▲ 340 ▼ Does Harry Potter only know fifth grade math? (leminal.space) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 162 comments fedilink hide all child comments He was abducted by Hagrid when he turned 11 so that would place him maybe around the fifth or sixth grade. I don't know if canonically there are math classes at Hogwarts. The thought came to while I was watching the anime Mashle. If you are into Harry Potter and One-Punch Man I'd recommend giving it a watch. Someone mentioned this community below; I wanted to highlight it. Small promotion for !harrypotter@literature.cafe
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'm sure Hogwarts also covered general education stuff but that would be boring to us so they focused on the magic stuff. That's my theory though. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@kbin.social 39 points 2 years ago (2 children) They literally go through the class schedule in each book. General studies are not in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) Can you imagine how absolutely ignorant the average Hogwarts student must be then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] skulblaka@startrek.website 33 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wizards are, as a whole, pretty damn stupid in that universe to be fair permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago What is the purpose of a rubber duck? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, none of them seem to be aware of guns. You now how often dark wizards do spells in the books to protect themselves against projectiles? Never. They never do a spell like that, so far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) As far as I know, the Protego spell protects against physical forces. The reason no one uses projectiles (they certainly could catapult stuff around with spells as well) is probably because it's common knowledge that it does nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Bullets are pretty quick though. Quicker than what it takes to spell Protego permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I a 1v1 the gun wins. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But Protego is something that you can simply have up around you whenever. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gmtom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago They literally go through the class schedule in each book No they don't? permalink fedilink source parent [–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space [S] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Boring? This is the same universe where wizards canonically defecated in the streets and used fecal vanishing spells. However, when Hogwarts’ plumbing became more elaborate in the eighteenth century (this was a rare instance of wizards copying Muggles, because hitherto they simply relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence), the entrance to the Chamber was threatened, being located on the site of a proposed bathroom. https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/chamber-of-secrets permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago Hogwarts was in India all along and we just didn't know it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Im surprised that’s so controversial. I would expect wizards to do exactly that if it wasn’t for modern plumbing, I mean, people used to shit in pots and dump it out their window into the street in the morning. Or crap in a cold and smelly hole inside a basic wooden shed out in their yard. If you have magic at that point why would you not instead delete it afterwards, considering the alternatives? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Does vanishing feces mean it's deleted though or is it going to end up in the walls of buildings like Arby's wrappers left behind by construction workers? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think there's a throwaway line in a book that a wizard discovered vanishing things sent them to another dimension. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Iapar@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago Imagine it landed in our dimension and people are trying to make sense of it. "Honey, I think the dog shat on the chandelier..." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 39 points 2 years ago (2 children) They literally go through the class schedule in each book. General studies are not in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) Can you imagine how absolutely ignorant the average Hogwarts student must be then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] skulblaka@startrek.website 33 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wizards are, as a whole, pretty damn stupid in that universe to be fair permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago What is the purpose of a rubber duck? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, none of them seem to be aware of guns. You now how often dark wizards do spells in the books to protect themselves against projectiles? Never. They never do a spell like that, so far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) As far as I know, the Protego spell protects against physical forces. The reason no one uses projectiles (they certainly could catapult stuff around with spells as well) is probably because it's common knowledge that it does nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Bullets are pretty quick though. Quicker than what it takes to spell Protego permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I a 1v1 the gun wins. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But Protego is something that you can simply have up around you whenever. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gmtom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago They literally go through the class schedule in each book No they don't? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) Can you imagine how absolutely ignorant the average Hogwarts student must be then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] skulblaka@startrek.website 33 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wizards are, as a whole, pretty damn stupid in that universe to be fair permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago What is the purpose of a rubber duck? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, none of them seem to be aware of guns. You now how often dark wizards do spells in the books to protect themselves against projectiles? Never. They never do a spell like that, so far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) As far as I know, the Protego spell protects against physical forces. The reason no one uses projectiles (they certainly could catapult stuff around with spells as well) is probably because it's common knowledge that it does nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Bullets are pretty quick though. Quicker than what it takes to spell Protego permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I a 1v1 the gun wins. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But Protego is something that you can simply have up around you whenever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 33 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wizards are, as a whole, pretty damn stupid in that universe to be fair permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago What is the purpose of a rubber duck? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, none of them seem to be aware of guns. You now how often dark wizards do spells in the books to protect themselves against projectiles? Never. They never do a spell like that, so far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) As far as I know, the Protego spell protects against physical forces. The reason no one uses projectiles (they certainly could catapult stuff around with spells as well) is probably because it's common knowledge that it does nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Bullets are pretty quick though. Quicker than what it takes to spell Protego permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I a 1v1 the gun wins. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But Protego is something that you can simply have up around you whenever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago What is the purpose of a rubber duck? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, none of them seem to be aware of guns. You now how often dark wizards do spells in the books to protect themselves against projectiles? Never. They never do a spell like that, so far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) As far as I know, the Protego spell protects against physical forces. The reason no one uses projectiles (they certainly could catapult stuff around with spells as well) is probably because it's common knowledge that it does nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Bullets are pretty quick though. Quicker than what it takes to spell Protego permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I a 1v1 the gun wins. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But Protego is something that you can simply have up around you whenever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child) As far as I know, the Protego spell protects against physical forces. The reason no one uses projectiles (they certainly could catapult stuff around with spells as well) is probably because it's common knowledge that it does nothing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Bullets are pretty quick though. Quicker than what it takes to spell Protego permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I a 1v1 the gun wins. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But Protego is something that you can simply have up around you whenever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Bullets are pretty quick though. Quicker than what it takes to spell Protego permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I a 1v1 the gun wins. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Azzu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But Protego is something that you can simply have up around you whenever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Yeah. I a 1v1 the gun wins. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago But Protego is something that you can simply have up around you whenever. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago They literally go through the class schedule in each book No they don't? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space [S] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) Boring? This is the same universe where wizards canonically defecated in the streets and used fecal vanishing spells. However, when Hogwarts’ plumbing became more elaborate in the eighteenth century (this was a rare instance of wizards copying Muggles, because hitherto they simply relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence), the entrance to the Chamber was threatened, being located on the site of a proposed bathroom. https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/chamber-of-secrets permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago Hogwarts was in India all along and we just didn't know it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Im surprised that’s so controversial. I would expect wizards to do exactly that if it wasn’t for modern plumbing, I mean, people used to shit in pots and dump it out their window into the street in the morning. Or crap in a cold and smelly hole inside a basic wooden shed out in their yard. If you have magic at that point why would you not instead delete it afterwards, considering the alternatives? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Does vanishing feces mean it's deleted though or is it going to end up in the walls of buildings like Arby's wrappers left behind by construction workers? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think there's a throwaway line in a book that a wizard discovered vanishing things sent them to another dimension. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Iapar@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago Imagine it landed in our dimension and people are trying to make sense of it. "Honey, I think the dog shat on the chandelier..." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago Hogwarts was in India all along and we just didn't know it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Im surprised that’s so controversial. I would expect wizards to do exactly that if it wasn’t for modern plumbing, I mean, people used to shit in pots and dump it out their window into the street in the morning. Or crap in a cold and smelly hole inside a basic wooden shed out in their yard. If you have magic at that point why would you not instead delete it afterwards, considering the alternatives? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Does vanishing feces mean it's deleted though or is it going to end up in the walls of buildings like Arby's wrappers left behind by construction workers? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think there's a throwaway line in a book that a wizard discovered vanishing things sent them to another dimension. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Iapar@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago Imagine it landed in our dimension and people are trying to make sense of it. "Honey, I think the dog shat on the chandelier..." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Does vanishing feces mean it's deleted though or is it going to end up in the walls of buildings like Arby's wrappers left behind by construction workers? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think there's a throwaway line in a book that a wizard discovered vanishing things sent them to another dimension. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Iapar@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago Imagine it landed in our dimension and people are trying to make sense of it. "Honey, I think the dog shat on the chandelier..." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think there's a throwaway line in a book that a wizard discovered vanishing things sent them to another dimension. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Iapar@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago Imagine it landed in our dimension and people are trying to make sense of it. "Honey, I think the dog shat on the chandelier..." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Iapar@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago Imagine it landed in our dimension and people are trying to make sense of it. "Honey, I think the dog shat on the chandelier..." permalink fedilink source parent