Alternative Math | Short Film

[@ZacharyCHildenbrandt]

She undersold herself so hard: $2000 + $2000 = $20,002,000

[@Ayuwulanddr]

Haha lol

[@Netherscorn]

Dude hahaha. Amazing

[@ranggaalr]

WRONG

[@fayalhafeez6272]

This is gold.

[@flutters.mp4]

no its called uno reverse

[@TheChefDWC]

What's really sad is that this video wasn't far off from reality. I've had students curse me out. The parents claimed that their child was exercising his right to free speech. I've seen students commit acts of vandalism only to be told that I must be mistaken because their child would never do anything like that. I was once physically assaulted by a student. The parents claimed that I must have provoked their child. In all of these cases, I received no support from my building administration.

[@legolas2411]

Hang on David chin...good times are round the corner ✨✨

[@shashankke250]

What 🙄 Seriously What is wrong, with USA(assuming).

[@Anonymous-df8it]

@@shashankke250 Repooplicans and Democraps. Move to a saner country

[@taraking6472]

@@Anonymous-df8it very accurate, but leaving the country can be costly. I have considered it many times having lived in Canada previously. 🫤

[@macp5527]

@@shashankke250 Unfortunately it is happening in the Western "Modern" World quite widely.

[@Barreloffish]

“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” ― George Carlin

[@farisakmal2722]

Q(t)π cutie pie I see what u did there

[@edz8659]

Evidence: this comment and this comment section

[@TheDiscusserOriginal]

@@edz8659 Correction: Your reply, and the group of people who are willing to protest over facts being told to them.

[@pepehimovic3135]

Online Americans in a nutshell.

[@sebastianrolan-sayanez664]

@@pepehimovic3135 yes

[@Bananabeacon]

New nightmare unlocked: No one around you uses consistent frameworks of logic anymore!

[@freevideoservice]

That is reality in some fields 😢

[@bhavanarishi8080]

This shortfilm is so brutally honest about two things 1. Present education system 2. The media.

[@nydiushka]

?????????

[@allinworldwillfadeawaysome4245]

this is like, whats happening to this world. they say they are women while their biological is men. thats not gonna change lol. but they making a big deal out of it

[@A2forty]

citation needed.

[@strawberryredz1997]

@@A2forty citation of what?

[@HalTheBot]

​@@strawberryredz1997citation of deez nuts

[@rubngah]

This is how experts feel about certain ways things are portrayed through media, just dumbed down for us

[@kensurrency2564]

You mean, like the way the CDC just made up numbers of swine flu cases in 2009? www.cbsnews.com/news/swine-flu-cases-overestimated/

[@Da_Big_G]

You are comparing apples with oranges in many cases. If you are talking about maths, yes, there are some immutable laws. However, if you are talking about all these so-called "experts" predicting economic meltdown in the event of a vote for Brexit back in 2016 who were making these wild predictions based on possible business and psychological responses to the different legislative environment as if they were immutable laws, well come on, surely you must understand why we are mistrusting the "expert class"? If one is an "expert", one should be careful to clarify the limits of what one is able to accurately predict with substantially more accuracy than a layman, even with expertise in the subject. If you can't predict outcomes any more accurately than a layman, don't go round saying, "I'm an expert, dontchya know?!" to back up predictions that are just wild speculation.

[@williamszy2827]

Yeah I completed agree, only problem is what defines an expert, some people on the internet think they have full on diplomas

[@horacio373]

Media has made us believe we are more stupid than we really are, demand for deeper and meaningful content is evident through the rise of podcasts and streaming services

[@paradoxzee6834]

I'm not an expert but this is how I see anti vaxxers

[@travisjohnson6676]

the scariest part is this: 20 years ago this would have been laughed at as farcical comedy, today it is a cautionary tale

[@lamewurk6265]

Travis Johnson I doubt this actually happened.

[@unevilGenius]

20 years ago, evolution and creationsism were taught as views with equal rights in many american shools, weren't they?

[@heididurresi2768]

I get what you're saying but dystopian stories with really similar messages have existed for a lot longer than 20 years. Humanity just never seems to learn

[@bobbyde_pressed4023]

@@lamewurk6265 It is. It's called PC culture, Anti vaxxer's and flat earth theorists. We're well on our way . Parent's these days care more that their child has "support" and "loving environments" than to tell them that they did something wrong.

[@Gr3ypsTFT]

@@bobbyde_pressed4023 Sorry to tell you this but a loving caring environment can also tell a child that they are wrong. A truly educational environment would help a child understand they are wrong while still being caring. Making a child right without making them feel happy hurts the child just as much as an environment which is too Caring.

[@anonimousse2920]

I see lot of comments "why she said 22k and not 20.002.000$", but I didn't see anyone analysing the sense of that scene. Teacher doesn't care about how much money she may get, but about the chance to finally knock that ridiculous giant out of balance, after all the dismissive treatment and lash out she had to face **alone**. And no matter the attacks on her persona, she stood her ground about math, because she knows it's true. Comeback works best when served simple and straight to point. "22 thousands" is short and clear to understand, because "twenty-two" -> "twenty-two thousand". Is she said "20 millions, 2 thousand dollars", people would just think it's random ramble, they would assume Teacher is greedy (after all the false assumptions they pulled in the video, that's highly possible), they would not get the message. That's why this comeback is so brilliant - finally able to defend math and herself :)

[@Pegasusmustfly]

well said!

[@AtomicPunk23]

I love the ending: if you can't convince people to accept reality, use their insanity as a teaching tool.

[@romanmazur3793]

You misunderstood the ending. In the end, she gave up and adopted "alternative math" to have more money. This is what most of the scientific world has been doing for years which will support any nonsense for money.

[@Pro_Gamer672]

fr

[@drenzine]

​@@romanmazur3793maybe it was meant to be ambiguous, for the viewer to imagine what happened!

[@ZBREAD.]

​@@romanmazur3793she didn't adopt and accept math. It's just using their logic against them, I ALWAYS use that in an argument people get wrong.

[@Royan1900]

​@@romanmazur3793and what may that be? What "alternative fact/science" has the scientific community adopted?

[@jackcold2541]

Had she said 20,002,000, She won't need another job.

[@kafka1asagiri]

you are soo rigth

[@brigadierlawson7959]

I was wondering why she was so kind to the school

[@leonardwaga]

ikr, she lost a LOT of money

[@hsnztn2802]

Didn't get it

[@brigadierlawson7959]

@@hsnztn2802 if 2+2 = 22 Then 2000+another 2000 would be 20002000

[@jebsmith323]

This happened to me. Standing in a 7th grade classroom cutting out construction paper letters for a bulletin board, I told student a student that I was ready to call his parents because he constantly interrupted me. I had scissors in my hand when I said this. The next morning, the principal came to my room and asked if I threatened a student with scissors. My shock was immense. I couldn't even remember cutting out the letters because I was so shocked. That afternoon the student's father and mother were ushered into my room by the assistant principal who sat there for a full 2 hours while the man threatened my job, called me vulgar names, I can't even remember. Over and over he screamed at me. I was visibly pregnant. Today, I would stand up, tell the principal to stop it, and if it didn't, I'd quit. It was horrible. I sobbed for hours. My husband made me go back to school the next day telling me if I didn't, he would win. I stayed for the insurance. After my child was born and maternity leave was up, I called them up and quit. Never went back into a classroom. And just so you know, on my evaluation for that year, the assistant principal said I was exemplary and hoped that I would never stop teaching.

[@thefirstMorganLeFay]

Thank you for telling your story.

[@calebghormley2322]

I'm sorry that happened to you. That's terrible. We need to treat each other, and especially our teachers, with more respect.

[@schong4753]

Sorry you had such a horrible experience. I was lucky to have far more positive experiences than negative ones in my teaching career, but still happy that I retired early. It's a shame that a situation with one student can discourage a competent teacher from continuing; so many other students lose out when this happens.

[@romanmazur3793]

In China teachers are very respected. Go to China and teach English.

[@pam1001100]

Very sad. Remember , whatever people may say, you were a great teacher

[@hopperchopperstudio3685]

To me, this is not a comedy film, it is a horror film because it is coming more and more true each SECOND.

[@Rella-rellai]

Wasn't there some drama on tiktok about math being racist?😂

[@hopperchopperstudio3685]

@@Rella-rellai YEP

[@Ext3rmin4tor]

Her radical ideas still prevented her to see that the principal actually owed her 20002000$.

[@KpC169]

Lmao

[@jameseverett4976]

I wouldn't matter. They would just say they don't interpret, or see it that way. They will always frame everything in a way where they win and she loses. Once you start this game, and you can make things mean what you want, then communication breaks down, and there's no more agreement on what anything means, so you have chaos. Everything becomes "democratic" in the worst possible way. You start voting on what words mean, but you can vote again tomorrow after you made a promise today, so you don't have to keep it. Nothing means anything anymore, and it begins to boil down to brute strength: whoever has the most physical clout wins every debate.

[@thatrandomharpguy7564]

@@jameseverett4976 it was a joke

[@MusteyOne]

That, she knew, would be too obvious xD

[@entelexia3]

Good one

[@mohammadamin8689]

I am a math teacher in "high school" and I have observed this behavior from parents before, it couldn't be more accurate 😂

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

It is unbelievable

[@nikart8984]

Then just tell them to leave the school if they are that dumb

[@CubeShip]

why'd you put "high school" in quotation marks?

[@emmacherry2093]

LGBT

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

​@@CubeShip because its underground. He teaches in a basement of the people he's kidnapped, so it's technically a low school.

[@sadalien9898]

I thought this was suppose to be a short film, not an american documentary

[@cecierivero7960]

Not only America, looks what's happening to biology right now

[@darnellpistachio2991]

@@cecierivero7960 you missed it.

[@清梦-m9v]

😂

[@climatechangedoesntbargain9140]

It's also a documentary of twitter

[@ferret_kid7166]

😔✋

[@bowlofboyo]

missed oppurtunity to say 2000 + 2000 = 20002000, could've been set for life

[@homersimpson2027]

THAT ENDING IS SO SATISFYING

[@ethicalhacker2675]

lollll

[@levaverbukh6507]

Sadly, it is not

[@thefoolthatdied]

Can't disagree to that

[@sushikgch1486]

@@levaverbukh6507 it iss

[@johnblazer5639]

@@levaverbukh6507 how so

[@bowsamurai2670]

If I saw this video three years ago, it would be regarded as a comedy, but today is a horror film to me

[@megasbaladoros]

Today it's a documentary.

[@narrspiel5795]

Same, I feel anxiety when I watch this, and yet I still watch this every week

[@benwetzel8449]

How. Explain

[@oskarfabian5200]

Nope The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was published in 2006 so the push for teaching creationism (intelligent design) has been around for quite while.

[@locksley2010]

When you watch the short film One Minute Time Machine and KZbin decides to reccomend every short film on the planet.

[@cluBMallu]

Same here

[@manojmukundan1793]

Yya true

[@premsagarl6224]

Same 😅😂

[@anakpinguin3942]

Oh yeah. Me too

[@anakpinguin3942]

Totally no regret

[@NMNghia]

2017, a ketch. 2024, a documentary

[@abstract5249]

It was a documentary back then too. Alternative math is an obvious reference to alternative facts.

[@Ferro2155]

As a teacher this is genuinely hard to watch, so many helicopter parents get defensive over their children and you become the bad guy for doing your job...

[@dwpharester8714]

...and administrations fail their teachers and their schools to protect their job and ironically, their standing in the community.

[@inzynierbieda756]

This is because knowledge is no longer valued among Western Society - only "diplomas". You teach kids not to make them wiser, but to make them "adjusted" and "matching" regulations and certifications.

[@smorrow]

A job that goes against human nature and shouldn't exist.

[@aethionr4478]

@@inzynierbieda756 Credentialism.

[@peacefuljeffrey]

“As a teacher, I find this hard to watch.” After all, the video is not a teacher.

[@Anonymouz5]

It makes me mad because one of my favourite and knowledgeable teachers quit because one of the student's parents harassed him for the student failing, even though the student failed to attend to class, and therefore, it showed in his grades. There's definitely a line that needs to be drawn and I think this short film is excellent at showing that a student's grades shouldn't depend on how aggressive their parents are.

[@ErykaSoleil]

Coel : Was the student missing class due to health issues, or just skipping all the time?

[@XH1927]

I think any student unable to maintain a C average should be executed as a burden to society. Population control and stupidity control all in one

[@Scints]

In today’s America, opinions are bigger than facts.

[@yuggothfungi]

This is not a fact, this is an abstraction, which is more or less accepted worldwide. But indeed, there are different ways to understand "2+2", and "22" is one of them. Not in school maths, obviously.

[@inzynierbieda756]

@@yuggothfungi I hope this "abstraction" can protect us if barbarians driven by reality will attack us at some stage.

[@thewizzard3150]

in america opinions are like assholes and america has a lot of them.

[@priyeah9240]

@@yuggothfungi this is an opinion lmfao

[@peacefuljeffrey]

With liberals, it is.

[@IddoKeren-yo3tm]

First of all, this is such a great short film. It depicts so extremely and yet accurately modern society. And second of all, if the logic of addition was to put the two number next to each other 2,000 + 2,000 would equal 20,002,000 , so she should have asked for that.

[@东南西北222]

LOL🤣

[@andreilela963]

Also, this tells the situation of how the teachers are treated in today’s world. No respect at all, and it’s not the kids, it s their parents

[@pranay306]

Not today's world, in US

[@andreilela963]

Pranay oh believe me, Europe too

[@sevilcabbarova4072]

@@andreilela963 the teachers thinks on the same way in Asia too. But i dont think so. Because today the teachers demand more respect than they deserve!

[@pranay306]

@@sevilcabbarova4072 Not today's teachers, Asian teachers (trust me i am asian too)

[@bishnugogoi9729]

@@pranay306 I too am an Asian but I never got such a situation

[@11b11b1]

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein

[@KBdotHAQ]

Stop quoting that irrelevant dead man 😆

[@АлександрДадукевич]

"I did not said that!" - Albert Einstein.

[@thewizzard3150]

Chinese guy says famous people said His quote so he can get more likes. That's pathetic.

[@xywing123]

``` As modern times promote hasty eating to a large extent, it is not surprising to learn that a great astronomer said: “Two things are infinite, as far as we know - the universe and human stupidity.” Today we know that this statement is not quite correct. Einstein has proved that the universe is limited. ``` This excerpt was taken from Ego, Hunger, and Aggression written by Gestalt psychologist Frederick S. Perls and Laura Perls and republished in 1947. Although acclaimed, Einstein isn't proven to have stated that quote.

[@GT_Void]

And yet he was a crossdresser and his colleagues thought him a buffoon. His theo of Relativity is nonsense.

[@lucastrask2838]

When this was made this was satire... It's now the real world.

[@aaronc4899]

Except that in the real world she would have appeared on Fox News to tell her side of the story, and in the film it's Fox that's going off on her.

[@alyzluke801]

@@aaronc4899 please tell us what 2+2 equals what?

[@thebiggestoneyouveverhad]

Neil DeGrasses Tyson would have set everyone straight...

[@jennipilon3182]

Yep

[@charleskim1080]

1:50 I am called as one for pointing out that there are only male and female depending on the chromosome.

[@hyang2950]

The fact that this was made 7+ year ago makes it so much more amazing! Oh, by the way, she should have asked for $20002000, she knows math!

[@owenmclaughlin8262]

to be fair 2,000+2,000 should have equaled 20,002,000

[@samsuffi2003]

if you add strings that's right

[@franklinfrias9550]

@@samsuffi2003 that's what the kid does actually

[@rafelg94]

@@franklinfrias9550 Are you telling him what the kid is doing? I think it's up to him to say what he is doing, why do you mind?

[@bgarelick]

She had no info that the school accepted that 1000 x 1000 = 1000,1000 or 10,001,000. She only had info that the school accepted that 2 x 2 = 22. So 2000+2000 = 1000(2+2) = 1000(22)= 22,000 given what she knew about what the school accepted.

[@richardzhang6886]

@@samsuffi2003 not in javascript

[@MK-it7wk]

There are so many metaphors in this film. Some of which are: People in today’s society are offended too easily. Some things aren’t up to debate despite how much people want to argue. In contrast to the previous point, people are losing their ability to think freely due to the influx of media, phones and distractions etc. The teacher is being treated as an outcast for being different. It plays on the whole “alternative facts” phrase Donald Trump was throwing around. The media can blow things way out of proportion on a whim. A very clever little film.

[@RandyRyanCandy]

I couldn't agree more. This content is gold!

[@Beezer.D.B.]

I guess it depends on how you look at it. I see her as normal...teaching math as math is. But yes, the rest of them are the odd ones, wringing way too much out of one incident with crazy parents.

[@aochan6022]

The main character's actress play very well, I felt empathy for the character all along the video

[@ffggddss]

Of course, the teacher's answer at the end of the film is wrong. 2,000 + 2,000 isn't 22,000, it's 20,002,000. Concatenation is more awesome than addition! Fred

[@shantanukumar4010]

$2000+$2000 = $20002000 Not $22000 she still don't know.

[@НиколайСмирнов-с7х]

U smart

[@LertonMirburn]

Stonks

[@michaelhighlights1614]

2k + 2k = 22k

[@jonathanj9260]

@@michaelhighlights1614 2k2k which is 20,002,000

[@KarlRockSme]

I think the teacher didn't think about the numbers. It's sending a message, given that the media is there.

[@Bangy]

When the recap (Mystery Recaps) is longer than the actual film.

[@mydailycrazylife6124]

Yo I came here through mystery recaps to watch the last scene...

[@keny1000]

i didnt even know there was a recap on this, thats why it blew up again??

[@alburritox4475]

@@mydailycrazylife6124 same

[@LordS20000]

Exactly what I was saying

[@astrobacon7yearsago]

Lol

[@froggerus2]

Some years ago I would find this movie funny - but now its rather terrifying, as the world is becoming to look exactly like that. The ending - awesome :D

[@weeddota7142]

i think it shows that since the system is already up and running we should learn to play by its rules to get at least some better closure. Don't you think?

[@chenyingwang2793]

i feel you

[@yanghu2701]

froggerus2 not the world. It is pretty much the us

[@uscscjohnson]

under the 2 + 2 = 22 standard, 2000 + 2000 would be be twenty million two thousand. If we need to endure insanity we can't leave money on the table. I identify this comment as profound and hilarious.

[@CC-watches]

I’m a first grade teacher just like this teacher and I can say without exaggeration that these parents DO exist. Principals DO talk to you like this. You do your job correctly fearing the fact that one offended kid or parent can send you packing is REAL.

[@farisakmal2722]

C C god bless u. spread ur knowledge and help the world grow.

[@jaycampbell6402]

Yes, as a former teacher I can attest to this. Of course this is an over-exaggeration, made to be humorous, so it is over the top. But it does, sadly, have some basis in reality. And it is a liberal problem; I have simply never had conservative parents storm in and aggressively demand to know why their student's grades are low.

[@sunshinekid6922]

The math teacher blew it. $2,000 plus $2,000 equals $20,002,000, not $22,000. She forgot to carry the zeros, as they count the most in the equasion.

[@DartLuke]

School is able to pay 22000, but 2000 2000. She is smart enough not to ask too much

[@atulkrishna3467]

So, you're saying her answer is wrong??Jeez dude have an open mind. That's exactly what the film was about.

[@ComPewPer]

equation*

[@O.C.Leibovici]

You’re right, it’s two million and two thousand

[@ThatOneReligiousCatholicPerson]

She doesn't agree with their stupid new "math" so she said that

[@SeptCinq3]

I love the teacher in this film. She's old-school and just perfect. I miss having teachers like that.

[@pierrickbramberger4206]

Was the pun intended?

[@toriel5695]

are teachers different now? I’ve never studied in USA

[@nishitsaini1865]

​@@toriel5695teachers themselves in usa dont know shit sometimes, sometimes they are college students

[@nishitsaini1865]

​@@toriel5695teachers themselves in usa dont know shit sometimes, sometimes they are college students

[@rabukan5842]

This is a well written, directed, and acted short satire on what is happening in the US today, and yet we can see here that much of the country has no understanding of satire, or comedic drama. They are calling the film "woke" when it is the opposite of woke, which BTW, doesn't even exist. Woke to many is just a reaction to anything they don't agree with, or even understand. It's a sad commentary on the fall of education regarding Humanities, Science, and yes, Mathematics - truth in society, imagination, and yes, numbers. To followers of anti-liberalism, advancement in technology is a creature of the left, and is therefore, Satanism, except, they don't realize that Satan is what these perpetual critics of liberalism are advocating, and worshipping.

[@gardnerandersen835]

Even the teacher gets the alternative math wrong. If 2 + 2 = 22 by putting the numbers next to each other, than 2000 + 2000 = 20,002,000. She could have gotten a lot more money if she was any good at math!

[@wnh79]

This man knows maths.

[@Paul-ml4fk]

HAHAHAH

[@nanpotrer4709]

Lol she's not. Two (thousand) plus two (thousand) equals 22 (thousand)

[@gardnerandersen835]

@@nanpotrer4709 see? That's the problem with YOU PEOPLE. Always insisting that YOUR answer is the right answer. You are completely ignoring the fact that 20,002,000 makes me FEEL better. Sheesh. Your services here as commenter will no longer be required!

[@liljohnp132]

@@gardnerandersen835 Sarcasm can go a long ways in the face of adjustment. J.P.P.

[@Luthiart]

This film isn't a joke, dummies... It's a warning.

[@oxiclean282]

I agree... this seems like the future of america

[@therandompeeters7485]

It's a prediction that will spread into entire the WorldWide

[@SDHUJSDI5]

True, this is literally becoming George Orwell's "1984"

[@darnellpistachio2991]

@@oxiclean282 the future? Nope. Seems like yesterday.

[@darnellpistachio2991]

@@locobacano9462 are you blind? This was not about the right. This was about the left. It isnt the right that says women have penises, ignoring every piece of truth that stares them in the face.

[@ayaanmirza1677]

I hate how this is becoming more and more like real life

[@Swoofty]

More like just the American Education system

[@PizzA_TimE]

@@Swoofty and Twitter

[@benwetzel8449]

How? How is this remotely close to real life

[@felicity8062]

@@benwetzel8449 Are you still in elementary school, a teacher, or a parent? If not I don't see how you would know the situation the education system is.

[@benwetzel8449]

@@felicity8062 I get its supposed to be a metaphor, but given its a stupid metaphor, I could really care less. I was simply calling out the commenter above for their terrible opinion that this is somehow similar to real life, and not a poor metaphor. Just like you.

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

As a former teacher the only unrealistic part is the protest and keeping her job until then. I was told not to correct grammar in english class, instead told to change my grading based on their background. they wanted me to take students i perceived as black and hold them to a lower standard. i told them that's called discrimination. this was a community college.

[@youfa7619]

What a damned disgrace.

[@Richie-ki3rq]

Yea ppl are actually npcs, younger adults nowadays are literally just overgrown arrogant children

[@Sick_of_Sin]

if you add $2,000+$2,000 the way Danny was adding it, it equals $20,002,000 when you 'put the numbers next to each other', the teacher was missing out on some BIG MONEY!!!

[@araelchannel]

Yes true!!

[@johndice666]

@@araelchannel I literally thought the same thing and was astonished when she didn't say that.

[@brianh.000]

Yeah, I was wondering why she didn't add that way as well! 2 + 2 = 22! :-P

[@IStMl]

Brian H. What

[@TheCreativeNick]

That math teacher pulled a fat uno reverse card on the principal in the end.

[@dave-in-nj9393]

her mistake is that she did not point out that they made a mistake on her paycheck. she gets $150 and hour, so in two hours they owe her $150,150

[@igold2013]

This is invaluable. They've hit the nail on the head. When one of two numbers is of string type, "2" + 2 turns into "22" due to string concatenation, which is quite amusing 😆. On the other hand, this illustrates the significant impact media can have, potentially wreaking havoc on our lives. It shows that the validity or rationality of the content doesn't always matter

[@72superhero]

Is this a lost Black Mirror episode?

[@pume_trpg]

@@algonzalez6853 r/woooosh

[@jimkeen7674]

2000 + 2000 = $20,002,000. Make that money, teach.

[@aerialhandslap]

@Widow Rip no it's 69420

[@MichaelMiller-vv8xg]

Preach. That would have been a nice "little" paycheck to take home.

[@cikuuzis]

Funny how on 2017 it was a comic exaggeration but now it is a pure realism.

[@RicaVibes]

I think it wasn't a comic exaggeration but those are the realities we go through today as teachers

[@badofcheese]

I believe the phrase “alternative facts” was first used in 2016 and expect the sentiment of this film was, partly at least, in response to that.

[@mariankeller5852]

Welcome to the New World Order...if in fact this takes place they deserve to be stupid...the truth will out the ignorantance..first time they need math to build something ..a school perhaps...they will understand..this is exactally why we are in the place wete in..love the ending...yaaay for the teacher!

[@jfcooking]

I'm a math teacher and we have to deal with this crap everysingle day and even more when it comes to evaluating.

[@composiet3231]

It was more comic in 2010 i think.

[@artgoldberg]

Great! But the last line is WRONG. Since their addition operator concatenates numbers, it should be "It's 20,002,000 dollars".

[@mhburleigh1738]

Would be much less punchy. The thousands are just being regrouped as units, in the same way 2 markers plus 2 markers were 22 markers... 2 thousand plus 2 thousand was 22 thousand.

[@mrchamp9171]

This was actually funny, and not even cringe, it’s very original.

[@VSHEGDE1947]

Nice profile pic

[@darindef]

It was pretty cringy until the end, but had a better laugh because of it.

[@alanmarhic6813]

What do you mean? This was like a horror movie.

[@ROMANABSOLUT]

MrChamp - actually, this is TRAGIC.

[@uwinvidanage2252]

2000+2000 should be 20,002,000 she missed a big opportunity

[@Anvesh2013]

yes.. yes. . I really wanted her saying that..

[@JamieHatfield]

So much this. It was jarring when she said 22,000 - I was expecting 20m. She could have turned to a blackboard and written it out to be clear. Disappointing finish.

[@cathyd.6915]

i was gonna comment this

[@afakethrum]

2000+2000 = 20,002,000 C'mon script writer! How could you miss this?

[@Lucario2405]

Yeah but twenty-two thousand fit better with what has been established prior. Still a nice idea. ;P

[@johnhutchins8731]

Wrong! 2,000 + 2,000 = 20,002,000. Zeros are digits too.

[@johnhutchins8731]

I take it back. I like the teacher's answer better. It confuses math and logic more. If 2 apples + 2 apples is 22 apples the 2 thousand +2 thousand = 22 thousands

[@surnamegm]

​@@johnhutchins8731 I mostly like your first reply: "2,000 + 2,000 = 20,002,000." This is a correct answer if we take it literally. 🙂

[@brrots5822]

... but if you put together 2000+2000 it would be: 20,002,000. That teacher just hit the Jackpot.

[@ErnestoValt]

😯👍🏼

[@xoxolatl]

"The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” - Isaac Asimov

[@SF-fb6lv]

$20,002,000 not $22,000.Duh...

[@THEMATT222]

YOU'RE RIGHT!

[@calvinrockwell6397]

Or $222,222,222. We should respect every answer huh?

[@amrfwws]

After what happens, she still wrong😂😂

[@_godsl4yer_]

Doesn't matter. The point was that math was up for debate. And 2+2=22 could be times 2 by 10 and add the other two on.

[@dickurkel6910]

WOW YOU'RE SO SMART WOW

[@marcgoodman4862]

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” -- Isaac Asimov

[@henrimatisse7481]

your ignorance. Pretty scary

[@jyc313]

@@henrimatisse7481tell us, what is the so called ignorance do you see written there? Please, enlighten the audience.

[@denniskrenz2080]

Yeah, and its contagious. I already had a discussion with somebody arguing that science is a conspiracy because they don't let anybody get a degree or publish papers (which is wrong BTW, you can always find a place to publish, if you don't mind the other articles there or that at least one person reads your article)

[@radikalegedanken7574]

How many genders are there?

[@denniskrenz2080]

@@radikalegedanken7574 At least twice as many as there are humans, that know that genders exist and have an opinion about the concept.

[@rayrowley4013]

As an educator I can say this is not as far off as you might think.

[@themissgpg]

Can you please tell us more? I'm intrigued about this film and the meaning behind it. It is basically saying that people are more worried about being politically correct than sticking to real facts? I'm confused to be honest!

[@rayrowley4013]

@@themissgpg Oh no, I mean that I have had parents/admin/other teachers argue about some very basic stuff. My first year at this one school, I had a fellow teacher (who teaches third grade including math) argue that we shouldn't have too much change to start our fund raiser because we wouldn't make as much profit when we had to pay it back. I tried to explain that that is not how change works and we needed more or we would run out. She got mad and pulled the but that's what we always do card. I had to bite my tongue really hard when another teacher pointed out that they ran out of change the previous year.

[@newspanner9497]

Well actually by this logic 2000+2000=20002000. She could've been rich!

[@محمدمحمد-ذ8غ9و]

NoSpawnnGG Yes😂😂

[@worldpeace1822]

Crap didn’t see yours... lol but Yeha I thought the same

[@nothanks5570]

‘That logic’ there is no logic.

[@Cuskocuint]

@@nothanks5570 It's not because it's wrong that is no longer logical. Otherwise, all ppl would think the same.

[@lynnlee4567]

The last payment clearance should be $2000+$2000 which equals $20,002,000.

[@massimosquecco203]

Right!

[@Alblaka]

Honestly, this is a work of art. Not just the actual piece, but also the meta-level that it essentially parodies the reactions people have to the video and showcases confirmation bias in it's most brutal form. That is, assuming you actually intended that effect when you made this six years ago XD

[@Ideaman]

I honestly didn't know what kind of reaction it would get six years ago. I didn't even know if anyone would watch it. But it's been fun to see how the Comments Section mirrors exactly what the film is satirizing.

[@davidmcdermott7861]

Who else had this in their recommended just out of the blue? I notice a lot of the comments are from within a day, yet this video is a few months old.

[@abderraoufselmani]

David McDermott that's true wtf is happening

[@JustinKenward]

The thing is, while the idea of actually debating 2 + 2 seems ridiculous, this is actually a thing teachers have to deal with on a regular basis. From parents who feel like their children are unfairly being criticized to administration that would rather maintain a public perception.

[@AntonySimkin]

This is actually happening everywhere. When I operate with facts in a discussion about anything, I hear things like "you are not respecting the opinion of others" and I feel exactly like the teacher of this shorfilm. It's really scary...

[@jesusfranco]

2018 = Comedy 2024 = Documentary 2030 = History

[@tomdavies6443]

inshalla

[@ericfermin8347]

2017: comedy 2021: Reality

[@yonathanswily4974]

LMAO

[@KpC169]

yea

[@scamianbas]

2031 : idiocracy

[@hydra_daydreamer]

That's how life is sadly.

[@Bunnyboy-uk8xd]

I don’t get why math is so hard for you Americans

[@russellharvey8590]

This short has gone from comedy to documentary in five years.

[@irma5521]

True!

[@irma5521]

Und genau dieses Denken bringt einen in jeder Diskussion zur Verzweiflung. Die absolute Unfähigkeit Kritik vom Selbstwertgefühl trennen zu können. Kritik ist kein Angriff. Viele Menschen dichten lieber die Welt um. Und/oder sehen sich lieber als ewiges Opfer, als sich in einer erwachsenen Weise mit Dingen auseinander zu setzen. Sehr schön in diesem Film dargestellt war auch die symbiotische Verbindung der Eltern mit ihrem Kind. Die Mechanismen innerhalb der Strukturen, in Verbindung mit den Medien, wurden hier erschreckend real dargestellt.

[@guyfierimtwi]

It just frustrates me. Like seriously why are they even arguing over imaginary numbers and instead focusing on real things. Numbers wrriten on paper don't mean anything, which is why I don't like the movie. If it was more of a stem focused thing I think it woild turn out well. But to just see the movie go in a downhill spiral over something that is known to everyone in this world is kind of ridicoulous. Yes I get america is moving towards shit like this but come on it shouldnt have been exaggerated to this point.

[@benwetzel8449]

How?

[@benwetzel8449]

How has this become like a documentary.

[@wshaffer79]

The ending of this video is wrong! 2,000 + 2,000 = 20,002,000. Give that teacher the $20,002,000 that she deserves!

[@bouipozz]

"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

[@KangEunIn23]

The worst of this is that the teacher is so patient and kind with the kid

[@quantumgaming9180]

What do you mean, that's how teachers should be

[@NetherMorne]

It was really frustrating for me to match this, it seems really silly. I've been teaching for 3 years and the hardest part of teaching for me was that I always felt like everyone was against me. The students who didn't want to learn, the parents who wanted their child to succeed but didn't want to put any of that responsibility on their child or themselves, and my coworkers who I felt were always judging and critiquing. Watching this teacher receive no support and be attacked from all sides even though she got the last laugh was truly upsetting for me and I'm not sure what to do with that. Hopefully, this comment gets lost at the bottom of the comment section.

[@stelianoo0]

it will :D to long for everyone to read :D

[@craigpaulson3503]

I'm sure every teacher can relate. And don't let it upset you too much. There are parents that will see this and it will open their eyes. Hopefully the some students will open theirs as well. It's hard to find teachers that care, and those are the teachers that kids will remember 20 years later, and be thankful.

[@Kelvin.Quang.]

I’m surprised you didn’t understand the plot of this short. It’s to show how outrageous teachers are being treated. The administrator even said something along the lines of “You teachers think you’re changing the future or something huh” as obvious sarcasm. This short basically tells the story of how teachers were once scolded because they were teaching the subject of evolution when the people at home didn’t want their child to know the truth of evolution and wanted to be open to the idea of the christian faith that god made men and women. Watch the video again and replace math with science and you can see what the filmmaker was trying to represent.

[@craigpaulson3503]

@@Kelvin.Quang. I think he(Piichi) understood the plot just fine. I think he was saying-despite the sarcasm- it reminded him of the dilemmas that he and other teachers face within the school system. And just like the lyrics to a song or poetry, there might be parts that mean different things to different people.

[@joaodorjmanolo]

Yeah...

[@mauricio2456]

No, 2000 + 2000 is not 22000. Is 20.002.000. That's twenty million two thousand dollars. Pay her what she's owed.

[@ZoeCastro-7733]

Hear! Hear!

[@JohnDoe-qd3nv]

Alternative math in action (from a programmer): If 2 + 2 = 22 (string concatenation), then 2000 + 2000 = 20002000

[@lilettex0421]

The ending was so satisfying after all that

[@orionnesantiago1553]

"That'll be $4,000" Math teacher: Reverse uno card

[@Bunnyboy-uk8xd]

LMAO

[@pawlikschulz4900]

They both are wrong actually.... If 2+2=22 then 2000+2000=20002000. Have fun paying her. But an interesting ending, when it comes to money, the people change their mind, as the old lady did.

[@AnalogOsprey]

Oh my god I thought this was recent. This was seven years ago! Time goes by so fast when alternative realities exist for almost a decade.

[@frankfahrenheit9537]

This aged VERY well

[@cubonefan3]

Trump’s team popularized the term “alternative facts”. The title is “Alternative math”. This video is obviously a reference to Trumps first running, and since then, this hasn’t stopped.

[@Vinny_3041]

This movie portrays relativism in a very exaggerated way, but so we can understand how terrible this idea is. Relativism starts with the thought that we can think what we want, we can do what we want, and no one has the authority to say it's wrong. And at the end of the video, you see how relativist ideas contradict each other, and there is no way to live in a world where truth does not exist. If absolute truth does not exist, then that sentence already becomes absolute truth. I am very grateful to the producers of this short, and I would do everything to make the sense of it spread to everyone. I'm sorry if any part of this text doesn't make any sense, I'm using Google Translate.

[@skarmex3439]

The ending was beautiful!! but this is exactly where the world is headed if people don't change drastically. FACTS are far more important than feelings and the sooner people realise this the sooner we can actually advance instead of going backwards.

[@andrewroutledge8737]

The herd is being led by the nose and being trained to accept anything they are force fed. Those that disagree will be outcast. We have a situation where all of the 600 or so world corporations own a portion of each other's company. They have more leverage than the superpowers. Above them is one or two organizations who want united interest of all world monetary matters, risk prevention and united guarantee that has no national borders. Who would or could challenge them. Only nature can do that if weather patters chage drastically enough to close all the worlds ports.

[@benwetzel8449]

Exactly. Global warming for example. It’s ridiculous to debate a topic which every reasonable scientist is in agreement on. Same with gender identity. Most social scientists are in agreement that gender and sex are spectrums, and are not wholly binary. The sooner people stop trying to argue with objective fact, the better. But I constantly see conservatives and even liberals arguing against these basic facts.

[@sanegayguy]

"The World" more like the West. Religious Majority countries and also traditionalist-minded countries like China, Japan and most parts of Asia, still have a solid foundation of what is right and wrong from religion and tradition. The West is trying so hard to fit in a modern world that their brains are slowly leaking out from being so "open-minded"

[@Eclectifying]

@@benwetzel8449 it is objective fact that there are two sexes. You can believe what you want about “gender” but if gender is separate from sex then there’s no reason to mutilate your body, or a child’s body, to be consistent with your, or their “gender”.

[@col.choros3966]

@@benwetzel8449 I think that's the opposite of what Skarmex just said

[@THEfamouspolka]

Wouldn't the final pay cheque have been $20,002,000? She took a pay cut

[@Pomodorosan]

She chose a number that she knew they'd realistically be able to pay

[@FairPhone-es7lz]

2000+2000 = 20002000. She was very modest. ;)

[@PatDK]

Yeah I thought exactly like you

[@harish281997]

If 2+2=22 just by writing first 2 in front of second. In the same way, $2000+$2000=$20002000

[@jamescooper3571]

I see the main point in the title, which is a play on the novel idea in our current political world that proven lies are not lies, but “alternative facts.” The piece slams the current atmosphere of anti-intellectualism (“You think you’re an expert, and that I should pay attention to you and your peers, just because you’re all smart and have devoted your lives to this topic?”). There’s also a healthy slam on parents who can’t admit their little Johnny made a mistake, and what teachers have to put up with these days.

[@mohdig9]

Plus the idea that a single person can have his/her life ruined because the masses are against him/her regardless who's right/wrong. Schools, Colleges and Corporations would rather terminate trouble makers rather than face backlash (regardless of the situation).

[@ellaenchanted2399]

It also feels like a play on the 'new math' that they started back around 2010....

[@matcha6710]

And the worst part is the right-wingers in the comments are just projecting it onto the intellectuals

[@kusgilb]

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Issac Asimov

[@SteveSmekar-ll6ln]

And knowledge would be defined as the status quo. Don't rock the boat. These professional experts over here, who are paid very well to resolve the APPROPRIATE answers, have determined what course we are going to follow (what benefits corporate interests) and anyone who questions it will be considered suspect.

[@kusgilb]

@@SteveSmekar-ll6ln That's not what Asimov was referring to. Look up Dunning Kruger effect, that may answer a few questions for you.

[@succusage3966]

Yall need to stop quoting random quotes

[@snuffeldjuret]

@@succusage3966 I wouldn't call that quote random though.

[@pizzainc.1465]

Wow, that principle said that she is giving her students infinite respect. That is really flattering

[@Athanatov]

On the risk of this being bait, but you can't divide by 0. You can *approach* infinity by dividing by a number that *approaches* zero, but not divide by zero. x/0 is undefined.

[@imaspohi3859]

@@Athanatov x/0=infinity can be defined when you're dealing with non-negative extended real numbers. (Note: This isn't meant as any sort of argument - in most premises, "infinity" isn't a number, so there is nothing wrong with the statement "x/0 is undefined". I just wanted to share the knowledge because when I first heard of this, I thought it was pretty cool.)

[@acrien]

Technically, it's 20002000, that's 20 million and 2000. You have to put the two whole numbers together, you can't just ignore the zeroes... Don't people even know basic math anymore???

[@harrysong8456]

actually, it is 20001973 if we pay the taxes

[@simonscardino4135]

@@harrysong8456 Are you saying we are stupids?? We're free thinkers, okay..!?? 🤗

[@hannah6594]

Best comment 😂😂

[@daisoketanaka]

They are both wrong. 2000$+2000$=20002000$. Damn. Actors and writers cannot even do basic math these days.

[@alifaraz88]

I’m open to possibility that there might be multiple correct answers

[@alfonsomendez9787]

I Think you are MathFobic.

[@wannabe0740]

Please be my math teacher

[@RicaVibes]

Really that is the right answer

[@Immanatum]

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[@johnmdill]

"22" would be the correct answer if the question had used string types of "2" + "2".

[@denamikaWatch]

programmer FTW

[@ScientificallyExplained]

its $2000 + $2000 = $20002000 according to logic.

[@IgorSerkinic]

i was just thinking about this... what a stupid ending

[@Freight_Train]

I'm a retired elementary school art teacher. The part about the math is funny, but the part with the administration speaking nonsense is accurate. I had an brand new assistant principal give me a poor evaluation because I was not teaching the standards and I wasn't using enough "mediums." She used that word multiple times. Ironically, the word "mediums" never appears in the standards. "Media" is the term for art materials; "mediums" are people who claim to have extrasensory powers to divine things the rest of us can't. Now that I think about it, I wished I had consulted a medium before that administrator arrived.

[@marthaduncan7694]

I didn't think this was far off the mark...school admin and the superintendents were quite realistically portrayed

[@Freight_Train]

@@juanitadoe4057 No, the plural is usually media. Singular is medium. The point is that she was saying I wasn't following the standards, when in reality she wasn't using the standards correctly to accuse me. As I said in my post, the term "mediums" appears nowhere in the standards. Media is the correct term.

[@Freight_Train]

@@absolutezippo7542 Medium is singular in art. Media is plural. Mediums refers to something else. You didn't read my original comment. She stated in an evaluation that I was not following the standards because I was not using "mediums." That word is not in the standards. It's illogical to say that someone is not following the standards because they are not doing something that is not in the standards.

[@kamaljeetsingh4524]

You're wrong its 2000+2000=20002000

[@Izacundo1]

You'ur

[@kamaljeetsingh4524]

Everybody make mistakes.

[@jeeppong8284]

If 2 + 2 = 22, then isn't 2,000 + 2,000 = 20,002,000? What a nice severance package!

[@davideesposito170]

I agree indeed, it's 20,002,000

[@asianricecooker1137]

i was about to say that

[@neelroy2918]

yep. I think she had not gotten used to new math in a week. But if they give her 44000 she can sue for criminal negligence.

[@dogbertdilbert165]

$20,002,000 (20 mil & 2 thousand) is harder to read aloud and grasp. For comedic effect, you shouldn't distract the audience from the punchline. "2+2=22" did not specify what to do with trailing zeros (or the units like thousand), so she's free to use the interpretation that gives the $22 thousand.

[@kivuliniextreme7740]

That joke would have landed like the plane John Denver left on had she given that digit

[@calikat3320]

Great story but it's sad to think that so many teachers have to deal with parents like that. They aren't doing their kids or the general public any favors.

[@BlueNotaMaestro]

The irony is, this is not too far away from the reality. Today everyone has their own truth .. whatever hell that means.

[@Bossa4Sol]

it's not 22000 but 20002000! they can't do proper math! :D

[@malavikaganesh9970]

That's how smart people make money 💰!! 😂

[@FifthHorsemanofApocalypse]

Wrong, should've said 2000 + 2000 = 20002000

[@TheNoxar311]

missed opportunity to have her walk away with $20 M (and 2k)

[@CSMHD]

i thought at the end she sais 20002000 $