Had my republican friend mention this one. He’s not an idiot either. Had to explain what Arabic numbers are.
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Stamau123 @lemmy.world - 1mon
he's not an idiot either
Hmmmm
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mushroomman_toad @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 1mon
Eh, don't insult people if they're willing to learn.
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4am @lemmy.zip - 1mon
I’d hate to meet a chud who is considered an idiot if that’s what passes for a smart one
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A_norny_mousse @feddit.org - 1mon
Go to the White House, you'd hate it a lot.
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pseudo @jlai.lu - 4w
He doesn't need to be an idiot to be lacking education. Knowing the name of the system is not necessary to use it. Yet this basic knowledge taught to small children hasn't reach him. In such context, he's not at fault but the teaching system.
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A_norny_mousse @feddit.org - 4w
X is full with MAGA memeing shit about libs. Yet here they're too dumb to realize they're being had.
Not sure which type of dumb is worse. One is deliberate ignorance, the other the self-centeredness of a child.
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Bluewing @lemmy.world - 4w
Oh, it very probably did get told to him at some point. But like the majority of people here, he's forgotten it as one of those "useless" pieces of knowledge that got taught to you that y'all bitch about.
Unless it's something you need to know regularly, you will forget it.
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not_me - 1mon
This joke is boring, unbelievable that so many morons still don't realize this. This is a joke for 11 year olds
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Jo Miran - 1mon
And yet, this was literally on my phone's newsfeed because people are that stupid.
That's why the joke is fun. It's at the expense of ignorant Islamaphobes.
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not_me - 1mon
You mean MAGA supporters and Americans in particular ?
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zd9 @lemmy.world - 1mon
Exactly why MAGA still gets upset by it, they aren't smart enough and never matured past 11.
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FardyCakes @lemmy.world - 1mon
Oh no! You’re already using those anti-american squiggles!
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djsoren19 - 1mon
sorry do you mean II or XI year olds?
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Nightwatch Admin - 1mon
yes
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NewDark @lemmings.world - 1mon
Everyone is 12 now rule going strong
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Someonelol @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 1mon
Half the country can barely read better than a 12 year old so it makes sense they wouldn't catch on.
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Tollana1234567 @lemmy.today - 1mon
god forbid they see greek letters in mathemtics as "foreign" words too.
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panda_abyss @lemmy.ca - 1mon
I, for one, don’t get it.
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Axolotl - 1mon
The joke is that we use arabic numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) but many people don't know that those numbers are called "arabic numbers" and so racist people think It's outrageous that these 'foreign' things are being taught.
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not_me - 1mon
Please tell us what you don't understand so that we can provide the answer in a better context. Please do not use AI yourself because the answer is not technically sufficiently well-founded adapted to eridite persons
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panda_abyss @lemmy.ca - 1mon
If I use I for one I wouldn’t get it.
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dustycups - 1mon
*Erudite.
Edit: was that the joke?
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not_me - 1mon
Thinking in one language and writing in another language leads sometimes to spelling mistakes, thank you for the correction .
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prole - 4w
I, for one
No no, that's a Roman numeral
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[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui] - 1mon
I went throught the US School system in 2 blue cities and the term "Arabic Numerals" were never once uttered in any of my classes.
My dad always told me these are called Arabic Numerals... and he did not go through the US Education system (went to school in a different country)... so... take that how you will...
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prole - 4w
Did you ever learn Roman numerals? I think that's probably when I was taught that "regular" numbers are called Arabic numerals.
That, or I just learned it through messing with my computer's character sets or whatever.
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Tollana1234567 @lemmy.today - 1mon
Algebra shouldve been a clue,
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anton - 1mon
Well, the neonazi party in Germany fell for it a few years back.
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not_me - 1mon
Which branch or group ?
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anton - 4w
I think it was an AfD state or municipal group making an official question to the responsible governmental body.
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hddsx @lemmy.ca - 1mon
Yeah and we are going to be using Latin alphabet derivatives.
Why can’t we all just learn American instead? 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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not_me - 1mon
What is american ?
Never seen one
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Lost_My_Mind @lemmy.world - 1mon
Oh, they're pretty big. Usually 500lbs and using hoverrounds at age 23.
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hddsx @lemmy.ca - 1mon
Excuse me? We’re Americans not British. We don’t use lbs. We aim for the perfect weight of one 7.3L Godzilla
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[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui] - 1mon
They're teaching Non-Binary stuff to our kids! What has this world come to? Oh mah lawd!
0000/1010 do not recommend
1001/1011 Never Forget
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Arthur Besse - 4w
Newsweek has contacted representatives of Mamdani for comment via email outside of regular working hours.
That article is serious. Well I guess it makes sense - since the whole joke here is practically based on the fact that many people are too dumb to understand it. But they actually contacted Mamdani to make sure! Doubly hilarious.
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ceoofanarchism - 1mon
Bring back Roman Numerals.
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TigerAce @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 1mon
Wouldn't be surprised if it happened. They already say no to metric, then why use logic with number and just go for 1000+(1000-100) +50+10+10+10+5+1 to write the year 1986, but instead of Arabic numbers they use letters so it's MCMLXXXVI. I mean, it's not as bad as Danish but it's somewhat as overly complicated as French.
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Tollana1234567 @lemmy.today - 1mon
bring back writing and reading latin.
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CriticalMiss @lemmy.world - 1mon
bring back writing and reading latin.
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Tollana1234567 @lemmy.today - 4w
and then old english.
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maria [she/her] - 1mon
they didnt before?..
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gravitas_deficiency @sh.itjust.works - 1mon
The joke is that to be offended by that statement you have to be both racist and an idiot, which is a criteria that many Americans can satisfy in spades
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Entaty_13 @lemmy.world - 1mon
In our CCXLIX years as a country we never stooped this low
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mikenurre @lemmy.world - 1mon
Next your gonna tell me he'll make junior high students learn the teachings of Al-Jabr. Unbelievable!
JoMiran in onehundredninetysix
The Mamdani rule went from 0 to 60 in 2.9
Shakira law is imminent!
Rule 1: The hips do not lie
Ooh, baby, when you talk like that...
Long story, made short .
Americans have forgotten to take out a patent on numbers, so we have been using Arabic numbers for many centuries.
OMG! My husband just told me a few minutes ago that people are het up over the notion that their kids are going to be taught Arabic numerals.
I'm like.. "Really? No.. is this.. you mean online or at work?"
"Work."
Facepalm.
I told him if they say anything again, to ask them if they believe Roman numerals would be a better option to do math with.
(Gah, the MAGA people are fucking stupid.)
Are MAGA alright with the Latin alphabet?
You mean, like, Mexican?
are you playing the game or are you getting played?
talk to them in a latin tongue.
We're a good Christian nation! Our children should only be learning Church numerals!
True disciplines only use Cistercian numerals!
Impressive.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Cistercian_numerals.png
^ This thread right here, officer.
because they said cis?
Had my republican friend mention this one. He’s not an idiot either. Had to explain what Arabic numbers are.
Hmmmm
Eh, don't insult people if they're willing to learn.
I’d hate to meet a chud who is considered an idiot if that’s what passes for a smart one
Go to the White House, you'd hate it a lot.
He doesn't need to be an idiot to be lacking education. Knowing the name of the system is not necessary to use it. Yet this basic knowledge taught to small children hasn't reach him. In such context, he's not at fault but the teaching system.
X is full with MAGA memeing shit about libs. Yet here they're too dumb to realize they're being had.
Not sure which type of dumb is worse. One is deliberate ignorance, the other the self-centeredness of a child.
Oh, it very probably did get told to him at some point. But like the majority of people here, he's forgotten it as one of those "useless" pieces of knowledge that got taught to you that y'all bitch about.
Unless it's something you need to know regularly, you will forget it.
This joke is boring, unbelievable that so many morons still don't realize this. This is a joke for 11 year olds
And yet, this was literally on my phone's newsfeed because people are that stupid.
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/3d9503c2-3d60-4250-bde2-61277840f5e9.png
Change your newsfeed
I saw the article on Lemmy
We are so cooked
That's why the joke is fun. It's at the expense of ignorant Islamaphobes.
You mean MAGA supporters and Americans in particular ?
Exactly why MAGA still gets upset by it, they aren't smart enough and never matured past 11.
Oh no! You’re already using those anti-american squiggles!
sorry do you mean II or XI year olds?
yes
Everyone is 12 now rule going strong
Half the country can barely read better than a 12 year old so it makes sense they wouldn't catch on.
god forbid they see greek letters in mathemtics as "foreign" words too.
I, for one, don’t get it.
The joke is that we use arabic numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) but many people don't know that those numbers are called "arabic numbers" and so racist people think It's outrageous that these 'foreign' things are being taught.
Please tell us what you don't understand so that we can provide the answer in a better context. Please do not use AI yourself because the answer is not technically sufficiently well-founded adapted to eridite persons
If I use I for one I wouldn’t get it.
*Erudite.
Edit: was that the joke?
Thinking in one language and writing in another language leads sometimes to spelling mistakes, thank you for the correction .
No no, that's a Roman numeral
I went throught the US School system in 2 blue cities and the term "Arabic Numerals" were never once uttered in any of my classes.
My dad always told me these are called Arabic Numerals... and he did not go through the US Education system (went to school in a different country)... so... take that how you will...
Did you ever learn Roman numerals? I think that's probably when I was taught that "regular" numbers are called Arabic numerals.
That, or I just learned it through messing with my computer's character sets or whatever.
Algebra shouldve been a clue,
Well, the neonazi party in Germany fell for it a few years back.
Which branch or group ?
I think it was an AfD state or municipal group making an official question to the responsible governmental body.
Yeah and we are going to be using Latin alphabet derivatives.
Why can’t we all just learn American instead? 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
What is american ? Never seen one
Oh, they're pretty big. Usually 500lbs and using hoverrounds at age 23.
Excuse me? We’re Americans not British. We don’t use lbs. We aim for the perfect weight of one 7.3L Godzilla
They're teaching Non-Binary stuff to our kids! What has this world come to? Oh mah lawd!
0000/1010 do not recommend
1001/1011 Never Forget
Newsweek has contacted representatives of Mamdani for comment via email outside of regular working hours.
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-mamdani-arabic-numerals-new-york-schools-11079540
That article is serious. Well I guess it makes sense - since the whole joke here is practically based on the fact that many people are too dumb to understand it. But they actually contacted Mamdani to make sure! Doubly hilarious.
Bring back Roman Numerals.
Wouldn't be surprised if it happened. They already say no to metric, then why use logic with number and just go for 1000+(1000-100) +50+10+10+10+5+1 to write the year 1986, but instead of Arabic numbers they use letters so it's MCMLXXXVI. I mean, it's not as bad as Danish but it's somewhat as overly complicated as French.
bring back writing and reading latin.
bring back writing and reading
latin.and then old english.
they didnt before?..
The joke is that to be offended by that statement you have to be both racist and an idiot, which is a criteria that many Americans can satisfy in spades
In our CCXLIX years as a country we never stooped this low
Next your gonna tell me he'll make junior high students learn the teachings of Al-Jabr. Unbelievable!
This is C% bullshit!
Hahahahaha that's top tier trolling.
Haters will say this is fake
The feral hogs are getting restless