 points6 points ago*

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                                          1+1 = 10 (binary)

                                          Or more convolutedly:

                                          Let x = y, then

                                          x−y+y=y


x−y+y       y
------  =  ---
  x-y      x-y

                                          We can then simplify as:

                                          x-y    y       y
--- + ---  =  ---
x-y   x-y     x-y

                                          or

                                          1 +   y     y
     --- = ---
     x-y   x-y

1=  y     y
   --- - ---  
   x−y  yx−y

                                          ergo 

                                          1=0

                                          Now we know that x = y or 1 = 1 is true and, using the above, that 1 = 0 or 0 = 1 is true, we pose:

                                          0 = 1
1 = 1
1 = 1

                                          Adding these three equations we get:

                                          0 + 1 + 1 = 1 + 1 + 1

                                          QED

                                          1 + 1 = 3

                                          (incidentally, this is why you should never divide by zero)

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                                          Your original equation states that x=y.

                                          By dividing by x-y, you must assume that x≠y because you cannot divide by zero.

                                          This is an example of breaking something by dividing by zero.

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                                            [–]chingao327 53 points54 points ago

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                                            Well beyond his years.

                                            [–]IIdsandsII 30 points31 points ago

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                                            That's an anagram for "A blessedly whiner yo."

                                            [–]an_anagram 13 points14 points ago

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                                            She's lonely, a wiry Deb.

                                            [–]3lementaru 18 points19 points ago

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                                            How did you know...

                                            [–]chingao327 3 points4 points ago

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                                            Yo, Ned hears silly web .

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                                              [–]ohawk1 115 points116 points ago

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                                              This didn't happen.

                                              [–]tryk48s 19 points20 points ago

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                                              Things that didn't happen:

                                              This. ✔

                                              FTFY

                                              [–]ripripripriprip 3 points4 points ago

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                                              That checkmark looks like it's from someone who has been grading paper for years.

                                              It's just so...perfect.

                                              [–]Butterbemme 15 points16 points ago

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                                              My HS teacher told us about a student who answered in a similar manner in his A-levels for english. Supposedly he got full points.

                                              [–]ConradDanger 133 points134 points ago

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                                              Must be true then.

                                              [–]AriBBCP 42 points43 points ago

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                                              my legitomatron says his story checks out.

                                              [–]I_suggest_band_names 32 points33 points ago

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                                              Legitomatron

                                              [–]jiarb 1 point2 points ago

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                                              Legomegatron

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                                                  [–]TommyBoy012 8 points9 points ago

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                                                  My friends sisters aunts mom was that HS teacher..it's true.

                                                  [–]Dysalot 19 points20 points ago

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                                                  Your friends grandma?

                                                  [–]Persius 20 points21 points ago

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                                                  My college English teacher told us the same story, except she failed the student because this is a fucking stupid answer.

                                                  [–]joshjcomedy 5 points6 points ago*

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                                                  You're English teacher must know what is up. (sorry bad joke)

                                                  [–]Persius 4 points5 points ago

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                                                  She taught freshmen, so she obviously put up with this shit often from kids who thought they were gonna be "clever". She had one kid who thought he was smart because he thought a fallacy was a dick.

                                                  [–]drinkallthecoffee 1 point2 points ago

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                                                  butterbutt's hiss teacher toldz him.

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                                                      [–]speqter 36 points37 points ago

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                                                      Write an example of a risk.

                                                      An example of a risk.

                                                      How would you score that if you were the teacher?

                                                      [–]JimmerUK 58 points59 points ago

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                                                      ✔

                                                      [–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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                                                      Zero points, with a comment "you're very clever, pity that this isn't wordgames 101".

                                                      [–]JustZisGuy 1 point2 points ago

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                                                      What if you were teaching Wordgames 101?

                                                      [–]CrucifiX13 1 point2 points ago

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                                                      I would mark it incorrect, because there are no quotation marks around "an example of a risk," therefore the command is not to be taken so literally. Nice try, though.

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                                                        [–]bacon11 10 points11 points ago

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                                                        Nike just keeps getting more and more clever with their ads.

                                                        [–]whatwhywhoami 10 points11 points ago

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                                                        Harvard entrance essay asks "What is the biggest risk you've ever taken?". Applicant writes "Fuck you."

                                                        [–]stefanocfb 2 points3 points ago

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                                                        You have to think though, when is the line between genius and cocky crossed?

                                                        [–]fortfert 8 points9 points ago

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                                                        Damn, he's so meta, he's about to evolve into Butterfree.

                                                        [–]DirtyTubbs 1 point2 points ago

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                                                        ✔

                                                        [–]jivemotha 7 points8 points ago

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                                                        That's a really nice check mark. Did anyone else notice how nice of a check mark that is?

                                                        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                        ✔

                                                        I scanned this one.

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                                                          [–]originaluip 37 points38 points ago

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                                                          "Write an example of an event that never occured."

                                                          "This."

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                                                          [–]TommyBoy012 12 points13 points ago

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                                                          Only once.

                                                          [–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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                                                          My brain hurts...

                                                          [–]nikorablin 4 points5 points ago

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                                                          Not even once.

                                                          [–]toastedicechili 4 points5 points ago

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                                                          ✔

                                                          [–]Angry_Table_Flipper 1 point2 points ago

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                                                          "An example of an event that never occured."

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                                                            [–]pr1ntscreen 47 points48 points ago

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                                                            I dont understand, is Nike a risk? It's a Nike logo, right?

                                                            [–]malmad 33 points34 points ago

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                                                            The nike sign is the teacher approving that simply writing "This." was a risk in and of itself.

                                                            [–][deleted] 20 points21 points ago

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                                                            Actually the sign is used for wrong answers, atleast at my school

                                                            [–]Replekia 22 points23 points ago

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                                                            You probably live in Finland, Sweden, Puerto Rico or Japan then

                                                            [–]ribboo 16 points17 points ago

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                                                            I wondered why he was downvoted.

                                                            • Live in Sweden ✓

                                                            [–]IamSparticles 21 points22 points ago

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                                                            So you don't actually live in Sweden?

                                                            [–]ElCaz 7 points8 points ago

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                                                            No, he lives in Sweden, he just does it wrong.

                                                            [–]IamSparticles 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            Living?

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                                                              [–]joss33 1 point2 points ago

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                                                              or Estonia

                                                              [–]Icyballs 1 point2 points ago

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                                                              I live in the US and I've seen that before.

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                                                                [–]pr1ntscreen 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                Sorry guys I'm still not getting it, unless it refers to the frowned upon "this" on Reddit

                                                                [–]zbowman 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                probably the fact that only one word was written when asked for an example is a risk of not receiving a good grade, therefore he accurately gave an example of a risk

                                                                [–]pr1ntscreen 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                It's been far too long since I attented school, thanks! :)

                                                                [–]sentimentalpirate 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                Writing the word "this" as his answer seems like a no-effort cop-out, and it's likely that the teacher would mark him down for it...However, that means that it is a risky answer to write - a risk. The question asked for an example of a risk. His self-referencial answer was a risk because the teacher might be inclined to mark it down.

                                                                [–]Retanaru 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                Just in case you're not trolling. The student was supposed to write about something risky. The teacher probably wanted a a few sentences talking about drugs or racing, instead the student made a remark about how risky it would be to not write anything, and receive 0 points on the question. The teacher accepted it with a check mark.

                                                                [–]derp_skerper 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                Then you must be an idiot. Let me explain. It is risky to answer a test question like that, because it is obviously not the sought-out answer. Therefore, the answer in itself is an example of a risk.

                                                                [–]pr1ntscreen 13 points14 points ago

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                                                                I guess I'm an idiot then, thanks. I get it now.

                                                                [–]Japandrewm 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                That guy is a douche. You're fine.

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                                                                    [–]yuno10 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                    It's unbelievable how close to the Nike logo that tick looks...

                                                                    [–]wesrawr 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                    Also known as a check mark.

                                                                    [–]DoWhile 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                    I guess he just did it.

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                                                                      [–]WinterInJapan 8 points9 points ago*

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                                                                      I heard this story a long time ago as an urban legend in college.

                                                                      Cool to see it in action.

                                                                      [–]Intolight 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                      I don't know about anyone else but that's got to be the most perfect check mark I've ever seen. It looks exactly like the Nike logo. That's the first thing I noticed...

                                                                      [–]sqq 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                      Back when I went to high school, we got an exam assignment that was "Write a story about a football match". One guy in my class wrote "The match is canceled due to bad weather".

                                                                      Sadly he got an F.

                                                                      [–]njdevils2626 78 points79 points ago

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                                                                      nailed it

                                                                      [–]HoneyIRapedTheKids 113 points114 points ago

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                                                                      This.

                                                                      [–]obligatory_ 151 points152 points ago

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                                                                      ✔

                                                                      [–]AriBBCP 25 points26 points ago

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                                                                      is this going to be a new reddit thing? whenever someone says "this" we reply with a little check-mark?

                                                                      [–]TheBrainofBrian 102 points103 points ago

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                                                                      ✔

                                                                      [–]KingDank420 15 points16 points ago

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                                                                      i feel like a technologically impaired duck cause i have no idea how to make the check mark :(

                                                                      [–]elcapitan29 37 points38 points ago

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                                                                      ✔ just copy and paste foo!

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                                                                      [–]VinSwift 14 points15 points ago

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                                                                      ✔

                                                                      [–]Atersed 29 points30 points ago

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                                                                      I believe the correct term is "✘"

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                                                                        [–]my_personal_army 15 points16 points ago

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                                                                        copy and paste-Fu

                                                                        FTFY

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                                                                            [–]Kirer 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                            That.

                                                                            [–]Angstweevil 30 points31 points ago

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                                                                            ✗

                                                                            [–]joebobfrank 23 points24 points ago

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                                                                            X

                                                                            [–]snutr 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                            is this going to be a new reddit thing? whenever someone says "this" we reply with a little check-mark?

                                                                            The "little check-mark" is the "Nope, Chuck Testa" of Q4 2011.

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                                                                                [–]schwins_cube 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                                Came here to say "This".

                                                                                [–]bearses 20 points21 points ago

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                                                                                ✔

                                                                                [–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                                Came here after reading "This."

                                                                                [–]toastedicechili 17 points18 points ago

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                                                                                ✔

                                                                                [–]ominoustoad 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                                ಠ_ಠ

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                                                                                  [–]Grizzly_Bears 24 points25 points ago

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                                                                                  I would be more impressed if the student wrote "Fuck Off"

                                                                                  [–]Krazen 41 points42 points ago

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                                                                                  that's not meta though.

                                                                                  [–]MongrelNymph 14 points15 points ago

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                                                                                  Fuck Off.

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                                                                                    [–]weirdlooking 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                    "i never asked for this"

                                                                                    [–]ggushea 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                    Anyone else think this looks exactly like the Nike swoosh?

                                                                                    [–]fbanda87 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                    nike

                                                                                    [–]p_esco 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                    Fake.

                                                                                    [–]jackityjack 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                    ITT: people showing that they know how to make a script check-mark

                                                                                    [–]gypsiequeen 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                    Reminds me of my brother ---- he'd finish tests so damn quickly, that he'd make up his own page-long bonus questions..... and usually get bonus marks for them..

                                                                                    [–]shmelty 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                                    When I was five, our school principal took me and several other "gifted" students to a center for intelligence assessment. There I proved myself to be a child genius.

                                                                                    Amongst the evaluation questions asked by my two interviewers, the one I remember most was, "What's the highest number you could write if you started counting, shmelty?"

                                                                                    After a few thoughtful moments, the tiny me boldly answered, "Until the pencil runs out of lead!"

                                                                                    They were very impressed.

                                                                                    From there on I was considered a bitty badass... unfortunately genius status often expires with childhood status!

                                                                                    [–]anonysera 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                    I don't get how that makes you a 'genius'. Sorry.

                                                                                    [–]shmelty 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                    No apologies, I was thinking that my 'genius' was tantamount to this kid's 'bravery'. Both sufficiently clever for our own immediate good, but nothing to gloat about beyond internet fora. Anyway, my genius is disembodied and slacking, if you think of it according to ancient Roman mythos.

                                                                                    [–]thebeefytaco 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                    That doesn't look like a child's handwriting...

                                                                                    [–]greenbowl 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                    My middle school English teacher told me this story:

                                                                                    Back when he was in grad school, he had to take an exam in a philosophy course. The entire semester had been a slack off for him, and he needed to get at least a B to pass the course. The entire exam consisted of writing an essay in 2 hours, analyzing courage. It was either this test or nothing.

                                                                                    At the exam, he decided to turn in a blank piece of paper and walked right outside the exam room. Received the only A+ in the course on the exam.

                                                                                    [–]philonius 10 points11 points ago

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                                                                                    IMHO, your teacher was lying.

                                                                                    [–]greenbowl 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                                    Maybe. But I'd like to suspend my belief please.

                                                                                    [–]wckb 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                    classic bullshit urban legend, stop repeating this nonsense.

                                                                                    [–]CafeSilver 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                    I often was tempted to do stuff like this when I was in school but none of the teachers would have gone for it. They were all old farts that were very strict and rigid. Thankfully most of them are retired now. Since I graduated high school a little over a decade ago about 80% of the teachers for all grades (1-12) are gone.

                                                                                    [–]JimmerUK 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                    A kid did do this at my school.

                                                                                    In an English exam we were set the task of writing a story about a time-machine.

                                                                                    I spent two hours crafting an intricate story where strange events happen in the beginning of the book, the protagonist travelling back in time to discover what caused them only for him to discover that it was him in the first place. I wrote pages and pages, it was a masterpiece.

                                                                                    However, I didn't quite have time to finish it, and got a B.

                                                                                    Cunt next to me wrote half a page describing the clock on his grandmother's mantlepiece and got an A* for thinking outside the box. Fucker.

                                                                                    [–]CafeSilver 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                    Got an A*? Never heard of that grade. Is it better than an A+?

                                                                                    [–]Commcd 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                                    We use A* (star) instead of A+ in the UK.

                                                                                    [–]CafeSilver 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                    TIL.

                                                                                    [–]stefanocfb 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                    Oh wow, never knew that.

                                                                                    The UK seems to be much more aware of American customs than American's are of the UK's.

                                                                                    [–]twadebald 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                    Like a boss.

                                                                                    [–]Elementary_Watson 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                    sublime

                                                                                    [–]i_cant_fap_to_that 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                                    I wrote "penis" and got an A

                                                                                    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                                    I'm sorry, I'm retarded, I don;t get it. How come a check mark is an example of 'this'?

                                                                                    [–]tcrat 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                    More like a marketing genius.

                                                                                    Nike viral if you ask me. The question/answer is an old joke, the checkmark serves as their logo and is the most noticeable thing on the image, and it gives off the vibe of taking-risks-and-succeeding; the kind of thing a sports clothing manufacturer would want their brand to be associated with.

                                                                                    [–]Beericksen 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                                    I hope they got full credit

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