Katie Likes to Ramble

Katie - 24 - she/her - books, math, studying ♡

[micknikblanket]

i'm a math major at a liberal arts school, so when I say that I hate my math class everyone assumes I just hate math. I have to be like "nooo sorry I just wish I was in my favorite class, another math class"

People here cant comprehend 1) that there are different types of math and 2) that some people actually like math

[katieberry]

This was me in literally all of my Engineering classes since I so badly wanted to be in my elective proof-based math classes at all times

[vacuously-true]

You know how there's like some mathematician or something, who like did some useful stuff but is primarily known for overshadowing that work by going to great lengths trying to convince people to blow up the moon or something?

I wanna be like that but the hill I'm dying on is that the moon should be considered a planet

[vacuously-true]

Stop tagging this about the Unabomber it's not about the Unabomber, it's about time we give the other fucked up mathematicians some recognition, it's about this fucking guy

[katieberry]

i trust Alexander. I think we should destroy the moon, and even if it's not very useful it's very silly and I think we should be allowed joy like that as a species

[swathingpath707]

why does my calc prof never explain why. why does it work. why do we integrate like that. how did we figure out to do that.

I get the method and steps, lovely, but WHYYYY.

[katieberry]

Math education is soo bad and I'm convinced it's the reason why so many people hate math. We get taught the "how" when the beauty is in the "why".

There are so many internet creators that are super amazing for this. 3blue1brown is my fave, he's literally bestie. He has a video on the 'why' of integration here:

But nobody who doesn't already like math is going to seek out math content, and the pedagogy of math teaching makes people not like it, and it's so sad to see one of my favorite things just be misunderstood by so many people (and it's not their fault!) because of our education system. v frustrating. at least we get pretty math videos out of it

[marvelmaniac715]

I like to think that Doctor Who from the Master's perspective could be called 'One Man's Quest To Get His Spouse To Come Back Home And Abandon His Massive Ant Colony'. Everything is so much funnier if you picture the Master being absolutely baffled at the Doctor defending Earth, because he's borderline immortal whilst humans die so quickly - killing a human is like stepping on a spider, and the Doctor is the guy who swoops in with a cup and paper to move the spider outside even if the decision seems nonsensical. I like to reframe the Master's attempts to take over the universe as him desperately asking the Doctor "we could get a dog? Or a cat? Or adopt? Are the ants really worth it, you have no other hobbies".

[katieberry]

Love this. It fits the first Doctor's character arc and contextualizes the Delgado and Gomez (the best, love her) Masters espec-ially.

[katieberry]

just got done with a stressful meeting at work and so to recuperate I'm ranking the Doctor Who Doctors on, would I?

"Daddy? Daddy" Tier

1. The Fourteenth Doctor - ofc. omg. have you seen him? The beard scruff, the glasses, he's so smart and just the way he's so confident and. aaaa. he's absolutely a top too which is absolutely a requirement and consideration on this list. this is specifically the 14th Doctor, not 10, who's not nearly at the same level. David Tennant aged like fine wine. Absolutely would.

2. The Eighth Doctor - okay, so!! most people know him for the TV movie, where, he's ok. he's fine. but not finnnneee. fast forward 17 years, Night of the Doctor, Paul McGann is back!! and look, just like David Tennant, age turned him into literally the hottest man ever. And his voice? and his composure?? he's the only Doctor to have a canonical erotica written about him, for good reason. absolutely would.

"Hear Me Out" Tier

3. The Seventh Doctor - okay. Is it conventional? No. Is he attractive? Not really.

But imagine the psychological play that could happen. Imagine the dirty talk. Imagine a dynamic with this man. His entire character arc is 90s writers wanting to make Doctor Who soo edgy and adult and make him a manipulative mastermind, and omg I'd let him play his little mind games and manipulate me and, would a relationship with him be traumatizing? yes. but if we just keep it to the bedroom? literally amazing. absolutely would

"It Depends On How They Flirt With Me" Tier

4. The Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison. this man is so pretty. look at him. he's so cute. I'm just scared he's a bottom, but if the mood was right we could have a night of really sweet vanilla and I'd like that a lot, he'd probably light candles and be all nervous and he'd be cute.

5. The Ninth Doctor - he's not specifically calling out to me as my type, but he's also not -not- my type? and his personality easily meets the energy I want to be brought to me. I'd just be scared he'd end up having war flashbacks and crying in the middle, but I'd be happy to hold and comfort him. would.

6. The Fifteenth Doctor - he's cute. Same as Nine, he's not like, I look at him and instantly go omg, but he's a cute man. and if he said the right words? would

7. The Tenth Doctor - so. he's not quite daddy, as David Tennant would later evolve into. but obviously the potential is there, and he's cute. so, would.

8. The Twelfth Doctor - yes, he's old. but he's also the best Doctor, and professors do something for me. I'd attend a lecture, and then who knows what might happen? would.

"Would Kiss at a Party" Tier

9. The Thirteenth Doctor - she's pretty. I'm not super attracted to women unfortch, but like I'm flexible and. if she made moves? would

10. The Fugitive Doctor - love her energy. frankly makes me a little gay. total top. I'd have her higher but I don't feel like redoing the image. would

11. The Sixth Doctor - look. he becomes SO SWEET in the expanded universe. is he super attractive to me? no. would i be his best friend? yes. and sometimes, you just kiss your friends at a party.

12. The Fourth Doctor - he's silly. a little deranged even. but i kind of like that. would after a few shots.

"Probably Not But He Can Be My Grandpa" Tier

13. The First Doctor - the sweetest most cuddly Doctor. people think he's mean because of how he's stereotyped, but he's so sweet after his first season. I'd love him to be my grandpa. I would love to listen to his stories and bake him cookies. would let him adopt me as a granddaughter

14. The War Doctor - a disappointment because writers are cowards who don't let us see him do war crimes. if we saw him in his younger years being all stoic and distant and committing atrocities, he might have even reached daddy status. but as an old man hours away from death, I'd still let him be my grandpa.

15. The Third Doctor - such a gentleman. so composed. he's just a little old for me, and doesn't have the acting chops of Peter Capaldi to overcome that for me. but would I let him be my grandpa? yes.

16. The Second Doctor - I'd prefer him as an uncle actually, but I didn't want another tier, and grandpa isn't too bad. he's funny. he's sweet. I'd be happy to be his granddaughter tbh

"Somehow the Least Sexy Doctor" Tier

17. The Eleventh Doctor - something about Eleven just makes me want to get a restraining order. would not.

"Doesn't Even Count and Also Wouldn't" Tier

18. The Valeyard - is not the Doctor. he's explicitly like, the dark side of the doctor, but absolutely a different being and not literally a future doctor. and also he's literally boring. it would be like having sex with my tax returns. would not.

that took so long I don't know why I'm like this have a good day ♥️

[mudwisard]

my trick for getting through grad school is learning to navigate the quadrants with all their nuances

[hrrraandm]

Hi Randy!

Hi Katie! 🍓

[katieberry]

My friend Randy answered my question 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[katieberry]

I like to do little projects while I study whatever my brain decides is it's interest of the week - so to my fellow commies in the audience (love you babes ♡) I created this flowchart of socialist/communist parties in the United States!!

I made this over a year ago during the height of having COVID brainfog (please get your vaccinations besties it's not fun!). Please note that the inclusion of a group isn't an endorsement! There's some judgement involved in what exactly should be counted; some groups here are social democrats but have ties to more explicitly socialist parties, but at the same time I excluded reactionary groups that had similar ties, so it all comes down to my judgement that I might not even agree with any more but one-year-ago-covid-brain-me has decided and it. is. final.

I want to do a second revision to include the post-2000s Maoist movement (I have the Red Guards here but even then it's not really accurate to relegate them as an offshoot of the CPUSA), but for now here's revision 1 have funn!!

Excalidraw — Collaborative whiteboarding made easy

Excalidraw is a virtual collaborative whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them.

PS this isn't a live link and if you mess it up just reload, it's fine don't panic you didn't ruin it for anyone else

PPS I literally don't care if you use this or add to it or do whatever, I'd love credit because I love attention but go wild with it besties

PPPS if any of this is inaccurate please tell me because I want all the information that exists just be nice to me about it or else I'll cry