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[–] PresidentCamacho@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hate that when i see memes like this all i can think is "its only a matter of time before stupid people share this with other stupid people unironically"

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

It probably happened before you even saw the meme.

Fox News is gonna run a piece on how we must eliminate Arabic numerals from American society. Your family will be talking about this travesty at Thanksgiving.

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 89 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He's indoctrinating out youth with a satanic Muslim mysticism called Al-Gebra.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

in case some people don't know: algebra actually comes from the Arabic word "al-jabr".

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Number one justification for islamophobia and sinophobia.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I legit never heard the word sinophobia and I thought it was a trigonometry joke.

I guess we need a joke that combines math and racism then.

It's the 0th cause of Indophobia?

Sorry, didn't mean to go off on a tangent.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I learned Arabic numerals in 1978 in preschool in Wyoming, and I never became a terrorist.

Never became a terrorist so far.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 119 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 days ago

Would have been a better headline!

[–] Bababasti@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don’t know man, something about his damn smile is so funny to me. It’s so smug, he’s always smiling like he just absolutely knows he’s making some very rich assholes panic and I love everything about it.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I highly doubt they're panicking. If they're even aware they're perturbed at best.

[–] Bababasti@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

Fair, panicking was probably a bit of a stretch there. But I like how they at least burn a bunch of money on his political opponents

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 73 points 2 days ago (5 children)

We joke about it, but I remember stupid yanks falling for something similar immediately after the World Trade centre attack

As a country, their ignorance is matched only by their arrogance

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Are you referring to the dihydrogen monoxide scares of the ‘00s?

[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

100% of the people that drink that die.

🤣🤣🤣

[–] hayvan@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

There are still people alive who drink dhmo. But it's close to 100% indeed.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Like the flight where the 'Karen' notified the stewardess that a passenger was writing notes in a foreign language and was concerned he was a possible threat. Turned out he was doing math equations

Guilty of being brown

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

This post came directly from Al Jazeer which references Al Gebra.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Well to be fair, the republicunts would prefer kids not learn any numbers because only stupid people vote for Cons...

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I could go for a little Shakira law.

[–] chetradley@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Thy hips shall not speak falsehoods.

[–] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I, for one, enjoy Roman numerals.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Oh yeah big guy? How many letters you need to write 3999?

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Isn't it MMMIM? Only one extra character

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

subtraction rule only allows a smaller numeral to be placed before a larger one if it is one of the following combinations: IV, IX, XL, XC, CD, or CM. The numeral 'i' ((1)) can only be placed before a 'V' ((5)) or an 'X' ((10)). 

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

That rule wasn't always hard and fast, just as IV or XL were sometimes written as IIII or XXXX respectively. The XVIII Legion was occasionally termed XIIX, which should have been right out, but it worked well enough to inscribe in stone on a memorial and use on official calendars.

The fundamental requirement was that People would look at it and understand what it is saying. There was no "Office of Numeral Oversight" correcting people. The norms that we may learn about are descriptive of the majority, but not strictly prescriptive for all the cases.

If it follows the basic additive/subtractive pattern, it's good enough.

If you want to be a prick, write IMMMM

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

one for one? what does that mean?

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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Roman! Cousin, let's go bowling!

literally in the middle of a fucking mission

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[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh Facebook must be lighting up with frothing boomers right now

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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I This is Roman discrimination II Half of MAGA doesnt know what an Arabic numeral is. III Reeeeeeeeeee IV Roman numerals are superior

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 11 points 2 days ago (7 children)

一二三四五六七八九十

i like these :)

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[–] aamram@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (6 children)

A new Home maker class featuring falafel and hummus as side dishes is now mandatory to graduate High school.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Fuck, I would have enjoyed that course.

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[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

ITS AN OUTRAGE I TELL YOU! MATH IS AMERICAN! INVENTED IN AMERICA!

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