stop referencing yourself!
hey mathletes, get this: when the above formula is graphed using a set of predetermined ranges for x and y—it produces itself! it’s called tupper’s self-referential formula and was invented by lee iacocca when he was developing the rack and pinion steering on the dodge caravan (a wildly successful minivan in its day). many years later, a minivan fitting this description ran over my neighbor’s pet snake, betelgeuse. accounts vary as to whether the minivan was swerving to get out of betelgeuse’s way or to hit him (presumably as a social service). no matter the intent, we have the rack and pinion steering to hold accountable for the result (a smear of snake guts along west church street).
see also these robo-jokers.
