Math for the fast lane

[killacs]

This is why math is taught in school.

I was riding to work yesterday when I observed a female driver cut right in front of a pickup truck, causing him to have to drive onto the shoulder to avoid hitting her.

This evidently angered the driver enough that he hung his arm out his window and "flipped" the woman off.

"Man, that guy is stupid," I thought to myself. I ALWAYS smile nicely and wave in a sheepish manner whenever a female does anything to me in traffic, and here's why..........

I drive 48 miles each way every day to work. That's 96 miles each day. Of these, 16 miles each way is bumper-to-bumper. Most of the bumper-to-bumper is on an 8 lane highway. There are 7 cars every 40 feet for 32 miles. That works out to be 982 cars every mile, or 31,424 cars.

Even though the rest of the 32 miles is not bumper to bumper, figure I pass at least another 4000 cars. That brings the number to something like 36,000 cars that I pass everyday.

Statistically, half of these are driven by females.

That's 18,000 women drivers! In any given group of females, 1 in 28 has PMS. That's 642. According to Cosmopolitan, 70% describe their love life as dissatisfying or unrewarding. That's 449.

According to the National Institute of Health, 22% of all females have seriously considered suicide or homicide. That's 98.

And 34% describe men as their biggest problem. That's 33.

According to the National Rifle Association, 5% of all females carry weapons, and this number is increasing.

That means that EVERY SINGLE DAY, I drive past at least one female that has a lousy love life, thinks men are her biggest problem, has seriously considered suicide or homicide, has PMS, and is armed.

Flip one off? ... I think not.

[TheRealist]

Statistically, if you pass 36,000 cars a day and consider ALL your statistics to be reliable and essential to meeting this "exact" woman, than the actual probability that you encounter a woman with these exact criteria is actually:

.00004657%

I'd still agree with you though. Why take the chance?

Given only that you knew that 50% were women and 22% thought about suicide or homicide...then your chances in meeting a person like that is significantly more...11%. Screw that...

[levdgg]

Originally Posted by killacs

This is why math is taught in school.

I was riding to work yesterday when I observed a female driver cut right in front of a pickup truck, causing him to have to drive onto the shoulder to avoid hitting her.

This evidently angered the driver enough that he hung his arm out his window and "flipped" the woman off.

"Man, that guy is stupid," I thought to myself. I ALWAYS smile nicely and wave in a sheepish manner whenever a female does anything to me in traffic, and here's why..........

I drive 48 miles each way every day to work. That's 96 miles each day. Of these, 16 miles each way is bumper-to-bumper. Most of the bumper-to-bumper is on an 8 lane highway. There are 7 cars every 40 feet for 32 miles. That works out to be 982 cars every mile, or 31,424 cars.

Even though the rest of the 32 miles is not bumper to bumper, figure I pass at least another 4000 cars. That brings the number to something like 36,000 cars that I pass everyday.

Statistically, half of these are driven by females.

That's 18,000 women drivers! In any given group of females, 1 in 28 has PMS. That's 642. According to Cosmopolitan, 70% describe their love life as dissatisfying or unrewarding. That's 449.

According to the National Institute of Health, 22% of all females have seriously considered suicide or homicide. That's 98.

And 34% describe men as their biggest problem. That's 33.

According to the National Rifle Association, 5% of all females carry weapons, and this number is increasing.

That means that EVERY SINGLE DAY, I drive past at least one female that has a lousy love life, thinks men are her biggest problem, has seriously considered suicide or homicide, has PMS, and is armed.

Flip one off? ... I think not.

You stealing material and passing it off as your own?

[killacs]

Originally Posted by levdgg

You stealing material and passing it off as your own?

I never said it was my own. I'd figure people would look at my location and know there's no way in hell I drive that far every day. If you don't count me driving home to Wisconsin, I don't think I've driven 96 miles since I've been here in August lol

[kevin21boston]

Originally Posted by killacs

I never said it was my own. I'd figure people would look at my location and know there's no way in hell I drive that far every day. If you don't count me driving home to Wisconsin, I don't think I've driven 96 miles since I've been here in August lol

haha yeah at first i was like wtf 96 miles a day from racine to milwaukee?

hows valpo?

[killacs]

Originally Posted by kevin21boston

haha yeah at first i was like wtf 96 miles a day from racine to milwaukee?

hows valpo?

Sh|tty I hate it here so much it's really boring. At least back home I could drive to Milwaukee and find a sporting event to go to. Here all I have to do is go to the gym and do homework.

[kevin21boston]

Originally Posted by killacs

Sh|tty I hate it here so much it's really boring. At least back home I could drive to Milwaukee and find a sporting event to go to. Here all I have to do is go to the gym and do homework.

shoulda been a badger!

i dont go there anymore (transferring to Minnesota in January) but fall was the best. Football, hockey, then basketball. effing amazing. and the hockey games were probably the most fun.

[kevin21boston]

Originally Posted by kevin21boston

shoulda been a badger!

i dont go there anymore (transferring to Minnesota in January) but fall was the best. Football, hockey, then basketball. effing amazing. and the hockey games were probably the most fun.

and not to mention that it's madison.

[killacs]

I applied to Madison would've been $12,000/year cause of instate tuition. My GPA and LSAT weren't high enough.

[levdgg]

Originally Posted by killacs

I never said it was my own. I'd figure people would look at my location and know there's no way in hell I drive that far every day. If you don't count me driving home to Wisconsin, I don't think I've driven 96 miles since I've been here in August lol

Confused the hell out of me. Then I was like, "Isn't this dude a law student?"