Communication isn’t easy. Whether it be English, French, Spanish, or Lolspeak, sometimes it’s hard to say what you mean. For instance, I was once dating a pirate and said “I love you” which just comes out as “Aye, love you” in Pirate, which isn’t quite the same thing. There was also that time when things were getting serious with that ninja, and she was quiet all the time, and I thought she was giving me the cold shoulder, when really she was just being a ninja.
Like I said, communication isn’t easy, and this Valentine’s Day, when there are so many ways you could make the wrong move, so many ways to accidentally say the wrong thing, we recommend you get this shirt for your Valentine, and let it speak for itself. Nerd love doesn’t have to be what a grown man feels towards his level 80 Night Elf Hunter, although that is why he doesn’t return your calls on raid nights. Nerd love isn’t necessarily describing that feeling at 2am when you violently rise from slumber, because you just received the email alerting you that someone has edited one of your many wikipedia pages. Although if you don’t get up and research the historical authenticity of the edit, who will?
Nerd love is just the way to tell your special someone how you really feel. Whether they are bespectacled or have 20/20 vision, whether they excel in athletics or would prefer to play Track and Field on the NES. Sometimes the best way to say “I love you” isn’t with words at all.
Get this shirt for your soulmate. Tell them through expressions and variables, that there’s only one constant: the way they make your heart go pitter-patter.
Happy Valentines Day.
Note, shirts will be produced and shipped next week, but these will likely not make it to you by Valentine’s Day. These are still awesome shirts which will be appreciated long-after this weekend.
Shirts will be printed on Red for both Men’s/Unisex and Women’s
Please see our FAQ for Sizing. Shirts are tight-fitted, so you might want to order one size larger. Women’s cuts run skinny, like junior sizes, so some women have recommended going two sizes larger or getting the Unisex shirt to be safe.
Originally this equation was created by Tsukasasoul who posted this on GraphJam at http://graphjam.com/2009/09/11/song-chart-memes-nerd-love/ and gave us permission to use his design.
This interpretation was created by artist Chris L. Kimball – Illustrator @ Large in New York City
Hmmmm, I want to buy, but there’s a problem with my shipping on my other ordered shirts.
Wish I could just use my PO Box for my shipping addy instead of a street address. Sigh.
I LOVE this, btw!
We use something called “UPS Postal Innovations” which uses the USPS to deliver to the specific address, so a post office box should be fine.
its so cool how they make all these equations and stuff… and its actually true!!! i would def get this shirt if it was available n my country.
wow..i’d love to own this shirt but they don’t ship to malaysia ;/ i cant has cool shirts
I would have bought 3/4 of your shirts, but they dont accommodate the big boned kids.
Haha that’s awesome!
UPS does not deliver to a po box. You have to either give them an alternate address or go to the UPS center and pick it up!
http://www.upsmailinnovations.com/support/frequentlyaskedquestions.html
Q. Does UPS Mail Innovations deliver to P.O. Boxes?
A. Yes, we do.
Well, from now on, I’m using my P.O. Box. I feel it’s much safer anyway. Besides our house has a mailbox, at the end of the road next to the highway, which we don’t really use anyway.
I really like the concept behind this shirt.. I think it’s awesome, but then again, I’m a nerd, so I’d think that anyway.
Anyhow, i noticed a slight problem: In the top 3 lines of the equation, everything on the left is > than everything on the right. But, for the answer, suddenly the sign has flipped, and everything on the right is now < everything on the left.
I understand the point that's trying to be put across here, and like I said, I love it; but I would think that whoever edits these would notice small mistakes like that.
Then again, I could be wrong, too. I never got got higher than a 'C' in Algebra all through high school or college. Numbers/equations and I just don't get along.
Dividing or multiplying a negative will flip the sign around.
A lot of people kept saying that. But dividing by a negative switches the inequality sign. ^^;;
When you divide by a negative, the sign is flipped, so it is correct.
congrats. I didn’t notice that.
Although I would rather not have a shirt with such mistakes on it, I guess the general point gets across, regardless-ly . Just a matter of personal opinion.
Well, actually, if you divide a negative by a negative on one side of an inequality, you have to flip the greater than/less than sign… I’m a nerd also!
wait, yeah your right! thanks for pointing that out
Wow. Math fail all around.
Your math is wrong. I hope you have not printed a bunch of shirts yet.
Nah, all the math is right, if your talking about the greater than to less than sign, it switches because of the divide by negative piece
The last step in the equation is dividing both sides by ( -7 ). If you did it in two steps, you could divide by 7 and then divide both sides by -1. When you do the step of dividing (or multiplying) by -1, you swap the sign from greater-than to less-than. That means that math is right. It’s just a bit tricky at the end.
Whoa – not so fast. -7i/-7 reduces to i, and -21u/-7u reduces to 3u. You don’t have to multiply or divide by any negatives, so you don’t flip the > sign.
Your art is better than your math, but I guess only a true nerd would care. Is that it? Is this shirt designed to attract nerds who want to start a conversation about your shirt?
Ah – Now I see it- The error is in the 3rd line. The > should have flipped when they divide by -7. Not in the last step.
Dividing by -7 is the final step.
When you reduce that is dividing and what you do to one side you have to do to the other so you can’t reduce by (u) and when you reduce by -7 the sign has to be flipped to < to make the problem correct.
i <3 u
if -7i is greater than -21u that means it is closer to 0 so when you remove the -7 to become positive the i is still closer to 0 but now the 3u is positive and being further from 0 makes it greater
I don’t see how their math is wrong. But this equation isn’t hard to solve at all, but I love the concept.
Oooohh I want this soooo bad!!!! Maybe my mom will let me buy it….
me too…….
Eugene is right. Dividing or multiplying by a negative number flips the sign. Check your information (or lack of) before posting, next time.
WIN! and we have the same name.
Are you calling me fat?
“I’m less than 3 of you?”
Woah buddy, now that’s offensive.
How’s that saying the other person is fat? I’m smaller then 3 of you…I would hope I wouldn’t be as big as 3 of you
would’ve been better to have this earlier in the month, when it would actually get to someone before valentine’s day. In 2-3 weeks it’ll be too late.
For you guys who are arguing that the math is wrong, math FAIL. Time for some screen captures and failblog posts.
I dunno, but I thought nerds were picked by their peers, not self-professed. I can now see the reasoning behind this, as all the quasi-nerds seem to be a bit fail!
I always thought nerds were classified as such because of an above average intellect and desire for all things studious, not lack of social interaction and computer addiction. So Jenn acheiving a “C” as your HIGHEST mark in algebra puts you not in the nerd basket, but the average joe basket. I’m also sorry I have point out that this is in no way limited to algebra, it is in fact a rather fundmental law of mathmatics. It’s a sad state of affars when “nerds” don’t know about sign changes. Jinxed and e, unfortunately you seem to be like naive sheep blindly following the teachings of an average joe, who thinks themselves a nerd, a dangerous predicament, in the future for your own safety I would advise making your own informed judgements.
MathWiz:
“Whoa – not so fast. -7i/-7 reduces to i, and -21u/-7u reduces to 3u. You don’t have to multiply or divide by any negatives, so you don’t flip the > sign.
Your art is better than your math…”
This actually made me laugh heartily, and has to take the cake, especially taking into consideration the posters names, and the connotations that would normally be associated with such a name.
Firstly “Whoa – not so fast.” just lol
Secondly “-21u/-7u reduces to 3u” no that would be 3, also note they never divided by u, and as the equation only has a u on one side, your step would make the problem MORE complex.
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“You don’t have to multiply or divide by any negatives” so after saying -7i/-7 etc… you go on to say there is no division by a negative, when you clearly just listed that step (though incorrectly) of dividing both sides by -7, or in your case one by -7 the other by -7u.
“Ah – Now I see it- The error is in the 3rd line” No,no it isn’t. It is in your head!
I am sorry to post something of such a negative nature, but it is really necessary, when someone claims to be good at something they should be competant to at least a basic level, incase they are ever required to substantiate the claim. Thusly Jenn, you have had your nerd status revoked, and MathWiz… think about your name before posting.
Misinformation is a dangerous thing, especially from a reputable source, there is already proof of this in the form of jinxed and e, who believed Jenn as she is a “nerd” and nerds tend to get things right, imagine if this was a child trying to consolidate their maths knowlege, then all of a sudden this garbage throws them off, it’s just not fair. Thusly as I have said, if you claim something, be prepared to substantiate the claim or don’t make it!
Thanks, disgruntled rambler, took the words right out of my mouth.
Thank you for the rant. ^^ But I really do hope people enjoy the shirt and not just arguing about the math involved.
yay
Am I eligable to be considered a nerd if I am able to understand every word you just said and could point out at least three grammatical and/or spelling errors?
win.
*Slowly applauds you* Very nicely worded I couldn’t have done any better myself.
i do not understand you cannot have inequalities with imaginary numbers
i almost want to buy this shirt just so people will think its wrong and i can correct their stupidity.
“i” in this case is not an imaginary number, but in fact an integer.
AAAGH! why do people replace e with sigma just to have it look cool/geeky!!! sigma is the greek letter s. mathematicians use the capital sigma to stand for SUM or addition. that has nothing to do with an e, and the letters do not even look that similar. ∑≠e
Yup, we know. It just looked cool.
lol it is wrong, in the second step, you can’t divide both sides by -9x, since it’s something – something > something – something, you have to divide -9x from all 4 numbers, but this equation only divided it by 2 to make everything possible. nonetheless, very cute. Am I wrong? Because I don’t think I am, but sorry if I am D:
In that step, they’re subtracting 9x from both sides. There’s no division bar. All is right with the world.
They were subtracting (not dividing) the -9 so the shirt is still correct. If they were dividing, then you would be right.
I mean subtracting 9, NOT subtracting -9! doh!
9x!!! Man, I’m sloppy today.
SUBTRACTION
They aren’t dividing by -9x they are adding -9x to both sides.
@lillianwhie: You’re wrong, because step 2 isn’t dividing by -9x. See how there’s no line to signify division like there is in the last step, when they divide both sides by -7? The step you’re referring to is simply subtracting 9x from both sides.
let’s all give the exact same reason on why she was wrong at various times during the same day despite the fact that it’s already been said multiple times!
LMAO! I can’t believe people are actually arguing about the math!
This shirt is awesome!
Just enjoy the shirt people. K? Thanks!
I couldnt agree more! some people just always have to be right!!!
so the large lines that underline the whole thing symbolize having performed a step (operation).
9x – 7i > 3(3x-7u)
step 1: distribute the 3 to the 3x-7u
result: 9x – 7i > 9x – 21u
step 2: subtract 9x from both sides.
result: -7i > -21u
the people combined two steps into one, which is where people get confused. breaking it into two separate steps:
step 3: divide both sides by 7
result: -i > -3u
(to see why the next step works, imagine that i = 2 and u = 1… then it would say -2 > -3, which is true.)
step 4: divide both sides by -1.
result: i < 3u
you can see that the inequality is only still true for the pretend values of i=2 and u=1 if you flip the sign. with the flip you get 2 3 which is false!
and yes, you can have inequalities with i. super cute
oops the last bit should say
with the flip you get 2 3 which is false!
so weird it is deleting text. guess that is one of those html things. anyway 2 is always less than 3 so if it says 2 is greater than 3 the inequality isn’t true anymore.
only nerds would argue over the math in this wonderful shirt, why cant you guys just accept its creativity and let it be?
I don’t see any errors with the math… I was a little iffy on the < sign, but after I thought about it, I realized that of course it flips. XD But I'm not even that good at math… still, this shirt is just so cute! I had to have it. I'll definitely be checking back here more often.
@lillianwhie
It’s not dividing by 9x, it’s subtracting 9x from each side of the inequality. lol
The t shirt rocks.
I am so sad I saw this so late. I would have bought it, but not it’s totally sold out.
This was bothering me. I thought it was wrong, too, but since I haven’t done algebra in about 10 years I was less than confident in my skills. Lucky for me, my uncle is a superintendent of a school system and also teaches college level math, so I emailed it to him. The equation is correct. Since you’re dividing a negative number by a negative number the sign switches to less than, making it “i<3u". I can rest easy now, all is right with the universe once more.
just put u=1 i=1
results in a correct 1st, 2nd and 4th line
the 3rd line DID ALREADY divide by -7 and should therefore ALREADY have turned the sign
noones saying “it should never turn” … it should just have already turned at Step 3, because writing -7i/-7 means the operation has already been applied
I had not considered your point about the greater than sign switching too late. It obviously must switch to less than, but I believe you may be right.
Inequalities are binary relations, and I believe they take precedence over binary operators (division, in this case) in algebraic manipulation. I will check with my resources on that, but you may be right. Thanks for pointing it out.
they need to make these shirts so that you can always buy them because i dont get on everyday
I’m not into math, but I am a design nerd; anyone know what fonts are used here?
Hey LOLMART: Will you please make a shirt with this equation on the front and a selections of these comments on the back? This shyt is HILARIOUS!!!
Bonified mathematician here! Equation is correct… I noticed some conversation about imaginary numbers above… here there are no imaginary numbers, as implied by the “solve for i” statement at the top. if the author was using i as an imaginary number, we would not need to solve for it because it’s already defined. Therefore, it’s a variable in this case. For those talking about the potential solutions for the equation, remember this is an inequality… so chances are there will be multiple coordinates that are members of the solution set and multiple coordinates the equation won’t be in the solution set. So proving one coordinate set is wrong doesn’t make the equation incorrect, just that the coordinate set is not in the set of solutions… hope that made sense.
On another note, I think the final equation is pretty creative… though the initial equation seems sort of random and meaningless. Maybe I’m missing it’s meaning. Most gimmicky mathematical things like this have both meaningful starting points and ending points. That’s just an opinion though.
For the sigma person, you’re right… they should just use eulers number and be done with it… it even looks the same as e!