The Resume

( -475 BC)
Discovered Pythagorean Theorem
Led religious cult

Why he might be annoying:

He thought that everything was composed of numbers (not numerals, but numbers).
He was the head of a cult whose members learned a mixture of religion, science, math, and philosophy.
The members of the cult were sworn to a vow of silence, and had to live by the following rules:
1. To abstain from beans.
2. Not to pick up what has fallen.
3. Not to touch a white cock.
4. Not to break bread.
5. Not to step over a crossbar.
6. Not to stir the fire with iron.
7. Not to eat from a whole loaf.
8. Not to pluck garland.
9. Not to eat the heart.
10. Not to walk on highways.
11. Not to sit on a quart measure.
12. Not to let swallows share one's roof.
13. When the pot is taken off the fire, not to leave the mark of it in the ashes, but to stir them together.
14. Do not look in a mirror besides a light.
15. When you rise from the bedclothes, roll them together and smooth out the impress of the body.
He was a vegetarian.

Why he might not be annoying:

He discovered the Pythagorean theorem.
President Garfield developed a proof of the Pythagorean theorem.
His school allowed both men and women to join.
He studied the music scale.
He advocated a way of life that stressed right moral conduct along with scientific inquiry.

Credit: Nihilism Cynicism Sarcasm Orgasm

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Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 15.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 71 Votes: 56.34% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 53 Votes: 37.74% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 66 Votes: 39.39% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 54.93% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 195 Votes: 43.08% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 263 Votes: 53.23% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 327 Votes: 48.93% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 624 Votes: 51.60% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 271 Votes: 56.83% Annoying