Basically when I’m relaxed I act submissively but only when I’m on the alert I am assertive. It’s like when someone asks you a math question out of the blue versus when you know you have to be ready for one.

Is this normal? Or should I try being more passively assertive?

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    8 days ago

    It’s like when someone asks you a math question out of the blue versus when you know you have to be ready for one.

    I have no idea what this means, I’m always ready for math questions. After all, you won’t always have a calculator with you.

    • Two trains are on the same track a distance 100 km apart heading towards one another, each at a speed of 50 km/h. A fly starting out at the front of one train, flies towards the other at a speed of 75 km/h. Upon reaching the other train, the fly turns around and continues towards the first train. How many kilometers does the fly travel before getting squashed in the collision of the two trains?

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        8 days ago

        Did I not mention that I’m also always ready to admit I don’t know? I was never particularly good at those problems, I remember you’re supposed to balance the equations some way or another, but I just don’t fucking care. The fly is dead, but also we probably should’ve let it live so we could study how it goes so fast. Forewarning would make no difference in my ability to do this math.