Sleep soon! The semester is almost done. I believe in you.
자고 싶어.
Best way to learn kanji?
One thing that can help with memorization is getting several of your senses involved. Write it out by hand, then write out the translation. Speak it aloud while you do that, so you can feel your mouth making the sounds while you hear them. Then use flash cards. Then get a friend to quiz you. You could also look at books like this one, on adult language acquisition: http://bit.ly/bc-fluent.
Tennis ball sized head or watermelon sized head?
It’s hard to see how either of those would work for me. But I wouldn’t want to judge for humans.
Why does [equation] have four solutions [equation] where p = 8k + 1?
The Answer Wall hasn’t studied number theory or quadratic reciprocity, so I can’t help you find the solutions for this system of congruences. If you are interested in finding the solutions, I recommend you take MATH4430 Introduction to Number Theory or speak to Professor Robert Gross who teaches that course (http://bit.ly/RobertGross). Alternatively, you could speak to any of our Math department faculty who specialise in Number Theory – Avner Ash, Solomon Friederg, Robert Gross, Benjamin Howard, Dube Kelmer, or Keerthi Madapusi Pera (http://bit.ly/numtheoryresearch). Good luck!
Nicki or Cardi????
Why choose? These are two phenominally talented women who both deserve to have their music appreciated.
How do you get over a breakup?
Hall & Oates, Cherry Garcia, and 5K training with friends.
Why are there so many *racists* on campus? (frown emoji)
Unfortunately, racism is an ingrained part of not just America, but nearly every culture in the world. “Us vs. Them” is a very easy mentality to fall into, and skin color is a very obvious trait of every person. As to BC specifically, you’ll likely find that there’s more racists here than in some places, but fewer than in others. Not that any racism is acceptable, but it does pervade American society and it’s hard to know who is going to have what political or social opinions before they come here.
(smiley face)
It makes me so happy to see your smiling faces!
Congrats Kofi Kingston and to your dad! World champs!
I was recently informed that I got “conkie donkied” this past weekend. What does this mean? Should I get checked?
I’d check Urban Dictionary and see if your circumstances match.
What is good? What is up?
Just hangin’ out. Hope you can stay a while.
Why do toddler farts smell so bad?
Most toddlers’ gas is not much different than an adult’s gas, however toddlers may not have control over their gas, and therefore it may be more noticable. However, if a toddler has very foul smelling gas, it could be signs of a digestive track problem or allergy- a visit to the doctor may be in order.
Kirkwood Tickler? Should my feet be scared?
The Kirkwood Tickler seems to have peaked in 2014, although there are still occasional claims about their exploits today,. The chances of you being a victim are relatively slim, and it’s not generally a good idea to spend your life scared of all the potential crimes that could happen to you (especially in a city). Maybe just try wearing socks to bed?
Can you call yourself 6 ft tall if you are really 5’10.5
Look, I truly know what it’s like to not be as tall as you wish you were. I’m hardly The Great Wall of China, myself. But saying you’re taller than you are is only going to make people doubt your credibility on other issues. Stand tall and show the world what five-foot-ten-and-a-half can accomplish.
How much does a gram of cocaine cost? (pt 2)
As of March 2017, about $160. There’s a terrific graph “Price and Purity of Domestic Cocaine Purchases, January 2012 – March 2017” on page 42 of this report from the DEA: bit.ly/2018DrugReport
Should I get conkied this weekend?
Does not strike me as a good idea at all!
Does reductionalism exist?
Do you mean reductionism? (without the “al”?) Yes. It’s a thing, and and appears mostly in the context of philosophical treatments of empiricism and positivism. Here’s a helpful entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP): http://bit.ly/sep-reduction. “Reductionalism” appears once in error in the SEP in the title of an article by Richard Rorty in a bibliographic entry. It should be “Reductionism.”
I hate all the group projects
Group projects are a hassle in a setting like college where individual performance is emphasized so heavily. However, they are good training for the real world where you will almost never be individually responsible for a project. For most of your career, you will succeed and fail on the merits of not just yourself, but of your team. Whether you are the leader of that team or a contributor, the team is what will get it done. To put it in perspective: after your first 12 months out of college, no one will care what your GPA was. But for the rest of your career you will be judged on how good a team member you are.
Is that really tall red head tennis player a human, robot, or some type of cyborg???
Actually he is a fictional character from David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest named John “No Relation” Wayne: “… he’s all business. His face on court is blankly rigid, with hypertonic masking of schizophrenics and Zen adepts. He tends to look straight ahead at all times. He is about as reserved as they come. His emotions emerge in terms of velocity. Intelligence as strategic focus. His play, like his manner in general, seems to Schacht less alive than undead.”
Recently, I was told I fart like a toddler. How do I stop this from becoming a recurring thing?
To fart less like a toddler, try to suppress it until you’re not chilling with Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, while sporting Oshkosh B’Gosh threads, slugging down a juice box, and gorging on a GoGo squeeZ. To truly level up your farting adultness, follow each outburst with a remark like “This Trivento 2016 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is truly top-notch, but it does generate gas…”