When You Forget Not Everything Is The Free Monoid

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When You Forget Not Everything Is The Free Monoid

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Someone just discovered the mathematical multiverse! The tweet claims "1+2=12" and wants to "take back the country" with this revolutionary math, but the response is pure abstract algebra gold.

Translation for non-math nerds: In normal arithmetic, 1+2=3, obviously. But the joke suggests she's using string concatenation (where "1"+"2"="12") and mistaking it for actual addition. The reply brilliantly mocks this by suggesting she's from some bizarre mathematical realm where the plus sign works differently - specifically using fancy terms from abstract algebra about "Kleene closure" that basically nobody outside advanced mathematics understands.

It's like saying "she's not bad at math, she's just operating in a completely different mathematical universe where her nonsense actually makes sense." The perfect intellectual burn for when someone confidently posts mathematical gibberish as political wisdom!

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