Overheard (June 2020)

[sqwishy]

@debbie hahahaha I would totally be the person asking Professor Loh for his blessing

[Tylenol]

@cleverunicorn Same here, It would be a guaranteed perfect score!

[sqwishy]

@CoherentMango lol so true

[debbie]

Overheard From the 6/6/20 Live Stream (Emory Math Circle)

"Will we just hope Prof. Loh is correct?"
"he's always correct though lol" --- S.
"He has too much IQ we need to nerf him lmao" --- L.
"I love cold weather, I love to shut myself in the refrigerator." --- L.
"I honestly can't function properly when people say they don't like avocados." --- J.
"Some times you can be funny and Sirius." --- J.

[debbie]

Overheard Mon 6/8/20

"I poked myself with the compass today. It reeeeeaaaaaallllllllly hurts." --- M.
"Professor you are proceeding randomly to obtain what one desires." --- U.
"That's vandalism to draw on Earth." ---- C.
"NOVID is making audible noises; is this supposed to happen?" --- S.
"Maybe you are an owl, and you hear things." --- P.
"Roman numerals, more like ramen noodles." --- S.
"Why did the meatballs tell the spaghetti to go to sleep? It was pasta time!" --- J.
"I'm actually stupid --- how to help me?" --- A.
"These people are not afraid to actively find the solution to their problems." --- A.
"Ok we need more people on this live stream for my "genius" plan to work." --- A.
"My favorite part of the live stream: BASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." --- R.
"The mistake is 'There are mistakes.' " --- P.
"Ok matrices is definitely not appropriate here." --- P.

[debbie]

Overheard Tue 6/9/20

"Let's share this to our friends and family so we can get more viewers and this can last all summer." --- A.
"Po-Shen Loh, you've inspired me to create a Youtube channel." --- L.
"What happens if you can't draw a circle?" --- W.
"Buy ur Lohmobile today at 1000000000000 yen." --- C.
"CONNECT THE LUMPS." --- H.
"Buy your walkie-talkie now! Our special design melts!" --- T.
"'This is a disaster'.... then 'This is neat.' " --- V.
"When in doubt drink yr water and eat yr banana." --- S.
"Po-Shen Loh, we are the kind of people that look at IMO problems for fun." --- S.
" 'How hard could this be?' --- The best foreshadowing ever." --- S.
"NOVID20 makes face masks, and NOVID makes enormous steel tanks for holding liquids." --- Prof. Loh
"A: Is mathematics real?" Prof. Loh: "It's complex."
" Po-Shen Loh: Can beat IMO. Also Po-Shen Loh: Can't multiply numbers." --- D.

[The Blade Dancer]

that moment when you realize YouTube viewers have more creativity than comedians:

[sqwishy]

@The-Darkin-Blade ikr

[Potato2017]

lul$$ $$

[debbie]

Overhead Wed 6/10/20

"I'm bad at math cause I disliked." --- C.
"'It is not because it is hard, but because it is hard.' --- Po-Shen Loh " --- R.
""Okay, we need to do the work, fine!" --- Po-Shen Loh. " --- E.
"I don't think that diagram is a pentagram..." --- R.
""Hmm: Complains about it being too much work, Also: Hmm: Complains about it being too little work." " --- E.
"Imagine having a math project and getting partners with Po-Shen Loh." --- T.
"That's a really big mug." --- G.
"He keeps doing things the wacky way." --- N.
"Why do plants hate math? It gives them square roots." --- A.
"I drew a picture of you on Saturday, did you receive it?" --- A.
"Can I get a free spot in your CMU class?" --- C.
"PLZ NO HARD QUESTIONS" --- S.
"At at time when I couldn't get other people to do what I wanted to do, I could at least get a computer to do what I wanted to do (about programming as a kid)" --- Prof. Loh
"Why are calculators always broken?" --- K.
"Poach-enlo" --- B.
"Professor had an epiphany of sorts when he smooshed 6 and 5." --- U.
"Next time my dad goes out for groceries, I'm going to ask him to get bananas." --- I.
"BANANAS CAN BE BAD FOR U IF U EAT TOO MUCH OF IT" --- M.

[debbie]

Overheard Thu 6/11/20

"Exponential kid runs faster than the quadratic kid after some time." --- U.
"By mathematical lumpduction it's true.... " --- A.
"@Corona Virus You realize Po-Shen Loh made an app called NOVID that literally tries to destroy your life span lol" --- A.
"Why is everything that Po-Shen Loh explains dangerous to do at home?" --- A.
"@v4913 Are you a robot? That name sounds like a robot." --- S.
"I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?" --- E.
"Mathletic Athlete has an athletic trick..." --- Prof. Loh
"Does anyone happen to know what is the relative speed between cats and rabbits?" --- Prof. Loh
"If you go find something, you find it at the last place you search." --- D.
"People try to ban people who yell. Are people going to ban me? I yell." --- Prof. Loh
"If we ban yelling, it would be Ask Math Anything with Po-Shen Loh without Po-Shen Loh.... hmm.... " --- S.
"Before you leave have a banana or a banana vaccine yep" --- S.

[The Blade Dancer]

v4913 is in this server? whoa

[debbie]

@The-Darkin-Blade v4913 is everywhere!

[Potato2017]

@debbie Yup lol

[debbie]

Overheard Fri 6/12/20

"Tell me something about your math circles?" --- T. "Well, I like to draw circles..." --- Prof. Loh
"Looks like Pac-Man with a closed mouth." --- T.
"Pac-Man is rolling around itself." --- T.
"Do you always have bananas around you?"
"PO-SHEN LOH'S A MINION." --- A.
"Po-Shen Loh likes to have a daily dose of radiation." --- H.
" 'Don't try this math problem at home.' --- Po-Shen Loh." --- Y.
"So I can't try it at home... then I could try it at school..." --- C.
"That's a tough one... If you say, "Don't notice me," and then I notice, then what do I do?" --- Prof. Loh
"Prof. Loh can't see this, I think." "I see it!" --- Prof. Loh
"I'm not going to be a prime number for awhile..." -- Prof. Loh
"My dad always breaks the dishes that he washes." --- B.

[The Blade Dancer]

@debbie said in Overheard (June 2020):

@The-Darkin-Blade v4913 is everywhere.....

I don't know whether I should be happy or horrified.

[debbie]

@The-Darkin-Blade I've removed the dot-dots, so hopefully it's not scary-looking anymore.

[The Blade Dancer]

haha lol

[debbie]

Overheard Monday 6/15/20

"My brain is feeling mushy today." --- M.
"My math teacher likes to call lemmas "lemonlands." --- A.
"The police are after Po-Shen Loh's brain lol." --- A.
"Teachers: they help you solve problems that would never exist without them." --- X.
""Something's fishy..." --- Po-Shen Loh" --- L.
"Can we ram it with a Lohmobile?" --- A.
""Binomial distribution" sounds like a type of leaf blower." --- T.
"Wolf-ram Alpha? It should be Wolf-ram omega." --- L.
"Prof. is allergic to calculation." --- N.
"Celebrated math professor claims that he is lazy!" --- V.
"Bananas are all clones of each other." --- Prof. Loh
"THIS MAN IS A BANANAOLOGIST." --- E.
"History of bananas with Po-Shen Loh." --- M.
"HOW DOES HE KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT BANANAS" --- X.

[Potato2017]

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