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This is the thread where we find stuff on the Internet that you will probably never need in real life.

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I wholeheartedly support this thread. :3

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Dogs can't look up
I think in Non-sequiturs


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Seth wrote:Dogs can't look up
They totally can!

That was a plot point in Shaun of the Dead I think.
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Yes it as, and what a useful and meaningful subplot it was.
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Sleet wrote:
Seth wrote:Dogs can't look up
They totally can!

That was a plot point in Shaun of the Dead I think.

Yeah it was.
It's my favorite bit from that movie actually

and they totally can't!
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They can when they lie on their backs!

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I'd say the Heisenberg uncertainty principle is far from useless.
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Seth wrote:Dogs can't look up
Me thinks you need to meet a dog some day. They look up at people all the time, they are quite professional at it.
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Well I'll be. Furries freaked people out then too!
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The powerpuff girls where first called "The Whoop*** Girls"
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well, for Wolverine you have to specify which series, seeing as there were a few before he started.
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I will refrain from posting approximatly 99% of all mathematical equations on this thread. just know that it is undeniably true
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Mathematical equations are not useless!
Mathematics is a very helpful tool that can be used to describe naturally arising phenomena, quantity, structure, shape, change, and relationships.What constitutes the notion of useless anyway? Mathematical equations are simply there to state the relationship of two expressions. There is also an infinite amount of mathematical equations, so you could not possibly write all the useless ones here anyway. Because mathematical equations can be created indiscriminately, there will be infinite numbers of useless mathematical equations and infinite numbers of useful mathematical equations depending on your definition of useless.

I have an inkling that someone will come here and attempt to disprove this completely...

The uncertainty principle is not really something that everyone has to know. Although it is extremely important in quantum mechanics, most people do not really need to know much about quantum mechanics. Or maybe it is useful and we will need to use it everyday from now on...
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Kyderra wrote:The powerpuff girls where first called "The Whoop*** Girls"
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also :

This
*Guilmon*

Is the same voice actor as:
*A whole lot of other characters*
I was confused at first when I first saw this, but apparently you're talking about the English voice actor. XD
I've only watched Digimon with English subs, so I never knew.

Anyway, the Japanese seiyuu (voice actor) for Guilmon is the same as Son Goku from Dragon Ball, and is a 75-years-old woman named Masako Nozawa.

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In France the Disny Pixar movie "The Incredables" is called "The Indistructables" (Les Indistructables), dispite the fact that the French word for incredable (incroyable) is actually better!
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Wolfy wrote:I will refrain from posting approximatly 99% of all mathematical equations on this thread. just know that it is undeniably true
I concur with the above statement
Math equations are indeed useless to the majority of the populace.
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Depends what you mean by math equations. Math equations in general are useful to 100% of the population.
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String Theory. The End.
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Sleet wrote:Depends what you mean by math equations. Math equations in general are useful to 100% of the population.
This↑
The only useless equations are ones that will never be true. For example: x=x+1 . No value of x can satisfy this equation, it can lead to a fallacy of 0=1.

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Dissension wrote:String Theory. The End.
*chuckle*

Wanderer wrote:
Sleet wrote:Depends what you mean by math equations. Math equations in general are useful to 100% of the population.
This↑
The only useless equations are ones that will never be true. For example: x=x+1 . No value of x can satisfy this equation, it can lead to a fallacy of 0=1.
I don't understand them
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because they are magic and I am not a wizard they are useless to me
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Does this mean I'm a wizard?

Yes! *points his/her science wand at you* QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM!

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Congratualtions on becoming a wizard and a global mod in the same week!
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War never Changes
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"Here, look at this Metal Gear Solid 4 skit we did last week."
"War has changed"
"And now look at this Fallout 3 skit we did yesterday."
"War never changes"
"See? They all think they're making poignant philosophical statements but really they're just filled with overly poetic, shallow, interchangeable garbage."

Sorry I couldn't help it :p
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Wanderer wrote:"Here, look at this Metal Gear Solid 4 skit we did last week."
"War has changed"
"And now look at this Fallout 3 skit we did yesterday."
"War never changes"
"See? They all think they're making poignant philosophical statements but really they're just filled with overly poetic, shallow, interchangeable garbage."

Sorry I couldn't help it :p
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In most circles, 60,000 words is the minimum requirement for a work to be considered a novel.
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not NaNoWriMo. that's 50,000 word novels.
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That's a lot of words to type.

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Useful/useless information:

Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
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Wanderer wrote:Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
Necco wafers?
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Hardtack?
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