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Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/25/14 5:43 p.m.

http://www.wfsb.com/story/24804321/men-arrested-for-sexually-abusing-cows

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
2/25/14 6:18 p.m.

And we were told cow tipping was bad.

Zomby Woof
Zomby Woof PowerDork
2/25/14 6:22 p.m.

Tipping? They weren't even paying...

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/25/14 6:23 p.m.

You only have to tip them if they dance for you.

Apexcarver
Apexcarver PowerDork
2/25/14 6:24 p.m.

Cow tipping =/= to just the tip.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
2/25/14 6:27 p.m.

Imagine getting your picture in the paper for THAT! Their momma's must be proud.

confusedbyclouds
confusedbyclouds New Reader
2/25/14 6:33 p.m.

Anti-stance
Anti-stance UltraDork
2/25/14 6:57 p.m.
Zomby Woof wrote: Tipping? They weren't even paying...

aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
2/25/14 7:03 p.m.

What would Uganda do with them?

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
2/25/14 7:14 p.m.
aussiesmg wrote: What would Uganda do with them?

I bet they wouldn't be working their sentences off as cowboys or shepherds.

Wonder what the local gals they know are thinking right now?

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/25/14 7:16 p.m.

so is 15% the normal tip for a cow?

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/25/14 7:46 p.m.
mad_machine wrote: so is 15% the normal tip for a cow?

Nope. 90 degrees or nothing.

kazoospec
kazoospec Dork
2/25/14 7:58 p.m.

What amazed me was "men" in the story, i.e., this was a group activity. That means, at some point, two dudes were talking and one says to the other, "You know what we oughta go do . . ."

Just goes to prove the formula is (stupidity of moron#1 X stupidity of moron#2 = gross amount of stupidity) not (stupidity of moron#1 + stupidity of moron#2 = gross amount of stupidity)

Rufledt
Rufledt SuperDork
2/25/14 8:41 p.m.

Are you sure it isn't (average amount of stupidity per moron)^(to the power of) (number of morons involved)?

Appleseed
Appleseed UltimaDork
2/25/14 10:35 p.m.

Wisconsin: were the men are men, and the cows are mighty scared.

fasted58
fasted58 PowerDork
2/25/14 10:55 p.m.
aussiesmg wrote: What would Uganda do with them?

steak on the barbie.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/25/14 10:57 p.m.
Rufledt wrote: Are you sure it isn't (average amount of stupidity per moron)^(to the power of) (number of morons involved)?

stupidity is exponential

yamaha
yamaha UltimaDork
2/26/14 10:21 a.m.

Were they drunken Kiwi's who thought they were sheep?

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
2/26/14 11:31 a.m.

One guy from Connecticut, one from New York. That makes it an interstate commerce issue, right?

I guess they weren't consenting cows, huh?

Kenny_McCormic
Kenny_McCormic UberDork
2/26/14 11:42 a.m.
mad_machine wrote:
Rufledt wrote: Are you sure it isn't (average amount of stupidity per moron)^(to the power of) (number of morons involved)?
stupidity is exponential

I've always thought it was groupStupid=(stupid*(alcohol+1))^(number of morons)

Alcohol must have 1 added, as in the event of 0 alcohol, stupid can still occur. Also remember that drunkenness increases stupidity logarithmically, so you need to plot number of drinks on a log scale to get the variable "alcohol".

kazoospec
kazoospec Dork
2/26/14 11:50 a.m.
Kenny_McCormic wrote:
mad_machine wrote:
Rufledt wrote: Are you sure it isn't (average amount of stupidity per moron)^(to the power of) (number of morons involved)?
stupidity is exponential
I've always thought it was groupStupid=(stupid*(alcohol+1))^(number of morons) Alcohol must have 1 added, as in the event of 0 alcohol, stupid can still occur. Also remember that drunkenness increases stupidity logarithmically, so you need to plot number of drinks on a log scale to get the variable "alcohol".

That's really a solid equation right there. Maybe "The Formula for Stupid" needs its own thread.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/26/14 11:51 a.m.

OK. I've herd enough. This is udder madness! You guys have to start thinking veally hard about the subjects you post. I suggest you steer away from such low down topics or at least keep them rare.

yamaha
yamaha UltimaDork
2/26/14 1:13 p.m.

It has been decreed that henceforth and forevermore, all inhabitants of the region known as "NEW ENGLAND" shall be greeted with the phrase "OY, COW FOKKER".

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/26/14 1:15 p.m.
kazoospec wrote:
Kenny_McCormic wrote:
mad_machine wrote:
Rufledt wrote: Are you sure it isn't (average amount of stupidity per moron)^(to the power of) (number of morons involved)?
stupidity is exponential
I've always thought it was groupStupid=(stupid*(alcohol+1))^(number of morons) Alcohol must have 1 added, as in the event of 0 alcohol, stupid can still occur. Also remember that drunkenness increases stupidity logarithmically, so you need to plot number of drinks on a log scale to get the variable "alcohol".
That's really a solid equation right there. Maybe "The Formula for Stupid" needs its own thread.

is that a +1 just for drinking, or are we adding 1 for every drink that is taken in the group?

Kenny_McCormic
Kenny_McCormic UberDork
2/26/14 1:32 p.m.

In reply to mad_machine:

I'm a bit more awake now, and thus more qualified for math.

No, if it was just groupStupid=(stupid*(alcohol))^(number of morons), settign "alcohol" to zero would automatically set groupStupid to zero, since we know that people can be stupid without drinking, we have to put that +1 in there so you will still get an answer, multiplying by one will have no effect on the outcome.

Quantification of "stupid" will require some study, though we can probably go off some 1-10 scale. However we can probably approximate the exponential effect of alcohol on the equation by replacing the arbitrary (alcohol+1) with something more grounded in reality. We know that the constant "e" appears a lot in nature, stupidity is natural, and drinking has exponential effects on stupidity, so I'm going with (e^numberOfDrinks), numberOfDrinks being an average taken by total drinks divided by numberOfMorons giving us average drunkenness. The odds of only one moron in a group being hammered are quite low(the "go home, you're drunk" effect), so this should be fairly accurate.

Giving us

groupStupid=(stupid*(e^numberOfDrinks))^(numberOfMorons)

I attempted to plug this all into wolframalpha assuming stupid=5(the average moron) but it didnt like it, and I'm too lazy to drive to a university computer lab with some decent math software and do it that way.

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