Southern Math is Tricky

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Matt Mitchell

Matt Mitchell

Күн бұрын

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@alostrich
@alostrich Жыл бұрын
Subscribe or I’m moving your possum to the road.
@eponine318
@eponine318 Жыл бұрын
You are so crazy. I love it.
@jaredrevis4594
@jaredrevis4594 Жыл бұрын
You wouldn't
@akale2620
@akale2620 Жыл бұрын
That evil laugh almost got me in the end. But then the mfr started coughing. 😅
@t.texastimmy1022
@t.texastimmy1022 Жыл бұрын
You are soooo damned good ..
@lillylunapotter8079
@lillylunapotter8079 Жыл бұрын
What if we have already been subscribed? Does that mean our possum get a treat?
@ballisticus1
@ballisticus1 Жыл бұрын
Wait til he gets to fractions and has to figure out "smidgen."
@faithcastillo9597
@faithcastillo9597 Жыл бұрын
Gotcha covered, chief. I have a measuring spoon with that measurement, along with pinch and dab.
@isaacbrummett7926
@isaacbrummett7926 Жыл бұрын
​@faithcastillo9597 ok that's funny
@meloneyashworth8
@meloneyashworth8 Жыл бұрын
How about a dash of this and a pinch of that?
@oneminuteofmyday
@oneminuteofmyday Жыл бұрын
@@faithcastillo9597 I was going to say the same thing! I saw that set of measuring spoons and walking out of the store without them was never an option. lol
@faithcastillo9597
@faithcastillo9597 Жыл бұрын
@@oneminuteofmyday Amen. A very dear friend gifted me the ones I have. Dash, pinch and smidgen. And they do see occasional use.
@debco12
@debco12 Жыл бұрын
It’s Matt’s throwaway lines, like “this was made in China”, that always put me on the floor. The man’s brilliant!
@thewayhobibrokeitdowninhan6083
@thewayhobibrokeitdowninhan6083 Жыл бұрын
Yes! 😂😂😂
@sisenor4091
@sisenor4091 Жыл бұрын
The “Made in China” just cracked me up.
@lorrainewilhelm6555
@lorrainewilhelm6555 Жыл бұрын
Texas...made in China 😅
@tcortez
@tcortez Жыл бұрын
But I also like the instructor Matt pocketing the calculator and student Matt doesn't notice.
@nmelkhunter1
@nmelkhunter1 Жыл бұрын
That was brilliant! Not a smidgen of brilliant, mind you, but a whole mess of brilliant!
@jacobthecool3000
@jacobthecool3000 Жыл бұрын
As someone who has grown up in the South, "couple" meaning any small amount has always infuriated me. Also "the other day" can mean literally any day in the last month.
@129stacey
@129stacey Жыл бұрын
For my best friend and I, the other days can go back years 😂
@zachcollette5608
@zachcollette5608 Жыл бұрын
If I say the other day, all you know for sure is I was alive when it happened
@Mary-gr3mr
@Mary-gr3mr Жыл бұрын
hahaha
@bunnydimples1283
@bunnydimples1283 Жыл бұрын
@@zachcollette5608 😂😂😂
@mayoluck
@mayoluck Жыл бұрын
​@@zachcollette5608 yep and i was able to walk n talk
@MGower4465
@MGower4465 11 ай бұрын
Wait until he tries to figure out how far away "around the corner" is, how far a "fair piece" is, and exactly how many meals you gotta pack for "a ways away".
@bigpigslapperoinktoo4953
@bigpigslapperoinktoo4953 7 ай бұрын
Yep, "up yunder a ways" aint that far,,
@penguinmaster7
@penguinmaster7 7 ай бұрын
and how many vacation days you need to take for "a while down the road"
@ChristineRobbins-73
@ChristineRobbins-73 Ай бұрын
Or to get to “down yonder” 😂
@WoodsintheBurg94
@WoodsintheBurg94 Ай бұрын
@@ChristineRobbins-73 Or “over yonder”. 😁
@ThatGuy-nb7zf
@ThatGuy-nb7zf 25 күн бұрын
That's about three sees. Meaning go as far as you can see then do that about 2 more times.
@Courtney2216
@Courtney2216 Жыл бұрын
As a Georgia girl, the sad (and funny) thing about this great video is that I understood everything this teacher said. I am crying laughing. Welcome to Georgia 🤣
@hiloveabbey
@hiloveabbey 11 ай бұрын
Same!!! I grew up just outside of ATL and now live in Florida, and sometimes I have to remind my people here that “I’m from Atlanta (obviously pronounced At-lannah) but I’m also from Georgia” when my southern comes out
@dakametron7777
@dakametron7777 9 ай бұрын
Yep. If a Georgian says that he’s from Atlanta, he’s definitely from the suburbs.
@alandrian
@alandrian 9 ай бұрын
@@hiloveabbey Im from tally there we know georga and speak it now you must be talking down south florida and thats not a southern state and half the population is old.
@Rustebadge
@Rustebadge 8 ай бұрын
@@hiloveabbey They are definitely two separate places. "You don't get into Georgia until you get out of Atlanta".
@UpperDarbyDetailing
@UpperDarbyDetailing 8 ай бұрын
I’m from Pennsylvania and completely understood every word.
@kmeadows
@kmeadows Жыл бұрын
As a teacher, I now want to change my clip chart to a opossum chart.
@meatstix7115
@meatstix7115 Жыл бұрын
I thought this was so funny. In kindergarten we had a chart too, except it was fish in water, then on the beach, then in a frying pan 😂😂🥳 and that's when my teacher would call the parents hahaha.
@danbsports6760
@danbsports6760 Жыл бұрын
An opossum...
@thecrazyastrogirl
@thecrazyastrogirl Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, we had a stop sign and if you went to red once, your parents would be called and if you went twice in the same week, you’d be sent to the principal for a paddling… this was before our school stopped using corporal punishment (Concord Elementary, iykyk) and it was very effective- no one was on red often 😂😂 (I was in kindergarten in ‘06 so like this was relatively recent)
@RaneBoDasch
@RaneBoDasch Жыл бұрын
@@danbsports6760 You forget it's the south. I believe "ah possum" is the correct term here.
@marybishop9928
@marybishop9928 Жыл бұрын
@@danbsports6760😂😂😂
@squiresam
@squiresam Жыл бұрын
You forgot the whole section of Southern math that involves measuring distance.
@earlleegrace3318
@earlleegrace3318 Жыл бұрын
Down yonder = a good ways vs. right chonder = if it was a snake it woulda bit ya, not to be confused with a 'little piece' down the road, which is any where from right chonder to way down yonder. Time over distance is converted to "miles annower." It took me thirty eleven times to understand all this!
@Oldfashionedmawmaw
@Oldfashionedmawmaw Жыл бұрын
@@earlleegrace3318 Yep, and "Its a fur piece out dere" = it's pretty far off!!
@janewestmoreland7239
@janewestmoreland7239 Жыл бұрын
And don't forget, "You can't get there from here."
@queenbee3647
@queenbee3647 Жыл бұрын
Never forget "a fair piece" or "over yonder". More important for measuring in the South than metric will ever dream of!
@peachykeen7634
@peachykeen7634 Жыл бұрын
“A hop n a skip” “a country mile” “down the road” can mean a frickin 20 min drive at 70mph 🤣
@imaclover1428
@imaclover1428 Жыл бұрын
In fifth grade (in NC), we got a list of colloquialisms like “cattywaumpus” and “as the crow flies” as a vocab list. It was the most useful vocab list I ever had in school! 😂
@queenbee3647
@queenbee3647 Жыл бұрын
I once got kept after school cuz a teacher was eavesdropping on my conversation with a friend and heard me say "howsabout". Yankee.
@peachykeen7634
@peachykeen7634 Жыл бұрын
@@queenbee3647 holy crap what?? I’d be expelled for the words we use like n’n’y’all or ‘f’v’y’all’dve 🤣🤣🤣
@jessicacallaghan8082
@jessicacallaghan8082 Жыл бұрын
My friends hate it when I talk about the rotary outside the school (we live in Florida but my mom's from Boston)
@imaclover1428
@imaclover1428 Жыл бұрын
@@jessicacallaghan8082 you must mean the roundabout! 😂 We once got a town-wide postcard of explaining how to use it when the first one was installed.
@oneminuteofmyday
@oneminuteofmyday Жыл бұрын
@@imaclover1428 I can handle the roundabouts, but we recently got a crossover diamond in the area and I just plain don’t go that way now.
@thebeardedlady76
@thebeardedlady76 Жыл бұрын
“Unless we’re at Krispy Kreme, where a dozen could be 24, depending on the kind of special they’re running.” Omg so true!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
@armagh-rose
@armagh-rose Жыл бұрын
I'm a southern teacher of southern students! This was hilarious because it's true with our colloquial words and phrases. My students know that possum will get moved in a heartbeat! I can't wait to start teaching in rural Northern Ireland 🤣
@Jerry-qj9xc
@Jerry-qj9xc Жыл бұрын
Enjoy Northern Ireland, and make sure your students get home before dark.🤔
@f_USAF-Lt.G
@f_USAF-Lt.G Жыл бұрын
😳they get "southern math" better than Americans... 🤔mostly from being cheated by the English
@jjjackson5183
@jjjackson5183 11 ай бұрын
Our Southern tendency to colloquialisms come from the Brittish Isles as it is. You should do fine.
@dawnreneegmail
@dawnreneegmail 9 ай бұрын
Well darlin' remember, when you step foot on their soil you become THE YANKEE, and I bet they won't care!
@janelliot5643
@janelliot5643 7 ай бұрын
​​@@jjjackson5183a British actress got the part of Scarlett in Gone With the Wind because she did a better Southern Accent. The accents are actually closer than American Yankee
@rosanna415
@rosanna415 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been helping out in kindergarten at my kids’ school recently. They use a color chart for behavior there too. The bit about moving the possum from the trash can to the road killed me. It’s a better chart than just colors.
@Rags2Itches
@Rags2Itches Жыл бұрын
Perhaps but you're either going to get children that have a melt down cause their possum is now road kill OR that child that wants their possum to be road kill. PTA would get real interesting ...lol.
@danareyes-norton3347
@danareyes-norton3347 Жыл бұрын
Haha I was thinking that too!
@susanholden6861
@susanholden6861 Жыл бұрын
I was just picturing Rosanna giggling silently to herself when she looks at the kindergarten charts from now on.
@queenbee3647
@queenbee3647 Жыл бұрын
If I were in that class with the possum in the road, theyd be calling me ROADKILL. 😂😂😂😂
@shermansilk4738
@shermansilk4738 Жыл бұрын
Why didn't I take algebra in school. This is the easiest thing on earth.
@katt9338
@katt9338 Жыл бұрын
No lie, this is what moving from Boston to NC just in time to start 2nd grade felt like. I was just sitting in class like "I don't understand half of these words"
@KingofKarnies
@KingofKarnies Жыл бұрын
Happened to me moving from Arizona to Louisiana in Second Grade as well.
@shaydshani
@shaydshani Жыл бұрын
I lived in Georgia until I was 31 and moved to two different parts of NC. I can tell you I'm in that I don't understand but I think I got it stage. NC and Georgia math is not the same similar yes but definitely not the same.
@chriseagle6501
@chriseagle6501 Жыл бұрын
As a North Carolina native...I can verify this 😂
@beanny0268
@beanny0268 Жыл бұрын
It was just a confusing going from ID where they broke it down by type (Algebra, geometry, trig, Calc) to NY where they just threw it all at you at once. As a junior, some of the stuff they were doing I'd never seen before and some of it I'd learned way back in 7th grade. Only time math truly made me cry. Lol
@snakeinthegrak8969
@snakeinthegrak8969 Жыл бұрын
Lol NC is NOT the South. I had no problem moving from way up North to way down South in first grade and understanding. This is wildly blown out of proportion.
@delphic464
@delphic464 Жыл бұрын
Need to do one of these for distances in the south! Midwest distances include: "Headed to the neighbors" (1-2 miles), "Not too far" (about 1hr), "A bit" (about 2 hrs), and "Visiting family" (5+ hrs). Of course "Headed on down" is any direction.
@shirothefish9688
@shirothefish9688 Жыл бұрын
and when you're "headed on down to visit family" that means you're sleeping in a motel to get there.
@barryward2128
@barryward2128 Жыл бұрын
Not really a distance thing but when you get directions and it includes go down this road a spell
@UncleBaconMan
@UncleBaconMan Жыл бұрын
I literally told my family. "Ill head down to see you guys on Christmas." When I was living in Florida for a time and they were still in Michigan. Yes. No matter were you are. We say "We'll head down there"
@jimskywaker4345
@jimskywaker4345 Жыл бұрын
I live in Indiana and have never heard this
@barryward2128
@barryward2128 Жыл бұрын
@@jimskywaker4345 well you have now lol. We need a guy to do these kinds of videos on the midwest cause its crazy here
@coltn7432
@coltn7432 8 ай бұрын
The fact that when he said the word problem the first time I immediately blurted out "whatever's left after were all done"
@rorilee9791
@rorilee9791 11 ай бұрын
“Backtalk me again and I WILL move your possum from the trash can to the road”. I’m implementing this behavior system in my classroom next week. Perfection. 🎉🎉😂
@thomasvilla6109
@thomasvilla6109 4 ай бұрын
I'm not a teacher but I'm thinking about how I might use that system, too. Maybe I'll try it while trying to herd the volunteers at church.
@bcperry1973
@bcperry1973 Жыл бұрын
"the back says 'Made in China'" hit me hard--good one
@TheDogn
@TheDogn Жыл бұрын
Me too. Just the way he said it 😂
@doctorsammy883
@doctorsammy883 Жыл бұрын
As a southerner in college in the north I was baffled when someone corrected my use of “a couple them over there.” (I was referring to like 4). My roommate just looked at me like I was dumber than a tide pod for like a minute and then sat me down and explained for a couple minutes (like 3 or something) how “a couple” means specifically 2.
@CLCSIfreak
@CLCSIfreak Жыл бұрын
I’m from VA and I only learned this because Judge Judy was yelling about it to someone that a couple is two and a few is 3+
@thomasj4145
@thomasj4145 Жыл бұрын
love how you used 'a couple minutes' hahaha
@ginawallace9945
@ginawallace9945 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@lucianoaguero6795
@lucianoaguero6795 Жыл бұрын
He was wrong, you said a couple, which can be 3-infinte, not that couple, which is 2
@Roonasaur
@Roonasaur Жыл бұрын
I love America. :)
@drivernjax
@drivernjax Жыл бұрын
Being a southerner born and bred, I can relate to this math class. But, you forgot to use the numbers passel and bunch as in, "They's a passel of people comin' toonaht. Better cook a bunch of food." My mom used to say grunch, too.
@sennataylor592
@sennataylor592 Жыл бұрын
My high school math teacher loved saying something was “yay big” without ever telling us how big a yay was.
@AriUgwu
@AriUgwu 9 ай бұрын
Underrated comment.
@punchkitten874
@punchkitten874 7 ай бұрын
"yay big" is any measurement you can indicate the edges of with one or both hands. It doesn't indicate actual size, but the relative size as perceived by the speaker. Hope this helps ❤
@ShyGuy1066
@ShyGuy1066 6 ай бұрын
It's also "Yea", not "Yay". Makes me sad.
@randallulrich
@randallulrich 4 ай бұрын
You forgot “yay tall” and “yay wide”. 😊
@FokkeWulfe
@FokkeWulfe 5 күн бұрын
I use "about yay big" when referring to things myself. I usually confer a hand gesture to the approximate size of said object.
@nightblade7409
@nightblade7409 Жыл бұрын
It's become painfully obvious who the writing talent was for "It's a Southern Thing"!!! Loving this channel, Matt! Keep up the hilarious work!!!
@biker5662
@biker5662 Жыл бұрын
Yesss. So much is missing without him!! They've lost my subscription.
@RonJDuncan
@RonJDuncan Жыл бұрын
They still have talent over there, but Matt was kinda like that extra salt and flavor and so IST isn't as good as it was. Pity.
@watchandjewelryloft4713
@watchandjewelryloft4713 Жыл бұрын
​@@RonJDuncan He wasn't just extra salt. He was a whole mess of salt.
@nightblade7409
@nightblade7409 Жыл бұрын
@@biker5662 I'm still subscribed. I just don't think they're nearly as funny now that he's gone. He had to be main writer or at least main contributor to the skits because they just aren't as funny without him.
@RonJDuncan
@RonJDuncan Жыл бұрын
@@watchandjewelryloft4713 True enough.
@redessa01
@redessa01 Жыл бұрын
I was also taught that a couple is anywhere from 2 -5, but a few started at 3. The overlap was because it depended on context. A few potato chips is certainly more than 5, but a few cars in your yard could be as little as 3 or 4.
@easypistachios7
@easypistachios7 Жыл бұрын
I'd also say anything between 5 and 12 could also be referred to as "a handful" Helps bridge that big gap between "a few" and "a dozen"
@SaharaM18
@SaharaM18 Жыл бұрын
I live in the north, but instinctively learned that a couple was 2-6ish. I think I was 35 before I was forcibly told that a couple was Always two. It's fake news, though. I still know in my heart that a couple is between 1 and a bunch.
@shellie.alamode
@shellie.alamode Жыл бұрын
To me, a couple is 2-5 (but usually only 4 or less), and a few is 3-6, possibly up to 7 in context (like you said, chips, and several starts at 7 (bc of the sev) and goes to about 13, and then after that, it's just a lot. (Or tons or mad or beaucoop or a bunch)
@beholdiamglamdringsbane89
@beholdiamglamdringsbane89 Жыл бұрын
Unless it's beer. As in 'We're gonna have a couplethree beers.' Which just becomes a whole mess of beers anyway.
@nikita8370
@nikita8370 Жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@asdisskagen6487
@asdisskagen6487 Жыл бұрын
I was expecting Matt to say "ALL of them" in response to "how many of them get tea" ... I mean, who doesn't make enough tea for a hundred people when having a dozen friends over? If you don't have enough leftovers to feed a battalion after a gathering, you're doing it wrong 😂
@EliseCollins
@EliseCollins Жыл бұрын
Facts!
@susanholden6861
@susanholden6861 Жыл бұрын
Truth bomb! LOL
@colormedubious4747
@colormedubious4747 Жыл бұрын
You can always add more water and sugar. 😁
@peachykeen7634
@peachykeen7634 Жыл бұрын
Legit. The goal is to not have to cook till Tuesday.
@alexisalexander9037
@alexisalexander9037 Жыл бұрын
All in the south is oil. We can't pronounce oil. All is language not math.
@beckysmith1178
@beckysmith1178 Жыл бұрын
Coming from a person born in Texas and raised in Oklahoma, this is brilliant! So classically Southern thinking and speaking! It makes perfect sense! Loved it! ❤
@Jaster832
@Jaster832 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I had no problem following along. He was off with some figures but it all made total sense.
@HobbitBroad
@HobbitBroad 9 ай бұрын
Same, except I had a Yankee dad. I've warned my kids about using "couple" in mixed company, but they never pay me no mind.
@DangerBrown85
@DangerBrown85 Жыл бұрын
Having been raised in the Mississippi public school system, I can confirm that this is exactly how they teach mathematics and why my degrees are in history and theology. 😂
@HeronCoyote1234
@HeronCoyote1234 Жыл бұрын
😂
@stevenfeil7079
@stevenfeil7079 Жыл бұрын
History and theology are run exactly the same way..... uncontrolled idiocity.
@United_femboys
@United_femboys Жыл бұрын
Lol same
@PyroGam3s
@PyroGam3s 8 ай бұрын
this explains why i have trouble with math. I learned it in the south until 3rd grade, then I had to learn math in the Midwest 4th grade and up.
@toddkes5890
@toddkes5890 7 ай бұрын
Add a little geography: when people ask you where a place is, just tell them it is north of Antarctica. Majority of the time you will be right.
@elainejohnson2836
@elainejohnson2836 Жыл бұрын
Having worked as a teachers aide in all elementary grades this is a gem! I especially love the possum 😂. Puts a new perspective on behaving 😊
@JoelRosenfeld
@JoelRosenfeld Жыл бұрын
As a professor of mathematics at a research university in the south. This is all absolutely correct. I’m pretty sure that Cantor discovered uncountable infinities when he first started to determine how many dollar generals there were.
@HeadCannonPrime
@HeadCannonPrime 11 ай бұрын
Dollar General stores are like the infinite coast problem in cartography.
@celesterosales8976
@celesterosales8976 9 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
@seismicvertigo345
@seismicvertigo345 8 ай бұрын
How many dollar generals are there between two dollar generals?
@TheLeebo1962
@TheLeebo1962 5 ай бұрын
​@@seismicvertigo345Depends. We talking strip mall Dollar Generals or out by itself ones?
@jldavid47
@jldavid47 4 ай бұрын
Wait. The number of Dollar Generals would be countably infinite. At least that’s what my Number Theory professor told me. 😂
@Lorddanielrushton371
@Lorddanielrushton371 Жыл бұрын
Ok, I'm from Colorado, and the teacher actually made sense in the description of Couple, Few, and a whole mess. Why couldn't I have him as my math teacher? I probably would have made it to quantum mechanics.
@markmierau5189
@markmierau5189 Жыл бұрын
Using this system isn't quantum mechanics just another term for making moonshine?
@charliegarrison9688
@charliegarrison9688 Жыл бұрын
@@markmierau5189 Or amphetamines. Your choice really.
@CrizzyEyes
@CrizzyEyes Жыл бұрын
These vague terms would probably do well for quantum mechanics given that the whole point of that discipline is you don't know where something is at a given time.
@lmhquinn
@lmhquinn Жыл бұрын
It reminds me of my Trigonometry class in college, taught by a Physics professor. He was really big on word problems even though I kept telling him I didn't care how many telephone poles I passed on that train. I still think he gave me a D hoping I wouldn't repeat his class... He was always telling me, "...you start out correctly and then get lost and then come up with an answer that is sometimes correct". I couldn't help it if Southern Math was beyond his grasp.
@garrhettroebuck8402
@garrhettroebuck8402 Жыл бұрын
Was glad to sit a spell and spend a bit watching this. Now I gotta go down over yonder a piece. Y'all have a good one.
@aprilroston3608
@aprilroston3608 9 ай бұрын
I can't believe the algorithm kept this comedy gold away from me for a whole year! I laughed the whole time 😅❤
@Gizmopup2011
@Gizmopup2011 Жыл бұрын
When the question came up about ‘how long is this class?’ It felt like we slipped into the twilight zone. LOL This was so good, but scary at the same time. Loved it!
@kynn23
@kynn23 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking Kafka! lol
@mitchellminer9597
@mitchellminer9597 Жыл бұрын
Marvelous. Matt, you are a treasure. That possum idea is clever, all by itself, and all the rest rocks. Your acting is superb - there were three little extras that really made it snap - Bravo!
@leapingkitties
@leapingkitties Жыл бұрын
Matt you have the best evil laugh, such a great sense of humor!
@elizabethcobb3316
@elizabethcobb3316 Жыл бұрын
Doesn't he though! With that last laugh, I could'a sworn I saw horns coming out of his head!
@kellydean3735
@kellydean3735 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 "Back talk me again and I'm gonna move your opossum from the trashcan to the road." As an Elementary teacher, THIS moment was gold!!😂😂
@KITTKATT11
@KITTKATT11 Жыл бұрын
Funny, I learned a lot about southern cooking ( math+science) and it's always something weird, like I use a cup of flour, ( the cup is a small coffee cup) a pinch of this and a smidgen of that, also one of my favorites is, oh I just add til it looks right then I bake it 😹 I'm a master at not measuring anything anymore.. this is why southern people don't need numbers 😜🥰🐈🐾
@petehoover6616
@petehoover6616 6 ай бұрын
It's because Southern cooks are more about process and transformation than they are about exact measurements. They want you to understand what they are doing and why.
@BenMcLain1
@BenMcLain1 Жыл бұрын
I am 100% using "Backtalk me again - and I'm moving your possum from the trash can to the road!" today!
@tommybootlegger
@tommybootlegger Жыл бұрын
This channel is very helpful for us southerners who moved up north. It's like a pocket translator for our Yankee friends.
@thecursed01
@thecursed01 Жыл бұрын
it's more for northerners learning proper english :) greetings from europe
@mindyskidder
@mindyskidder Жыл бұрын
Well, shoot, maybe this explains my child's current math grades!! Keep 'em comin' Matt!
@gijakob
@gijakob 10 ай бұрын
I would pay an unreasonable price to take this class if it was real
@JohnathonBrock
@JohnathonBrock Жыл бұрын
Born in AL, live in TN, you are the most correct person I've ever met.
@toddferguson4571
@toddferguson4571 Жыл бұрын
Love the “move the possum to the road” ! This is my favorite so far.😂😂😂😂
@JayShermanFJC
@JayShermanFJC Жыл бұрын
But weren't you supposed to divide Shoo by the number of tornado sirens you get before noon then multiply by the number hours of winter you had this year? Asking for my northern friends..
@dakkenblah1450
@dakkenblah1450 Жыл бұрын
Depends what part of the South you live in
@JayShermanFJC
@JayShermanFJC Жыл бұрын
@@dakkenblah1450 so would you then multiply by the number of hurricanes from last season of the number of Vandy NCAA football championships?
@tyelerhiggins300
@tyelerhiggins300 Жыл бұрын
Well, the number of winter-hours this year was less than 24, so that's not that many.
@country_flyboy
@country_flyboy Жыл бұрын
Nah, you have to multiply shoo by the tornado sirens, as everyone gets up in a tizzy over the ruckus and fixate on the presence of sweet tea after the noise dies down a bit.
@robinmiller5256
@robinmiller5256 Жыл бұрын
..there ya go..🤣
@autoparts26541
@autoparts26541 Жыл бұрын
“It’s a word problem, Jimbo!” - Quote of the Year
@serenahiggins1849
@serenahiggins1849 Жыл бұрын
Single: 1 Couple: 2 Few: 3 Several: 4-7 Quite a few: 8-11 Dozen: 12 Bakers dozen: 13 A bunch: 14-22 A whole bunch (sometimes said as a lot, although a lot has a different meaning as well): 23-32 A lot: 28-42. (Can also go above for certain things) A gross amount: 1000+ For smaller things these numbers usually go up. For example a few beans or a few/3 spoonfuls. A bunch of sand doesn’t describe the number of sand particles. There are more rules but this is a good starting point.
@misiluki100
@misiluki100 9 ай бұрын
Well bless your heart, you ain’t from around here are ya?
@serenahiggins1849
@serenahiggins1849 9 ай бұрын
@@misiluki100 I’m very much from the south unfortunately
@mentalbreak4653
@mentalbreak4653 8 ай бұрын
I absolutely love the breakdown . Makes perfect sense , god bless you have a wonderful day.
@richardlynngarst3728
@richardlynngarst3728 7 ай бұрын
Took all the fun out of math .
@rebeccscreasman3293
@rebeccscreasman3293 Ай бұрын
I live in Az. And I get that.
@leahrekow3668
@leahrekow3668 Жыл бұрын
I lived in the south as a preschooler, and moved to the Midwest as a kindergartner. A couple/a few/some was the biggest struggle! I never knew what to expect.
@elizabethdowney3412
@elizabethdowney3412 Жыл бұрын
We're missing "a handfull" A handfull of my buddies went fishin and saw Nessy.
@rey-yac
@rey-yac Жыл бұрын
Southern Math needs to be a series.
@irishfan9891
@irishfan9891 Жыл бұрын
The genius required to make this cannot be overstated! Pure comedy gold!
@avengingemmapeel
@avengingemmapeel 4 ай бұрын
I loved it when my daddy, helping me with math, started talking about the aughts. I mentioned the aughts going over a math problem at school with my teacher. She was horrified! "What is an aught?????" Calm down. It's just zero.
@jamescobb2624
@jamescobb2624 22 күн бұрын
While attending GSU, I took a math course specializing in Southerner students whose teachers were woefully ill equipped yet forced to teach New Math, leading to a mass induced, mathematical PTSD in too many of the South's young. It was going ok until the instructor - whose Southern accent was strong enough to brew sweet tea - wrote out an algebraic problem on the board. He heard a collective wail before he turned around to find every student desperately waving our hands as if we were trying to summon the Carpathia after the Titanic threw us in the sea. He immediately began errasing the problem while simultaneously apologizing for such a betrayal of our trust. He cajoled us with a gentle promise to wait until we were feeling stronger before he attempted such a thing again. This was one of my favorite classes.
@HostileTakeover2
@HostileTakeover2 Жыл бұрын
In 5th grade, our math teacher wrote out all of the quantity words (couple, few, some, many, etc.) and made us assign values to them individually then as a group. Was intended as multiple lessons rolled up into one and I'll never forget it; individual vs group think (generally consensus decision is better), how people give different meaning to vague descriptors so you can't assume you understand the same, the meaning of the words, etc.
@YeshuaKingMessiah
@YeshuaKingMessiah Жыл бұрын
Group think sucks!
@paulhearn9842
@paulhearn9842 Жыл бұрын
The number of Dollar Generals just made me laugh too hard.
@danielthompson3928
@danielthompson3928 Жыл бұрын
Facts! I started laughing the moment he started drawing it.
@bernadettepersons-nelson2400
@bernadettepersons-nelson2400 Жыл бұрын
Best line!😂
@merlinmagic1981
@merlinmagic1981 Жыл бұрын
I agree! At any given moment a new Dollar store (Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Family Dollar)can pop up without any notice! There's way too many to count. And once you think you're done counting, a new one has just been put up! I love them though. Where else can you get name brand merchandise, in smaller quantities and cheaper!
@mjmaccabee7252
@mjmaccabee7252 Жыл бұрын
By name brand, you mean the Hallmork cards, Adidos shows, and Martha Stuart sheets?
@merlinmagic1981
@merlinmagic1981 Жыл бұрын
@@mjmaccabee7252 yeah and others like Reynold's foil wrap, name brand candy like M&M's & Hershey's, and name brand laundry detergent.
@shamas.7823
@shamas.7823 Жыл бұрын
Hilarious as usual although you forgot the "he aint no bigger than a minute" or "It's been a minute since I've seen you." Southern sayings go on forever!
@bluefamily3937
@bluefamily3937 Жыл бұрын
And don't forget "fixin' to" can mean anything from right now to next week!
@bartblack8054
@bartblack8054 Жыл бұрын
I'm fixin' to write those down
@grillmeisterkush6396
@grillmeisterkush6396 25 күн бұрын
2:55 this is too much 😂😂😂😂
@jasonbterry
@jasonbterry Жыл бұрын
This is prolly my favorite out of your whole mess of videos 😂😂😂
@yellowdogparty
@yellowdogparty Жыл бұрын
Yes! I had a whole mess of laughs during this one. Thank you for finally explaining a couple.
@peachykeen7634
@peachykeen7634 Жыл бұрын
I thought everyone knew it meant 3-5!
@beforeandafterphotos
@beforeandafterphotos Жыл бұрын
I'm going back to school as an adult and started college algebra yesterday....first math class in 14 years....this is exactly how it felt.
@skyehughes3807
@skyehughes3807 Жыл бұрын
The possum had me laughing so hard!
@keawarren
@keawarren Жыл бұрын
Thank you, maybe? Is that a good thing???
@SigningWithTheByrds
@SigningWithTheByrds Жыл бұрын
I laughed so hard at this. This sounds like the discussions with my son, Matt. You Matthews are hilarious!!
@kimbersal1
@kimbersal1 11 ай бұрын
Just watched your math class. Liked,subscribed, notifications and shared. The answer to everything is always 4, or a towel. You’ll go far.
@luckytahlula6515
@luckytahlula6515 Жыл бұрын
It was like being around my North Carolina family again. Aaaah, the memories of the accents, ideas and definitions. Sweet memories, that is. Thanks for the laughs. God bless you.
@jakecarter9920
@jakecarter9920 Жыл бұрын
Finally, a math teacher that makes sense. I've been mad as all get out with all the free loaders showing up to the bbq
@velkanzi
@velkanzi Жыл бұрын
You just have to show them Shoo ... all sorted.
@poms-eyeview2453
@poms-eyeview2453 Жыл бұрын
As somebody who flunked every math class I took, this actually made sense to me.
@noyou9379
@noyou9379 Жыл бұрын
you forgot a baker's dozen which is more than 12 cause a baker would make an extra one making it 13.
@reesaserik3759
@reesaserik3759 Жыл бұрын
The 13th one was for tasting to help facilitate sales. How could you not buy the dozen after a taste? Pretty smart tactic in my book. There is method to the madness.
@torinnbalasar6774
@torinnbalasar6774 Жыл бұрын
​@@reesaserik3759 I thought it was to guarantee that they weren't slightly underweight from the claimed weight they were selling.
@clickrick
@clickrick Жыл бұрын
@@torinnbalasar6774 It was :)
@likydsplit8483
@likydsplit8483 Жыл бұрын
“I will move your ‘possum from the trash can to the road!” I shot coffee out my nose…
@nukerock2451
@nukerock2451 5 ай бұрын
This was hilarious right up to the point when I remembered that the three main NASA centres are in Alabama (NASA Marshall), Florida (Kennedy) and Texas (Johnson)!! "Flight Director, we gonna need a whole mess of hydrazine propellant to rendezvous with ISS up there," makes perfect sense to me. 🤣
@kodylawler5396
@kodylawler5396 Жыл бұрын
I'm a math teacher in Georgia and we just started working on word problems today. Love this guy.
@heatherchrisco9106
@heatherchrisco9106 Жыл бұрын
I can be having the worst day and Matt always makes me laugh! Plus he always makes my day better too! 😂
@dee7353
@dee7353 Жыл бұрын
I am proud to say I am southern, I hate math, and I aced this class. I understand southern math. 😁
@leeyokum
@leeyokum Жыл бұрын
I love these, as a Southerner now living in the Pacific Northwest, I look at these vids and just laugh to myself going "yeah, that's about how it is" lol
@Ok_Loren
@Ok_Loren 6 ай бұрын
The Thanksgiving plate had me cackling 🤣🤣
@Morganistas
@Morganistas Жыл бұрын
The Southern vs. The Realist set is perfect... keep 'em coming!
@worldsails2000
@worldsails2000 Жыл бұрын
When I first saw Matt on the other channel I didn't think he was very funny. But he has really upped his comedy game and is very creative and hilarious. Definitely a very funny guy now.
@brianmccarthy5557
@brianmccarthy5557 Жыл бұрын
Funny how? Does he amuse you? Is he your clown? You do know he's a Southerner, which means he concealed carries and owns a shotgun? So choose your words carefully. Funny how?
@landonmichelle
@landonmichelle Жыл бұрын
I think he's always been funny, but he was held back at IAST. Now that the muzzle is off, he can be his hysterically genius self 🤣
@OHIOnorthstar
@OHIOnorthstar Жыл бұрын
Hi Y'all. Now this is in all seriousness.. I've already watched this video a COUPLE TIMES today, and plan on watching it A FEW more times again. It still cracks me up every time I watch it!! It's SO TRUE. Love ya, Matt. So glad that you have your own channel now. Keep up the GREAT WORK! Have a nice weekend. 😀😄. Kim
@Robert53area
@Robert53area Жыл бұрын
I don't remember my math classes like this, but the example of using tea... that always seemed to be a thing.
@hardcharging
@hardcharging Жыл бұрын
Don't forget your units of measurement! Beer cans for small length (or height) measurements, pickup trucks for longer length/height measurements, 22 bricks for weight, etc. There is one math that does translate outside the south without any further variation: ballistic coefficient.
@mariejustme
@mariejustme Жыл бұрын
You are hilarious! You make me laugh so hard, it always makes my day better. And for that, I thank you very, very much.
@salmonjanet
@salmonjanet Жыл бұрын
This is like me talking to my husband... Where I'm the smart teacher 🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♀️
@fallyntalyn
@fallyntalyn Жыл бұрын
I love the "Not southern" guy meets "southern everything". These are absolutely the best! Now I'm gonna go make a whole mess'a biscuits ta go wit my sausage gravy.
@azkafen9306
@azkafen9306 8 ай бұрын
Omg I about died laughing. Thank you random recommendation. I so needed this. Best part is this is so legit
@nickadams5768
@nickadams5768 Жыл бұрын
I've lived in the south all my life and it's so much fun watching people try to figure out how tf far "yonder" is.
@daniellucas2968
@daniellucas2968 Жыл бұрын
That's two great videos I've seen from this channel. Just subscribed, lookin forward to a whole mess more.
@oliviam2623
@oliviam2623 Жыл бұрын
"Back talk me again and I will move your possum from the trashcan to the road" 😂😂
@janejones7638
@janejones7638 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant. This math makes more sense than the new math.
@GothBatty
@GothBatty 11 ай бұрын
Couple:2-5 Few: 6-12 A whole mess sounds like a lot. Yep. ❤
@septemberlondon
@septemberlondon Жыл бұрын
I’ll just add “N’em” to the list, which means any number over 2 as in: “Matt n’em are comin’ over.”
@MsLeahSweet
@MsLeahSweet Жыл бұрын
This was genius! Cant get enough Matt 😂
@diannehorne2324
@diannehorne2324 Жыл бұрын
I agree 😅
@elainejohnson2836
@elainejohnson2836 Жыл бұрын
It's been 2 hours since I first watched this. I've shared and I keep laughing at " I'll move your possum" 😂😂😂❤❤❤
@danasorrells2107
@danasorrells2107 Жыл бұрын
Matt, you are just flat out hilarious! So glad you're on your own now, you deserve the accolades solely. 👏
@goatsandroses4258
@goatsandroses4258 Жыл бұрын
Now you know that ain't right. If you have a "few" gallons of tea, but that is not enough, you locate all grandmas at your party and tell them you need tea, then multiply the number of grandmas by at least 2 (gallons), and then divide that number by your number of guests. If that still isn't enough, you send Lil' Bubba down to Walmart to buy out their stock of Red Diamond and ALSO to get a box of Family Sized Iced Tea bags (the 24 pack) and about 8 lbs. of cane sugar (NOT beet sugar) PLUS some extra Solo cups because you didn't get enough the last time. And, hey, he can pick up another two bags of ice while he's there, and maybe a cheese tray, but he's NOT to go to the sporting goods department even if the lures are on sale or he'll be there all day.
@sergioseanez4299
@sergioseanez4299 Ай бұрын
Found your channel and started watching, subscribed and haven't stopped laughing 😂 you need your own tv show like Seinfeld just more southern 😅😅😅
@PooIsSanchode
@PooIsSanchode Жыл бұрын
The fact that I’m recovering from COVID this week and cough laughed at the end with him in unison was the best thing that happened this week. 😂
@imatop10
@imatop10 Жыл бұрын
Hope you are feeling better.
@themulattomaker2602
@themulattomaker2602 Жыл бұрын
C'mon, Matt! Ya didn't even get into distance measurements! This Yankee is still tryin' to figure out how far a country mile is! 😁
@nancythomas5387
@nancythomas5387 Жыл бұрын
Generally, a country mile goes on til you get there.
@icreatedanaccountforthis1852
@icreatedanaccountforthis1852 Жыл бұрын
As far as the eye can see and then a bit further
@willdejong7763
@willdejong7763 Жыл бұрын
I hear a country mile is a ways past a nautical mile, which is itself a ways past a normal regular standard statute mile.
@arthurradley5372
@arthurradley5372 Жыл бұрын
Working Southerners' love for monograms into a math problem was brilliant.
@etformouterspace
@etformouterspace 4 күн бұрын
As a person that lives in the South, I love these videos you do bro. They're hilarious
@lindsey_the_wolf1294
@lindsey_the_wolf1294 11 ай бұрын
As a Pennsylvanian who moved to Florida, I can confirm this is accurate.
@michelleferguson9104
@michelleferguson9104 Жыл бұрын
Maybe this is why I didn’t get good grades in math 😂
@queenbee3647
@queenbee3647 Жыл бұрын
I get it now too. I didnt stand a chance of passing math! A child being raised in the north by southerners being taught by a recent European immigrant. Help me!
@SuHu62
@SuHu62 Жыл бұрын
This is my kind of math 🤣
@janicem9225
@janicem9225 Жыл бұрын
Another hilarious video! Thank you Matt!
@Steve-nb9kg
@Steve-nb9kg Жыл бұрын
I'm certain a "couple" is really two when the police ask how many drinks you've had.
@winterdream5710
@winterdream5710 8 ай бұрын
This was the most HILARIOUS yet frustrating thing I've ever seen on KZbin! 🤣🤪🤣😖
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