re: More evidence that math is x-ist: Algebra is a "civil rights issue"

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I'm not sure I follow your scenario, I'm interpreting it as this:

1. Item is rung up.
2. Customer pays for item.
3. Customer is owed $4.03 in return.
4. Before it is returned, customer gives cashier and extra dollar.

Or is this way off, and the scenario is completely different?

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I wasn't paying attention or I would have done it before he rang me up, but I saw I was owed $4.03 back, figured he needed the ones more than me, so I gave him another $1 so he could give me $5.03. I handed him the $1 as he was going for the ones. I neglected to say "Here,you can give me a $5 and keep the ones because you need them more."

He messed it up, didn't say anything because I figured I did it to him sort of, but I felt bad for him because he doesn't know how much he doesn't know. People let machines do everything for them without ever exercising their brain.

There is a real bifurcation in the population. If you want to do anything that requires brainpower there are always a lot of capable people interested to compete with you, but on the other hand there seem to be massive numbers of people who are just there.

Of course,ignorance is bliss and if you can know enough to get by and not have ignorance bother you then we are going to be the same amount of dead in a hundred years anyway so I guess it doesn't matter.

guy not too much past high school age, great schools in the area, I dunno