Masterful Math Madness

As a companion piece to my rough analysis of it being insulting to be reminded that 1+1=2 I offer this.


Months ago I broke down and purposefully posted a rare comment at the enemy's home court. A date was used and 11 was not reduced because it is a master number. Or THE master number. It's not very clear. Seems like master means you are allowed to reduce it if you want to, but it doesn't have to be. Maybe it's more like an RA at college where you have limited power and get a nicer room or something.


Now 1+1=2 has been repeated again. The magical word is:


MATHEMATICS=112


Isn't that nice? It's the word about math and has the benefit of being a core belief of math. There's little doubt that 1+1=2. Children are taught this pretty early, right after receiving their first PlayStation in most cultures. They chant,"1+1 is 2, 1+2 is 3, 1+3 is 4....". And repeat it 10 times in the mirror and depending on which side of the Freemason-Dixon line they fall on either Attu The Wonder Turtle showers them with rewards of scrimshaw and turtleneck sweaters or massacres their enemies for the upcoming solar eclipse sacrifice. Or if you're Ellen Page you get a role in Juneau, move to the capital and away from the Attu Islands. Thus putting you smack dab on top of the Freemason-Dixon line. And you get to date Lucy.


I find this disturbing and not just because Ellen is not playing in the same ballpark that I do. She's cute.


Math is important enough that 1+1=2 is worthy of mention. We have a concept that 11 is a number that should not be reduced. But in this case, it clearly is reduced to individual digits.


No wonder Ellen is confused. And think of her poor pet turtle.


I'm still heavily leaning on the side that says 112=112 and not 1 and 1 and 2. And Aleutian Christmas is on my side. There are TWO turtledoves in the song. My true love didn't give me 112. If you added 111 items every day there'd be 1,222 objects by the end the song. And that's not including the cows that the maids would be milking. Or if they're friends of Ellen maybe.....