Savage Chickens by Doug Savage for November 29, 2022

Time to talk to Christopher Titus about using his one math joke.

Math was my worst subject in school, and I thought I would never use it again thereafter. But then I stumbled into a job that had practical use for not only algebra, but geometry and trigonometry, too. I went back to my hated high school math books and extracted useful info and formulas from them. With the aid of my trig function calculator I used it for myself and shared it with others.

Suddenly, my co-workers considered me “The Math Professor.” I convinced my company to buy a hand-held calculator for each employee, and most made good use of them. It was very satisfying to all of us. If only such calculators had been available when I was younger!

I love math. My best days at work are when I’m immersed in calculations. I don’t have enough days like that.

My husband thinks math is truth and light.

I know that’s not right.

I use algebra to calculate the size and price of my stained glass panels.

The lottery is the tax on people who paid no attention in math class…

I use simple algebraic methods fairly frequently in real life. Geometry was my best math related subject in school, and the one that I actually enjoyed. But I seldom use it now.

If I were a cartoonist who wanted to insert some equations into a strip, I’d be sure to put in some deliberate errors so that readers could write in and correct me.

Look up. You just did.

Does it look like today’s strip is a photo copy of it on paper? Or is that on purpose?

it would be much easier to use geometer for making examples with the carton…

A friend once asked me:" Hey, what’s that green stuff in the pool?" I told him:" It’s algae, bra!"

Doug tbh made a REALLY relatable comic, especially since im in middle school.

As a kid I hated algebra and believed I wasn’t good with math. As a grownup I discovered all my math teachers were just rotten at teaching the subject. It doesn’t need to be hard, and it does come in handy – but when the grownups don’t get it, kids are guaranteed not to get it. I still feel like I was robbed.