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He did it again. Every week since January we've heard, "this was trump's worst week ever"... (Original Post) George II Aug 2017 OP
I'll let u know Monday... Tuesday at the latest. BootinUp Aug 2017 #1
Trump's weeks can best be understood mathematically marylandblue Aug 2017 #2
I don't get it ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #9
r is the limiting condition, that hopefully will be reached soon marylandblue Aug 2017 #11
2002 Billy Jingo Aug 2017 #3
At least I laughed at this thread, instead of sobbing. Thank Alice11111 Aug 2017 #4
Trump has a talent for having successive worst weeks ever Gothmog Aug 2017 #5
I think you misspelled "winning"... ;-) Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #6
I keep wondering how low he can go mcar Aug 2017 #7
I think "US president fails to denounce Nazis" is pretty much the bottom. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2017 #8
You never know, he might praise genital herpes next week marylandblue Aug 2017 #12
if u google trump's worst week yet... 5X Aug 2017 #10

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
2. Trump's weeks can best be understood mathematically
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 11:29 PM
Aug 2017

Let w= week number of Trump presidency, r = removal from office date, and F(w)= -w^2. A graph of w vs. F(w) will soon reveal that as w increases, F(w) increases towards infinity at an exponential rate. Therefore we predict that Trump's weeks will get infinitely worse as long as w < r.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
9. I don't get it
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 12:39 AM
Aug 2017

I don't understand the function F(w). There is no "r" in the function. I understand it is asymptotic, and I understand that as F(w) approaches "r" it should reach toward infinity. Is something missing, or am I not getting something obvious?

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
11. r is the limiting condition, that hopefully will be reached soon
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 01:28 AM
Aug 2017

His weeks will get worse and worse as long as he stays in power. In my original equation r was equal to infinity, but that was too horrible to bear, so I set the limit that r that doesn't have to be infinity (and hopefully, much less than 208 weeks). But since we don't know what r is, his potential for bad weeks is infinite, or at least very large.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
4. At least I laughed at this thread, instead of sobbing. Thank
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 11:34 PM
Aug 2017

You for the laugh. The content is true though.

mcar

(42,371 posts)
7. I keep wondering how low he can go
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 12:10 AM
Aug 2017

Then, to quote Seinfeld, he let's a bit more water out of the pool. When does he get to bottom?

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
8. I think "US president fails to denounce Nazis" is pretty much the bottom.
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 12:23 AM
Aug 2017

Unless he fucks a chicken on live TV, or something.

At least, until Mueller's investigation concludes with charges.

5X

(3,972 posts)
10. if u google trump's worst week yet...
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 12:56 AM
Aug 2017

you get a very long list of news or opinion articles, dating back to january

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