Problematic Textbook Pictures
Over at HappyPlace.com, there’s a great collection of problematic images from student textbooks. Consider this image from a math textbook:
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="294px" width="300px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
My guess is that the photo below is either from a social studies textbook or the pamphlet for a fraternity:
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="389px" width="414px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
Here’s a snippet from science textbook whose purpose is to scare the crap out of people who don’t have red-green colour vision confusion (it used to be called “colour blindness”):
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="364px" width="298px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
Sorry, if you have red-green colour vision confusion, you’re not going to see the humour in this one…
Recent Posts
The highest-ranking Black Medal of Honor recipient’s article on the Department of Defense’s site has been removed and marked as “DEI.” Why?
Major General (Retired) Charles Calvin Rogers was the highest-ranking African-American to receive the Medal of…
Sunday picdump for March 16, 2025
Another Sunday, another “picdump!” Here are 200+ memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet…
TV caption of the day
A Swedish TV program labelled Vladimir Putin as “President USA.” My thoughts on this:
[Update] A true is friend is someone who would hide you. Canada has been that friend to the U.S.
[ The original version of this article is incorrect, so I’m substituting its content with…
Notes for the kakistocracy, 2025-03-10: Even Peter Zeihan says we might be the USSA, the danger of one-party states, JD Vance’s much cooler cousin, and why we need to be bold
A reminder: kakistocracy means “a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent…
The better Vance: JD Vance’s cousin Nate was a volunteer soldier in a Ukrainian battalion
Le Figaro, a daily newspaper in France that’s been around since 1826, has published an…
View Comments
I have a hat just like that!
What if you see a number, but it's not 15???
Maria:
Whoops, on my way to CAMH.
I really am red-green colour blind! Someone tell me what it says!
James McLachlan: The caption says you should see the number 15, but the number in red dots is actually 29.
I still don't get it.
:)