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I just really really don't care for it. Not the math, not physics. I don't care if you can calculate the velocity of a car downhill. I don't care how heavy the tower of our local castle is. I've yet to meet a math problem apart from grocery cost that I care to know the answer of.
I was actually always pretty good at math, I had Bs and sometimes As. I can memorize the formulas and fill them in and do the equations. But none of it interested me even in the slightest.
I started actively disliking math when people around me pushed it on me as this be-all-end-all definition of intelligence. Understanding math isn't enough, you have to actually LOVE calculating advanced math problems in your head, otherwise you're not smart.
Thats like the opposite of me. I think calculating the force of a building being demolished or the amount of wind velocity though a tunnel etc is so interesting. Or things like why in 2038 there will be another "y2k" type situation with 64 bit machines because of another overflow problem.
But I cant remember equations or do any algebra no matter what.