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Second only to #COVID, this academic year will be remembered as the year of "Is a hot dog a sandwich?" in higher ed. And my working theory is that we have @biblioracle and his widely-read 2019 book to blame--er, thank for it. (Thread) https://twitter.com/TheJacobGarcia/status/1170042007399649281?s=20">https://twitter.com/TheJacobG...
"Is a hot dog a sandwich?" was clearly a part of the internet-cultural and celebrity milieu for a couple years already. See, e.g., @thetakeout& #39;s running series. https://thetakeout.com/c/is-a-hot-dog-a-sandwich">https://thetakeout.com/c/is-a-ho...
Now my theory is that Warner& #39;s book and its "Impossible Argument" pedagogical exercise was the wormhole through which the question became pedagogical. https://twitter.com/jimwoehrle/status/1186759507013197826?s=20">https://twitter.com/jimwoehrl...
Every English teacher, rhet/comp professor, writing program administrator, and WAC coordinator in the world read @biblioracle& #39;s "Why They Can& #39;t Write," launching a thousand college admissions/placement essays and first-day-of-class icebreakers in the fall. https://twitter.com/jimwoehrle/status/1186759507013197826?s=20">https://twitter.com/jimwoehrl...
Tweets like the first one in this thread then thrust the _academic_ nature of the question into Twitter and popular culture. Sports journalists in particular ran with the question in October and November. https://twitter.com/MikeVorkunov/status/1182785272108457989?s=20">https://twitter.com/MikeVorku...
And the #HoagieHomies didn& #39;t stumble across it until the Great Condiment Thread began to lead us there, sparked by @sara_ann_jensen& #39;s brave anti-ketchup stance in August. @mleingang raised some prescient definitional questions in that thread too. https://twitter.com/sara_ann_jensen/status/1166162852949966854?s=20">https://twitter.com/sara_ann_...
The first days of January 2020 then saw an explosion of theory. @algorithmachine& #39;s Lemma, @maryepilgrim& #39;s hemisandwich theory, and @katemath& #39;s Kids Yummy Criterion were all born in the same 24-hour period on January 2-3.
The mathematicians, as always, playing a bit behind.
The mathematicians, as always, playing a bit behind.
That& #39;s how "Is a hot dog" made a quantum leap from internet meme to academic discourse in 2019 that landed it on the world stage.
From internet culture, to the pages of "Why They Can& #39;t Write," to millions of 18-year-olds& #39; writing prompts, and back to the internet.
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From internet culture, to the pages of "Why They Can& #39;t Write," to millions of 18-year-olds& #39; writing prompts, and back to the internet.
