r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Aug 01 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah why cant math be green?

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u/WetboiWhiskey Aug 01 '26

Because green is science

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u/EyeSuspicious777 Aug 01 '26

History and English are correct. They just swapped math and science.

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u/mootmutemoat Aug 01 '26

Math is green, because you count the money.

Blue is science, because water is key to so many sciences.

Yellow is History, because old pages are yellow.

Red is english, because I hate english with a burning passion.

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u/Dickie_downer Aug 01 '26

See I vote that history is red, cause history is bloody

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u/Available-Mall-7095 Aug 01 '26

History is yellow because that’s what it is in Trivial Pursuit.

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u/Short-Sound-4190 Aug 01 '26

GASP

TIL this is why I think English should be Purple if it's an option, also that the 2026 edition of Trivial Persuit just released this month after there hasn't been one since 2016!

I might buy one and have a retro board game night...AI is going to destroy trivia games.

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u/gabrielconroy Aug 01 '26

Art and Literature was always brown in the ones I played.

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u/Classic_Reply_703 Aug 01 '26

Correct, and you can tell that Trivial Pursuit has the correct color scheme because science is green there.

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u/Available-Mall-7095 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Exactly. I don’t know where that guy got green is math because of money. Nobody thinks math is green, not even Staples.

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u/RookieGreen Aug 01 '26

Math is yellow because piss

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u/akatherder Aug 01 '26

So my math is red because piss

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u/CalculatedWhisk Aug 01 '26

What color is your medical records notebook?

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u/mrdhood Aug 01 '26

Haven’t ever been to a doctor so… invisible

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u/Pristine-Succotash52 Aug 01 '26

Oh you Americans and your “haven’t been to a doctor”, and “can’t afford an ambulance”… wait… I’m american too… never mind

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u/Arkangelz03 Aug 02 '26

"Sounds like you are suffering from confusion, congestion of the brain, and a not-so-mild case of Female Hysteria! It is off to the Looney Bin with ya, now!

Sign these waivers with your complete background history of you, your family, and your pets. Agree to a $3,000 ambulance ride, or we will need you to sign a refusal, then get fined for wasting county resources.

Best not to expose them to your bad habits & political excitement, either.

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u/kidian_tecun Aug 02 '26

NOT ALL AMERICANS! some of us had to kill for our "free" health care and then spend years of us being told our injuries and illnesses are not service connected!

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u/DotesMagee Aug 01 '26

So, black.

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u/VerySwearyFairy Aug 01 '26

You might want to consult a doctor if your piss is red on a consistent basis.

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u/akatherder Aug 01 '26

Why does the doctor want to see red piss

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u/AerondightWielder Aug 01 '26

To... get to the other side? 🤷‍♂️

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u/draglide Aug 01 '26

No, they want to "see" (as in date) you if your pass is red. Doctors are kinky.

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u/read_at_own_risk Aug 01 '26

It'll give him something to talk about when he's golfing with his doctor buddies.

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u/Professional-Mix-562 Aug 01 '26

My last job we had this new guy start and he walked up to the urinal next to me. I look over “hey… is… is red pee bad?” His eyes become alarmed “yes! Yes it is!” “Wait never mind I was worried for a bit, it just turned black I’m ok…. Is it supposed to smoke when it hits the urinal?”

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u/snacksandsoda Aug 01 '26

I’m no doctor, but I could be

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u/itsonlyrockinroll Aug 01 '26

Cause he took a hypocritical oaf and baby wants a porch(e)
/s

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u/SirNobody1919 Aug 01 '26

Because that is one of the easiest signs for bladder cancer.. otherwise a UTI or maybe kidney stones or am enlarged prostate

But BC.. seriously..f cancer (2 batches in my 20s and 30s) both started with my piss coming out red (hematuria).. then the joy of scopes..then TUBRTs.. then chemo all goin through the natural port to your bladder..again.. f cancer

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u/themowlsbekillin Aug 01 '26

Tastes better

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u/Sarrintha Aug 01 '26

The same reason he wants to see a broken arm, money money money!

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u/Impossible_Ad_7367 Aug 01 '26

It would make the doctor see green!

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u/pussyjuicerecycler Aug 02 '26

‘cause it’s metal

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u/sparkleygummiez 29d ago

Cuz he freaky

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u/marincropswavur Aug 01 '26

Math is red for me because I associate negative with red and my will to live is in the negative when doing most types of math

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u/All_Damn_Day Aug 01 '26

You should probably get that checked out…

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u/Elegant-Apartment-39 Aug 01 '26

But shit it was 99¢

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u/FlyFront9395 Aug 01 '26

What if my shit is red cuz blood? 🩸

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u/Naive-Impression-373 Aug 01 '26

Math is purple because wine

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u/ChaosTapestry Aug 01 '26

You neeed hopital.

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u/Hungry_Student_ Aug 01 '26

Sounds like you need a doctor my fella

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u/ariarchtyx Aug 01 '26

No English must be read. Start here.

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u/Jazzlike-Skin-5470 Aug 02 '26

“I wake up everyday and piss red, white, and blue. My doctor says it’s a prostate cancer but I told him to shut his commie mouth”

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u/Crafty-Newt-3227 Aug 02 '26

Useless fact for today. If you spell piss wrong you get poop

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u/pussyjuicerecycler Aug 02 '26

found the vampire

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u/Hoobla-Light 29d ago

As long as your piss ain’t red

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u/MatchaBerryMage Aug 01 '26

Seconded on this. Math was always yellow - like most of the things I dislike in life :( piss included.

Science is red for fire.

I have no other strong opinions on this matter.

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u/BarbageMan Aug 01 '26

Science is red for sure

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u/Cosmic_Ricochet Aug 01 '26

I sorta half-agree with this one; math was never yellow for me bc yellow is my favorite color and I wasn’t about to make my least favorite subject yellow, but I do think that math is indeed piss

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u/Archimedes31415926 Aug 01 '26

This is the wrong thinking if you'd have made it your favorite color it would have made it a little more bearable to pull that math notebook out. Gotta find the tiny wins in doing the things you hate

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u/Cosmic_Ricochet Aug 01 '26

Maybe, but I always automatically made history yellow bc it was my best subject so the thought never really crossed my mind when I was still in school

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u/personalacct Aug 01 '26

i thought math was yellow because yellow is funny and i like it just like math.

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u/wargames_exastris Aug 02 '26

This guy maths

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u/Haunt_Fox Aug 01 '26

And Yellow Journalism! Newspapers are great resources for historians.

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u/CrownofMischief Aug 01 '26

For me I say history is yellow because I associate it with things like wheat for widespread agriculture, sandstone for ancient pyramids and other structures, yellow parchment for old texts, and gold coins for old commerce

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u/Cultural-Advisor9916 Aug 01 '26

Brilliant. I am not alone.

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u/bitpaper346 Aug 01 '26

Its also Englands color.

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u/_pit_of_despair_ Aug 01 '26

Finally someone talking sense. History is red.

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u/nexusgmail Aug 01 '26

For all the bloodshed: totally!

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u/nien9gag Aug 01 '26

history should be brown.

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u/Embarrassed_Use6918 Aug 01 '26

Science is green because chlorophyll makes things green and thats science

Blue is math because math is cold and calculating

Yellow is history because all we see of historical photos is yellowed pictures therefore everything in history was yellow

Red is english because...uh...its...about words...and words are violent...

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u/MyWorldIsInsideOut Aug 01 '26

Words like violence, break the silence

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u/Silly_Value_5315 Aug 01 '26

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u/ariarchtyx Aug 01 '26

NO. WAY. IT REALZzzzz! Can't wait for first post 2 feed... And you see above how hard I fell 😭

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u/ariarchtyx Aug 01 '26

Oh my Gawd no way Followed!

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u/ariarchtyx Aug 01 '26

Noooooo. It's not REALZ.... 😢

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u/Jazzlike_Citron1155 Aug 01 '26

Stuck in my head now

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u/BlueRasuberry Aug 01 '26

No! English is Red because Read sounds like Red!

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u/SuboptimalSupport Aug 01 '26

You don't even need to color English, the teachers will be sure to mark so much it'll be red anyway.

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u/Superman246o1 Aug 01 '26

GREEN: Science

BLUE: Math

YELLOW: History

RED: English

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u/Mindless_Ad_8771 Aug 01 '26

YES YESS THIS IS CORRECT

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u/jedooderotomy Aug 01 '26

I'm on this team

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u/RadicalBehavior1 Aug 01 '26

I am Spartacus

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u/Froggyhop102 Aug 01 '26

Green is science since science is green

Blue is more mechanical and rigid which gives the vibe of math

Yellow is the color of old stuff which is history 

And red is English because it just is 

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u/WeapwnX Aug 01 '26

Red is English because it is read

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u/hiimsubclavian Aug 01 '26

We don't call the English redcoats for nothing!

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u/trainradio Aug 01 '26

I agree, but replace Black for Red. I never liked red.

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u/Kitsunetsuki_ka Aug 01 '26

This Is The Way

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u/ExplosiveGeek77 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

THIS IS THE CORRECT ANSWER YES YES YES YES YES

edit: im actually gonna give some context as to why (some of these are very silly lol)
Science: Green because I always thought of acid as being sciencey, and acid is green.
Math: Blue because when I was younger in school, the maths books always had blue covers.
History: Yellow because its like parchment, maps, aged things usually go more yellow. Antique coloring almost.
English: Red, I'm actually not super sold on this colouring myself but since it was the only one left this is what I would give it. However, I would say this because of the english books having red colours and back in the day we would always have red pen telling us what to fix.

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u/Skill-Guilty Aug 01 '26

YEEES people must understand

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u/KingCyber Aug 01 '26

THIS IS THE WAY

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u/Amunds3n Aug 01 '26

Found the correct one in the comments!!

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u/NamSToboy Aug 01 '26

Objectively correct

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u/Rakhered Aug 01 '26

Excuse me sir you seemed to have dropped this 👑

I will say I used to sometimes flip science and history because there are good arguments for both colors in both subjects, but Math is always Blue and English is always Red

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u/Doppel_R-DWRYT Aug 01 '26

I'd expand red to <native language>

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u/DDTFred Aug 01 '26

This is the way

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u/nitrot150 Aug 01 '26

My kid agrees

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u/InevitableStick8899 Aug 01 '26

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 

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u/Sneakarma Aug 01 '26

The only answer

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u/pokelord13 Aug 01 '26

This is it

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u/thepilotboy Aug 01 '26

I will ride into this battle with you, brother.

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u/Pretend-Bee-8915 Aug 02 '26

this one definitely calmed my anxiety, so I agree

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u/Old_Eggplant_7695 29d ago

Yes correct!

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u/PattyMarvel 28d ago

Question - what subject should be purple?

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u/ImaDieTodayLOL Aug 01 '26

I think blue is math because blue feels like one of them smart-intelligent colors.

Green is science because biology and plants, as well as whenever I think of chemicals and shit in a vial, it's always green.

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u/youngliam Aug 01 '26

Exactly and red is english because language. love and passion go hand in hand.

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u/Faulty_english Aug 01 '26

Finally someone sees it

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u/PuzzledFeeling Aug 01 '26

You're a finance guy, aren't you?

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u/mootmutemoat Aug 01 '26

I like counting money, yes.

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u/leatherfacetime Aug 01 '26

Count d'Monet

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u/ChickenBossChiefsFan Aug 01 '26

That’s why my math notebook is red. Math can go suck an egg.

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u/blue_moon1122 Aug 01 '26

come on, poetry comes from the heart 😭

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u/g-o-u-l-a Aug 01 '26

Exactly.

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u/garrythebear3 Aug 01 '26

see ik you’re wrong because you’re trying to justify it. notebook color is based on vibes and the capital T Truth that science is green.

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u/No_Dinner2045 Aug 01 '26

I was excited to be the 100th like on this gem

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u/TsoTsoni Aug 01 '26

Red is English because of the elements of style.

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u/Acceptable_Prune_514 Aug 01 '26

See I always went with red is English because I read stuff.

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u/GuyGrimnus Aug 01 '26

These are also my colors. But English is red because it’s my favorite color, and math is green because it’s easy.

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u/Apprehensive_Sky_504 Aug 01 '26

I have a college degree and what this guy said is exactly what they told me there

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u/bfhurricane Aug 01 '26

Every kid has completely different logic, but we all come to the same conclusion.

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u/Z00TSU1T Aug 01 '26

Reasoning is flawless. You win.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Aug 01 '26

Math is green because green means go, and you aren't going anywhere without it.

Also because green is correct, and math leads you to the most correct answer that can be given.

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u/Iv_Laser00 27d ago

English teacher: so here class we see the author describe the door as red. What could the author be trying to convey with the choice of color for the door

The author: that the door is red

English teacher: erm actually ☝️🤓

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u/Arizona_tea3 Aug 01 '26

This right here is the most true statement I've seen in a while besides hating english

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u/MiI0rd Aug 01 '26

Yellow is English, because British teeth

Red is history, because of war

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u/Useful-Soup8161 Aug 01 '26

Red is math because I hate math.

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u/ApprehensiveYear1267 Aug 01 '26

Hates English writes comment on Reddit in English to complain about English. SMH 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/jjrr_qed Aug 01 '26

I’m with you.

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u/Few-Big-8481 Aug 01 '26

No no no. Math is yellow because they're the worst.

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u/insomniacla Aug 01 '26

History is yellow, science is green, English is red, math is blue.

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u/Hexmonkey2020 Aug 01 '26

No math is blue cause numbers are blue, science is green cause biology and healing and goop are all green stuff

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u/Ikentspelgoog Aug 01 '26

History is red.

English is white.

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u/sinisterdesign Aug 01 '26

Ohhhh my confused friend. Oh oh oh.

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u/Ian20H Aug 01 '26

Math is blue like graph paper

Science is green because of nature

English is red like apples

History is yellow like old maps

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u/Bicwidus Aug 01 '26

English is blue because I blue my english teacher

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u/potato_donkey23 Aug 01 '26

Yes to all this but English was my favorite lol

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u/SpringsPanda Aug 01 '26

THANK YOU!!

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u/Proof_Grapefruit1179 Aug 01 '26

I always figured English was red due to the red-coats.

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u/anxious_spacecadetH Aug 01 '26

Math is blue because Science is green cause photosynthesis and mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

My official stance is that Math is red, history is yellow, English is red, and science is blue but id also concede to my above statement

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u/thedekliner Aug 01 '26

You are wrong in so many levels

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u/Beastabuelos Aug 01 '26

I hate math way more than English and I'm really good at math. It's just boring

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u/Fluffy-Professor3166 Aug 01 '26

Math is blue because it makes me cry

Science is green because trees

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u/AhmedAbuGhadeer Aug 01 '26

Where I come from math is red, because you count the losses.
History is red, because it's all about wars and killings.
English is red, because the English had invaded us and spilled our blood.
And science is red, because it studies life and blood is its essence.

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u/Glittering_Country14 Aug 01 '26

At my school (UK) it was red for English, blue for maths, green for science and purple for history + geography (humanities subjects). Yellow was for modern foreign languages (French, Spanish and German).

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u/Other_Dimension_89 Aug 01 '26

You’re my people

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u/Daddyfullload Aug 01 '26

Math is blue, because anyone who does math requires water.

History is blue, because historians require water.

English is blue, because people who speak English require water.

All notebooks should be different shades of blue.

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u/ParadoXPlatypus Aug 01 '26

Nah, I'm pretty sure the author just meant the notebook was red.

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u/Peacehalo Aug 01 '26

Actually science should be black then because carbon ist the major player in anything organic

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u/parliamentarywatson Aug 01 '26

I would only be switching green and blue. Do I have a specific justification? No it just feels right

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u/happy_idiot_boy Aug 01 '26

count the money

It's de Monet.

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u/nobodyfucksmebutlife Aug 01 '26

Math is Red, because without blood you can't calculate.

Blue is History, because everythijg fades.

Yellow is english, because y'all piss.

Green is science because mitochinria is the powerhouse of the cell but there is also chlorophyll in some cases.

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u/Astral_Sorceress48 Aug 01 '26

This got a laugh outta me

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u/Nutsnboldt Aug 01 '26

English paper is red after teach gets ahold of it for grading.

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u/sviwel Aug 01 '26

For hating English you’re not only articulate, but ended every sentence with a period. Had a right use of comas, and even made paragraphs for easy reading.

I’d say you’re better than most.

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u/JackUKish Aug 01 '26

Red is English because you read.

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u/cryllictheautistic Aug 01 '26

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HATED ENGLISH thank you so much

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u/CameraFragrant6377 Aug 01 '26

Math is green, because green represents calm, balance, safety, and stability.

Science is blue, because the sky, the oceans and gas flames are blue.

History is yellow, because that's what it is in Trivial Pursuit.

English is red, because teachers traditionally grade essays, grammar mistakes, and spelling errors using bright red ink.

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u/Pure_Stop_5979 Aug 01 '26

Thank. You.

But Languages in general are red, because when you speak you use your tongue, and that's red. At least mine is. Might have bitten it.

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u/Smooth_Ad1795 Aug 01 '26

I agree with your thought process, except I made English purple, because I loved English.

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u/NoOrdinaryBees Aug 01 '26

Yellow is history because Yellow Pages is old.

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u/QuentinUK Aug 01 '26

Because the English wore red uniforms when in America.

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u/Slow_Replacement_745 Aug 01 '26

Red is math because ew math and because in the grade where this was decided the most common textbook for math was red based design on the cover

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u/911pleasehold Aug 01 '26

math is yellow because something about it has to be happy

Red is history because blood

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u/Level_Scholar2406 Aug 01 '26

water isnt blue

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u/TheLastPorkSword Aug 01 '26

Except that can't be true because science is green.

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u/the_ninjahippy Aug 01 '26

But you wrote all this in English! /s

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u/sorrymizzjackson Aug 01 '26

No no no. Math is red for similar reasons as yours, but English is blue because it feels blue. Math is too sharp and prickly to be green. Green is a rounder color.

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u/KeyNefariousness6848 Aug 01 '26

This is the way.

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u/HaggardHaggis Aug 01 '26

Red is English cause it’s where we Read stuff

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u/DeepStatic Aug 01 '26

Red is English because the flag of England has a red cross.

(braces for all the US hate)

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u/PopularFig2193 Aug 01 '26

Math is yellow because yellow is a stressful color to my synesthesia! Lol

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u/Dave_A480 Aug 01 '26

Can make a star trek joke our of this, but most elementary age kids don't know what Star Trek is anymore....

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u/-XorionX- Aug 01 '26

This is the way I did it as well

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u/Mu-nraito Aug 01 '26

This is a color scheme that makes more sense!

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u/thanerak Aug 01 '26

No

Red represents passion, energy, danger and stop (all things related to Science in Biology, Chemistry and Physics)

Blue represents calm trust and stability (every thing about math is predictable so this is perfect)

The color yellow means joy, energy, and caution (this represents history in my opinion taking caution and learning from the mistakes of the past. As well as getting inspired by great achievements.)

The color Green is the most convoluted meaning calm, growth, safety but is also tied to envy, money, and to Go. ( English or language is the most nuanced of the subjects as it is continually changing and developing, our native language is what we are most comfortable with and the better you are at expressing your self the more easily it will be to achieve your goals.)

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u/blick2k Aug 01 '26

Only American money is green… also, science is nature and nature is green.

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u/Ali_Gaming302 Aug 01 '26

For us irs the same, but english is same as science in blue And arabic is red since we hate arabic with burning passion just how yall hate yall native language with passion

Idk abt its globally accepted that ur native language is the worst subject in school🙏😂

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u/Nihilisman45 Aug 01 '26

Agree with red and yellow but math is blue. For no other reason than that is what I chose year 1 and that's the way it is

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u/RedShirtMutiny Aug 01 '26

You had me in the first half, ngl.

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u/HoidToTheMoon Aug 01 '26

Math is green, because you count the money.

I mean, you started off wrong. I can see why the rest of your work turned out the way it did.

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u/MsMeseeksTellsTime Aug 01 '26

This is perfection.

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u/ConstantBoth2913 Aug 01 '26

I’d vote science is green because most plant life has green in it.

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u/Stoopid_ED_boi Aug 01 '26

There's no explanation, it's a gut feeling. Green is science math is blue science red english yellow. Why? Just cus

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u/DJ_Jiggle_Jowls Aug 01 '26

English is composition notebook for me.

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u/Laugh-Aggressive Aug 01 '26

Red is english, because the english should bleed - old pre 1776 saying

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u/Incendio33 Aug 01 '26

Maths is red because it's the worst subject ever and it should burn and red is the colour of fire lol. The rest can be interchangeable tho I am also leaning towards science being blue.

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u/rabidjedos Aug 01 '26

red is math because math is hard, but yeah

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u/KILLEliteMaste Aug 01 '26

Spotted the American with their paper green bills

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u/lxzgxz Aug 01 '26

Math is red for me for the same reason English is red for you

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u/RC_Colada Aug 01 '26

This is blasphemy

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u/OllinCyndaquil1535 Aug 01 '26

History is red because off all the bloodshed.

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u/mattmanh42 Aug 01 '26

EXACTLY, yk what else if blue in science the flask thingy with the blue bubbly science liquid!

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u/semioticcloud Aug 01 '26

Blue is math because I’m devastated to go to the class. Red is history, just fits. Green is Scienxe. English is yellow

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u/Nyetoner Aug 01 '26

Money doesn't have the colour green though! 🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/nitrot150 Aug 01 '26

My daughter says
English red
History yellow
Math blue
Science green

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u/SmileDaemon Aug 01 '26

Science is green because it deals with the earth

Math is red cus everyone hates it

Yellow is right, but English is blue because its usually a chill class

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