I can't help but feel like you didn't read the article. The entire thing is basically an excuse to tell you about monoids. It's like a super long joke where th

I can't help but feel like you didn't read the article. The entire thing is basically an excuse to tell you about monoids. It's like a super long joke where the punch line comes way too late. But instead of a punch line it's monoids and instead of being funny it's not. P.S., hello edits!