[17:48] maresofdiomedes: and everything except olympiad math sucks [17:48] iamthebobster: lol [17:48] maresofdiomedes: the boards i mean [17:48] iamthebobster: sure [17:48] maresofdiomedes: too many idiots [17:48] iamthebobster: hsb and below are definitely junk [17:48] maresofdiomedes: and foreign people who can't type in latex [17:48] iamthebobster: arent olympiad boards just loaded with foreign people [17:48] maresofdiomedes: and the problems suck or all are too easy/hard [17:49] maresofdiomedes: yeah [17:49] maresofdiomedes: like [17:49] maresofdiomedes: some stupid puzzles out of SciAm in HSB [17:49] maresofdiomedes: or something [17:49] maresofdiomedes: not like ARML fun stuff [17:49] maresofdiomedes: so the problems posted are crap [17:49] iamthebobster: v ery crap [17:50] maresofdiomedes: and like 5 people do everything [17:50] iamthebobster: armls also crap [17:50] iamthebobster: sfba hella got owned this year [17:50] maresofdiomedes: ??? [17:50] maresofdiomedes: oh [17:50] maresofdiomedes: see [17:50] maresofdiomedes: whatever [17:50] iamthebobster: right [17:50] maresofdiomedes: at least the problems don't suck [17:50] maresofdiomedes: and then in the AMC forum [17:50] maresofdiomedes: every thread is either [17:51] maresofdiomedes: "what is the floor" [17:51] maresofdiomedes: "how do i study for the AMC" [17:51] maresofdiomedes: how do i study for the USMO [17:51] iamthebobster: haha yea [17:51] maresofdiomedes: etc etc [17:51] maresofdiomedes: carp [17:51] maresofdiomedes: and like Richard and Mr. Patrick are cool [17:51] maresofdiomedes: kinda [17:51] iamthebobster: kinda [17:51] maresofdiomedes: but they don't do anything except write books [17:52] maresofdiomedes: and they haven't written books recently [17:52] iamthebobster: arent they working on them [17:52] iamthebobster: the interm books [17:52] maresofdiomedes: so i'm like put away the chips and the strippers and write my books [17:52] iamthebobster: LOL [17:52] maresofdiomedes: yeah [17:53] maresofdiomedes: they are so totally slacking off [17:53] maresofdiomedes: Richard is like blogging for other people now [17:53] maresofdiomedes: and not writing my books [17:53] iamthebobster: true [17:53] maresofdiomedes: there probably won't be olympiad stuff [17:53] maresofdiomedes: until i graduate highschool [17:53] iamthebobster: they even got rid of those olymp classes [17:53] maresofdiomedes: yeah [17:53] iamthebobster: damn w00t sucks helal [17:53] maresofdiomedes: WTF with that [17:53] iamthebobster: compared to olymp classes [17:53] maresofdiomedes: WOOT is such a bloated overpriced thingy [17:54] maresofdiomedes: i mean the classes are fine [17:54] maresofdiomedes: but the books are better [17:54] maresofdiomedes: and the books don't cost $500 [17:54] iamthebobster: havent looked at the nwer books [17:54] maresofdiomedes: so WRITE MY BOOKS [17:54] maresofdiomedes: they are more refined [17:54] iamthebobster: yea [17:54] maresofdiomedes: more focused [17:54] maresofdiomedes: generally better product [17:54] maresofdiomedes: i like them [17:55] maresofdiomedes: but still [17:55] iamthebobster: i own like 2 of them [17:55] maresofdiomedes: they are for mathcounts/AMC people [17:55] maresofdiomedes: which is probably the biggest market, true [17:55] iamthebobster: but my sisters using them [17:55] maresofdiomedes: they are good books, i can't diss them [17:55] maresofdiomedes: yeha [17:55] maresofdiomedes: good for new people [17:55] iamthebobster: my sister's hella bad at math [17:55] maresofdiomedes: not scary and fast the AopS1 [17:55] maresofdiomedes: *like [17:55] maresofdiomedes: whatever [17:56] maresofdiomedes: i'm hella bad at math [17:56] maresofdiomedes: ok [17:56] iamthebobster: dude i should hella review like [17:56] iamthebobster: the sops books [17:56] maresofdiomedes: and so [17:56] maresofdiomedes: we have all these people getting big heads [17:56] maresofdiomedes: and being like [17:56] maresofdiomedes: yeah [17:56] maresofdiomedes: i rock [17:56] iamthebobster: you rock [17:56] maresofdiomedes: when really [17:56] maresofdiomedes: anything over AIME doesn't matter [17:57] maresofdiomedes: it's all a scam [17:57] iamthebobster: dude [17:57] iamthebobster: life's a scam [17:57] maresofdiomedes: pay for the contests so we can tell you what you already know and give you an ego boost [17:57] maresofdiomedes: pay for our books so you get a better ego books [17:57] maresofdiomedes: *boost [17:57] iamthebobster: yea.... [17:57] maresofdiomedes: but dude [17:57] maresofdiomedes: this is of epic proportions [17:57] maresofdiomedes: like 5 people control everything [17:57] maresofdiomedes: titu, richard, whatever [17:58] maresofdiomedes: they write the contests [17:58] maresofdiomedes: they write the books [17:58] maresofdiomedes: they run the camps and classes [17:58] maresofdiomedes: buy my books so you can do good on my contest! [17:58] iamthebobster: lmao [17:58] maresofdiomedes: and they spin it so it is [17:58] maresofdiomedes: "problem solving" [17:58] maresofdiomedes: but they are basically saying [17:58] maresofdiomedes: problem solving is basically a codeward for intelligence [17:59] maresofdiomedes: and all these asians want to be smart [17:59] maresofdiomedes: so they see math as a way to be a genius [17:59] iamthebobster: and run into a white genius dude like odorneyh [18:00] maresofdiomedes: and then you get like 1000 people who score 4 on the AIME and are twelve and start growing 1 hair on their balls and think they rule the world and are a genius [18:00] maresofdiomedes: case in point [18:00] iamthebobster: uh [18:00] iamthebobster: lmao [18:00] maresofdiomedes: MATHCOUNTS [18:00] iamthebobster: haha [18:00] maresofdiomedes: so many people [18:01] maresofdiomedes: being tricked into thinking [18:01] maresofdiomedes: they are smart and will contribute to society if they can shave .01 seconds off their Countdown time [18:01] maresofdiomedes: think about it [18:01] iamthebobster: dude that is so true [18:01] maresofdiomedes: you know I'm right [18:01] iamthebobster: do you know him li [18:01] iamthebobster: jim li [18:01] maresofdiomedes: it's a completely artificial market [18:01] maresofdiomedes: li? [18:01] iamthebobster: he got to mc nats [18:01] iamthebobster: he has like the [18:02] iamthebobster: biggest ego ever [18:02] iamthebobster: and always being a whore [18:02] iamthebobster: i ask him [18:02] iamthebobster: why do you do math [18:02] iamthebobster: he says [18:02] maresofdiomedes: AoPS/Titu is like the McDonalds of mathematics [18:02] iamthebobster: for glory? [18:02] iamthebobster: im laughing my ass off [18:02] maresofdiomedes: he does math because he is an attention whore [18:02] iamthebobster: YES [18:02] maresofdiomedes: half of the people on the boards are [18:02] iamthebobster: definitly [18:03] maresofdiomedes: and like treething [18:03] maresofdiomedes: he thinks he is cool [18:03] maresofdiomedes: he is a poser [18:03] iamthebobster: lmao [18:03] maresofdiomedes: and I am a poser, this is true [18:03] maresofdiomedes: but I don't say i have skills [18:04] maresofdiomedes: and treething tries to be like arnav and fails badly [18:04] iamthebobster: lmao [18:04] maresofdiomedes: but he is worshipped by some people [18:04] maresofdiomedes: and dude [18:04] maresofdiomedes: if you posted this on your blog [18:04] maresofdiomedes: so many people would comment and be like [18:05] maresofdiomedes: "no competitive math is cool dude" [18:05] iamthebobster: [18:04] maresofdiomedes: if you posted this on your blog [18:05] maresofdiomedes: yeah sure it is fun [18:05] iamthebobster: hmm should i [18:05] maresofdiomedes: but there are better things in life than math [18:05] maresofdiomedes: namely: [18:05] maresofdiomedes: sex [18:05] maresofdiomedes: drugs [18:05] maresofdiomedes: money [18:06] maresofdiomedes: and I don't mean to discount math as a fun thing to do [18:06] iamthebobster: lmao [18:06] maresofdiomedes: but balance it out [18:06] maresofdiomedes: get some strippers and some weed [18:06] iamthebobster: haha lmao [18:06] maresofdiomedes: i know richard does [18:06] maresofdiomedes: how else do the books take so long? [18:06] iamthebobster: lolll [18:07] maresofdiomedes: so that's my random thought for the day [18:07] iamthebobster: dude wtf [18:07] iamthebobster: random? [18:07] iamthebobster: did yo come up with this on the sopt [18:07] maresofdiomedes: yeah