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how can x equal so many different things isn't it only one letter shouldn't it only be able to be one number too

[Math is hard, her life is difficult, and this was totally worth talking to the network about. Anything to distract her from homework...]

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Well, what it's doing is representing the unknown number in a particular problem. [Math tutor, go!]

but it's only one letter

I guess they thought it would be less confusing than to use a whole bunch of different letters, since there are way less letters than potential answers to a math problem.

isn't it just more confusing if it's one letter representing a whole bunch of stuff?

[... He doesn't think so. But he's a math whiz, what does he know?]

It's not representing a whole bunch of stuff all at the same time, though. Just one thing in one problem, and another thing in another problem. Like it's . . . [How to put this, how to put this?] Like it's changing clothes or something.

so it's still x, just... different?

Yeah, it just . . . changed something about itself. [Pouts thoughtfully for a second.] I'm not sure if I'm explaining this very well.

[And then he does something that is really unusual for him: setting up a private filter. And it's a pretty good one, even though he hardly ever does it.]

[Private filter]

By the way, are you okay? That one person texting is being really mean.

who, haruhi? yeah, i'm fine!

Does she always do stuff like that? I just don't get people who act that way.

i wouldn't worry about it if i were you! she's just really mean

Well she shouldn't be. [He really, really doesn't understand bullies, man. Why can't everyone be nice? The world would be so much better.]

i try telling her that but she doesn't listen

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