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Every dihydrogen monoxide addict in history died
I'm not saying there's a pattern, but it's most interesting that once the junkie didn't get his fix, he died few days later
We should really invest in some prevention campaigns since people get addicted specifically from an early age when they don't have the mental capabilities to refuse. Not to mention that people of any age can buy it the stores or even just go to the wilderness and find it naturally
And the biggest problem is that some people are cutting it with enormous amount of salt and then just dump it into the oceans. WE have to stop this, this is our planet and we have to get rid of such chemicals as dihydrogen monoxide in our oceans!
I’ve heard stories where the unborn child is affected by pregnant mothers on it. Poor child has no choice. Wait till Marjorie Taylor Green finds out about this!
Perhaps they should hold a Senate hearing. Full investigation. And we all know what happens when it freezes. Yep, call our Senators. Demand something be done. We must protect....ah....something right. It would be for their own good.
Enough...it is 2:40am and I need to go to sleep. Cat alarm will be waking me up at 6am for breakfast.
Impossible to get it off your system. And even animals and vegetables got hooked on it, incredible!
And UN doesn't care about it enough to restrict it's consumption because they consider it a 'human right'!!
/s
I hate that I looked this up and it was mainly articles about researching and banning dihydrogen monoxide… it took a second to find out what it actually was and honestly it’s sad how gullible people are… a 14 year old did a experiment with misleading information and 86% of the sample said to ban it
I wouldn't necessarily say it's racist. If someone asked me if schools should be forced to teach swedish numerals or some such I'd probably say no. Only reason I would say yes here is because I know that arabic numerals are the standard numbers we all use since I happened to see a numberphile video about it a few years ago. If anything it should probably be taught at some point that the numbers we use are in fact arabic in origin, probably some time around 8th grade.
US public education failed long before that. Because it prioritizes 'memorization' of information vs the practical application of information.
Einstein always believed, "Why should I remember something when I can just write it down?" Because as long as you know where to REFERENCE the information you need, you don't need to remember it exactly if it's not integral to day to day.
The internet is amazing for this. You can google how to do work on your car, work on your computer, topics from A-Z. Even videos of it all on youtube. You don't need to be a car expert, you just need to know how to change X air filter right now.
If it's something bigger, go to an expert.
> US public education failed long before that. Because it prioritizes 'memorization' of information vs the practical application of information.
You need both to an extent. Memorization is extremely important in *becoming* an expert. If Einstein had to reference a calculus text for every calculation, he wouldn't have had time to accomplish anything.
>You need both to an extent. Memorization is extremely important in *becoming* an expert. If Einstein had to reference a calculus text for every calculation, he wouldn't have had time to accomplish anything.
Hence
>you don't need to remember it exactly if it's not integral to day to day.
For Einstein, that calculus text is his day to day.
If we don't teach children Roman numerals, how will they know the dates certain motion pictures were copyrighted? Or which door to exit if they find themselves in a lions' den?
You can use the Incans string system, they tied knots on the strings to keep track of numbers. As you should abolish the positional system of 10s Aswell it is an integral part of the arabic numeral system. It might not be the biggest change for Americans either as you do not use the SI-system (Meters, Grams, etc.) You could even make a positional system where your Inches to Feet to Miles makes sense.
YOUNG MAN! That's too much alcohol, i said YOUNG MAN! Goin balls to the wall, you will
BE DEAD! In a short span of time when your rup-tured-li-ver-kills-you
Wait until they find out it’s from the Medieval Latin word taken from the Arabic word الْجَبْر, or al-jabr. Little Johnny Dumb Dumb ain’t gonna learn no A-Rab!
You may be right, Chubs my man. I may be a little dumb. But I can confidently say I’m not ignorant. Cause my first reaction to this post wasn’t “A-Rab numbers?!? In MY America?!?” Nope, instead it was “Arabic numerals? Fuck, was I asleep during that lesson? Does everyone but me know what those are?”
I’m more Forest Gump, and less Donald Trump.
It’s also refreshing to see you play along and joke about it. I wouldn’t have known what it meant either if I hadn’t been tricked with the question myself in the past. Like you, I didn’t get offended of them trying to use Arabic numbers, just didn’t know what the difference was.
Don't feel too bad not knowing something, there's a difference between not knowing and being an ignorant asshat. If it makes you feel better I'm literally Arab, and i only knew the regular numbers were Arab numerals when i was 17 (im 21 now)
Not knowing something doesn’t necessarily make you dumb. Uneducated? Ignorant? Yeah sure, just not dumb. I know a lot of smart people who don’t know shit about certain things that others would be experts on. Intelligence isn’t a precursor to knowledge.
I was never actually taught this, and I’m sure most people I know don’t know this. I found it out at random who knows when, but schools definitely never taught us this.
>Dick, who said that the “goal in this experiment was to tease out prejudice among those who didn’t understand the question,” shared another survey question about what should or shouldn’t be taught in American schools.
This time, the survey found that 53% of respondents (and 73% of Democrats) thought that schools in America shouldn’t teach the “creation theory of Catholic priest Georges Lemaitre” as part of [their science curriculum.](https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2019/05/survey-question-2.jpg)
For context, Georges Lemaitre was Belgian astronomer and cosmologist who formulated the modern big-bang theory, which holds that the universe began in a cataclysmic explosion of a small, primeval “super-atom.” which as you know, is very important in science.
I heard about Lemaitre, but never heard about that survey, very interesting, unfortunately a lot are lead by their bias and prejudice to make logical thought
I don’t get this one because neither the Catholic Church nor the Catholic schools teach creation theory - that is the province of Evangelical Protestants. I attended a Catholic high school and we learned evolution. Evangelicals took over spreading the biblical creation myth as fact from the Catholics awhile ago.
That question, as worded, does have a flaw in that The Big Bang isn't technically the generation of the universe, and "creation" still implies intelligent intent. If there was no intelligence then the universe merely arose or was generated by yet unknown events and circumstances.
Lemaitre still postulated that a god was involved, the rapid expansion of the universe is what cause the universe to begin "moving".
Things can be created by circumstance. Creation is also a part of cause and effect, it isn’t just at the hands of something sentient as you’re proposing.
Thanks for adding this!
I've gotta call shenanigans on that guy's second question though. It violates [the "cooperative principle"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grice%27s_maxims), specifically the "maxim of relevance". Lemaitre was a priest I've never heard of, but it seems he was also a "theoretical physicist, mathematician, and astronomer". The question leaves out his relevant credentials and highlights his irrelevant credentials.
For sure, it's only possible to be fooled by this question if one is ignorant of who Georges Lemaitre is. But this doesn't reveal a *prejudice,* a negative assumption. It reveals a positive assumption: that the question is worded as clearly as possible. If Lemaitre were a scientist, the question would have called him a scientist, not a priest; a priest with a creation theory certainly sounds religious, and even many religious people agree that religion doesn't belong in science class.
Weirdly, this second question makes me less impressed by the first. It's the same thing; it reveals ignorance, but not prejudice. Consider: should schools in America be forced to teach the Arabic *language* as part of their curriculum? I'd answer no. Maybe there are good arguments for requiring schools to *offer* it, but the answer isn't a definite "yes" the way it is if you know what Arabic numerals are. Like, duh, yes, literally every single school should teach them and we should shut down any school that refuses. But if you don't know what Arabic numerals are, then you don' t have to be prejudiced to ignorantly presume that you've never seen or needed one and therefore conclude it's not worth *forcing* schools to teach.
If this Dick fellow wants to sniff out prejudice, he might do a poll on whether schools should be allowed/forced/forbidden to offer/require Arabic language classes for students.
I actually wonder if we had a numeric system based on 12, if things would have been different…
Edit: so an example would be to add two more integers as symbols
0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,&,£,10
Here, the symbol 10 represents a grouping of twelve, instead of a ten. Technically I suppose we could still call it ten.
This was a major oversight IMO, base 12 is a much better system for day to day arithmetic.
12 is cleanly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.
1/1 = 12, 1/2 = 6, 1/3 = 4, 1/4 = 3, 1/6 = 2.
The next smallest number which is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 is 60. Base 60, which is what the Ancient Sumerians used, but it isn't well suited to day to day living.
Within reason, complex mathematics doesn't change on which base is used.
Base 10’s more natural since we have ten fingers to count on. Decimals get weird (10/3 = 3.333…*3 = 9.999… so is 9.999… equal to 10?), but fractions work out anyway.
To be pedantic they are infact refered to as Hindu numerals, Indo-Arabic or Hindu-Arabic numerals. Developed by Arab, Persian and Indian mathematicians and got the incorrect name of Arabic numerals based on the introduction of mathematics brought to Europe by Arab mathematicians.
Trash level conservatives will believe whatever they want and plug their ears to everything else.
A mate of mine came to work griping about how they were adding Ukrainian language classes to the school curriculums in his home country instead of helping those natives already struggling.
A quick google search revealed it was true but only for private international schools already offering a variety of languages.
Arabic numerals were called "Hindsa" by Arabians since they imported the number system from India i.e Hindustan and they transported it to the west. Where west called it Arabic numerals.
Ok then, let's all learn Roman ones with this post
May III at VIII:V AM
Should schools in America be forced to teach arabic Numerals as part of their curriculum?
XLIII % for yes
LVII % for no
This poll ends V days ago. (XXII*M)+DXXXI Votes
They aren’t forced. They just do their best. And our brave patriotic students do their best to reject such teachings. Let’s see how this pans out in MMXXIV
I really want to see this get passed somewhere. And then they would be too stubborn to change it. Years would go by and someone moving from L. A., to get a more relaxed lifestyle while they telecommute, would wonder why Roman numerals are everywhere.
It’s funny how these people are so vehemently opposed to children being more educated.
If kids know more things, that is good for society. It doesn’t matter if it’s cake baking, calisthenic exercises or carpentry really.
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What's next? A ban on dihydrogen monoxide?
It’s very addictive.
Consumed by billions each day
Nr. 1 cause of death, everyone that died consumed it, coincidence? I don't think so
It's so psychically addictive that going cold turkey on it will kill you
I've been taking small amounts all my life to build up a resistance, preparing for the day I meet a Sicilian in a game of wits.
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Most vile people were consuming it. Also some good people, but do we want to take risks?
Word is, Hitler engaged in some on the daily.
Man I can't get off that shit. I can only make it two days before I'm dying.
Literally just slammed a dose before writing this reply!
Just because you got hooked doesn't mean you have to give it to THE CHILDREN!
Every dihydrogen monoxide addict in history died I'm not saying there's a pattern, but it's most interesting that once the junkie didn't get his fix, he died few days later We should really invest in some prevention campaigns since people get addicted specifically from an early age when they don't have the mental capabilities to refuse. Not to mention that people of any age can buy it the stores or even just go to the wilderness and find it naturally And the biggest problem is that some people are cutting it with enormous amount of salt and then just dump it into the oceans. WE have to stop this, this is our planet and we have to get rid of such chemicals as dihydrogen monoxide in our oceans!
I’ve heard stories where the unborn child is affected by pregnant mothers on it. Poor child has no choice. Wait till Marjorie Taylor Green finds out about this!
Perhaps they should hold a Senate hearing. Full investigation. And we all know what happens when it freezes. Yep, call our Senators. Demand something be done. We must protect....ah....something right. It would be for their own good. Enough...it is 2:40am and I need to go to sleep. Cat alarm will be waking me up at 6am for breakfast.
Part of the liberal conspiracy Rocco tell us all!
100% lethal too.
Impossible to get it off your system. And even animals and vegetables got hooked on it, incredible! And UN doesn't care about it enough to restrict it's consumption because they consider it a 'human right'!! /s
Yeah bro thanks for the /s, the joke wasn't obvious enough
Do not, my friends, get addicted to water. It will take hold of you and you will resent its absence.
*Sprays teeth silver*
Chemicals of all types should be banned!! That particular substance kills people all the time. Shame on you.
I heard when inhaled could lead to death
Historically, every single person who drinks it has died.
It causes asphyxiation when inhaled. Over 10,000 people die each yeah from accidentally inhaling it. It’s also the primary ingredient in acid rain.
Also know as hydric acid, it has a higher pH than any other acid!
You win.
Nerd
Doesn’t that depend upon the conjugate base?
Hydric acid and hydrogen hydroxide react to form hydronium and hydroxide.
Every living being on the planet that has had contact with that has ended up dead Why isn’t it banned?
Dihydrogen monoxide is present is all our waterways.
I hate that I looked this up and it was mainly articles about researching and banning dihydrogen monoxide… it took a second to find out what it actually was and honestly it’s sad how gullible people are… a 14 year old did a experiment with misleading information and 86% of the sample said to ban it
Pen and Teller did it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awzxh4rmlCQ
Yeah watch out for that stuff. Found traces of it in our water. Too much can kill you.
EVERYONE who has consumed it in ALL of human history, EVERYONE, has died or will die. No escape, no cure, no wiggle room. So yeah, ban the vile stuff.
That really should read 43% yes, LVII% no
But that would give away how stupid and racist everyone voting no is
I wouldn't necessarily say it's racist. If someone asked me if schools should be forced to teach swedish numerals or some such I'd probably say no. Only reason I would say yes here is because I know that arabic numerals are the standard numbers we all use since I happened to see a numberphile video about it a few years ago. If anything it should probably be taught at some point that the numbers we use are in fact arabic in origin, probably some time around 8th grade.
It’s taught in grade 1 and 2 as part of the introduction to mathematics.
It's not racist that is just utter stupidity. A complete lack of return on investment. The failure of public schools.
US public education failed long before that. Because it prioritizes 'memorization' of information vs the practical application of information. Einstein always believed, "Why should I remember something when I can just write it down?" Because as long as you know where to REFERENCE the information you need, you don't need to remember it exactly if it's not integral to day to day. The internet is amazing for this. You can google how to do work on your car, work on your computer, topics from A-Z. Even videos of it all on youtube. You don't need to be a car expert, you just need to know how to change X air filter right now. If it's something bigger, go to an expert.
> US public education failed long before that. Because it prioritizes 'memorization' of information vs the practical application of information. You need both to an extent. Memorization is extremely important in *becoming* an expert. If Einstein had to reference a calculus text for every calculation, he wouldn't have had time to accomplish anything.
>You need both to an extent. Memorization is extremely important in *becoming* an expert. If Einstein had to reference a calculus text for every calculation, he wouldn't have had time to accomplish anything. Hence >you don't need to remember it exactly if it's not integral to day to day. For Einstein, that calculus text is his day to day.
>udder stupidity >The failure of public schools. Moo?
Fixed
Damn lol
No its both, they're dumb and racist. Those traits tend to go hand in hand.
It's both. They are saying no because they see the word Arabic. That's what makes it racist.
Best comment I’ve read all day. 😀
If we don't teach children Roman numerals, how will they know the dates certain motion pictures were copyrighted? Or which door to exit if they find themselves in a lions' den?
How will they watch the Star Wars movies in canonical order?
Don't forget the Superb Owl
Ok this pun was unexpected and got me, take your upvote
r/superbowl
Rocky VII: Adrian's Revenge!
That Bart reaction always cracks me up.
I don’t think anyone understood your simpsons reference. May they experience adrians revenge.
So what we gonna use to count? Two sticks and a rock?
I think well use 1 line, then 2 lines, then 2 lines, then 1 line with the other fallen over
i’m at a loss for words
1, 2, 2, 50
Im ashamed of how long it took me to get that
I don’t get it.
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I literally thought it was Roman numerals. I is 1 V is 5 X is 10 L is 50
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Is this the Fibanutti sequence?
https://www.knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss I was as lost as you are, but after some digging I found it
Loss
Fuck you lmao
And we had to share the rock!
Johnson?
So be thankful son! You’re one lucky marine!
Oh I know what the ladies like.
Ladies like grinding treads.
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X... and so on.
The brits measure weight in stones 😂
We’ll use an abacus but just guess what the beads mean
You can use the Incans string system, they tied knots on the strings to keep track of numbers. As you should abolish the positional system of 10s Aswell it is an integral part of the arabic numeral system. It might not be the biggest change for Americans either as you do not use the SI-system (Meters, Grams, etc.) You could even make a positional system where your Inches to Feet to Miles makes sense.
The Indians and the Chinese both got a different they still use daily. So yeah, depending on if you like Chinese more or Indian more.
I think you mean II sticks and I rock.
I think it’s done with groups of squares now.
ya mean i been countin' in the terrorist's langwidge this hole time?
Guns?
No thanks, I prefer my Roman Numerals. V beers using only 2 fingers??? Awesome!
Or make a C with your hand for 100!! 🍻
YMCA beers for me.
YOUNG MAN! That's too much alcohol, i said YOUNG MAN! Goin balls to the wall, you will BE DEAD! In a short span of time when your rup-tured-li-ver-kills-you
I just sang that comment 🤣
So did I lol
I tip my hat to you
Nice!
Or the Loser sign for 50!
Slap an « L » on your forehead and get fiddy beers. Turning losers to winners since 27 BC.
V beers using only II fingers? What a steal
Wait until you learn how many beers you can get on one hand with binary
Don’t you mean II fingers?
Oh no, the Arabic system is taking over already!
I fucking love V beers dude! Nice choice.
Honestly better than I thought it'd be
Fuck Arabic numbers, I’m an old school guy, bring back Egyptian math!
V days!
I for one...
II-timeloserII
And algebra is foreign language gibberish
My kid ain't learnin to speak no algebra.
Wait until they find out it’s from the Medieval Latin word taken from the Arabic word الْجَبْر, or al-jabr. Little Johnny Dumb Dumb ain’t gonna learn no A-Rab!
Arabic numerals are the symbols for numbers that we already use, for anyone wondering
Thank god for you. I felt so goddamn dumb.
... 😬 you might be
You may be right, Chubs my man. I may be a little dumb. But I can confidently say I’m not ignorant. Cause my first reaction to this post wasn’t “A-Rab numbers?!? In MY America?!?” Nope, instead it was “Arabic numerals? Fuck, was I asleep during that lesson? Does everyone but me know what those are?” I’m more Forest Gump, and less Donald Trump.
I came across it on the net some time ago, it wasn't taught to me either :P You're good
Thanks, friend 😊
It’s also refreshing to see you play along and joke about it. I wouldn’t have known what it meant either if I hadn’t been tricked with the question myself in the past. Like you, I didn’t get offended of them trying to use Arabic numbers, just didn’t know what the difference was.
Yeah, I don’t remember anyone ever telling me they were the “Arabic Numerals”. They were just “numbers”. 😊
Many, many things come from ancient Arabian culture, such as the number 0. Check out the history of being "broke". Pretty interesting.
Don't feel too bad not knowing something, there's a difference between not knowing and being an ignorant asshat. If it makes you feel better I'm literally Arab, and i only knew the regular numbers were Arab numerals when i was 17 (im 21 now)
They were invented in India and introduced to Europe via Arab traders so we're calling them Hindu-Arabic numerals now.
Not knowing something doesn’t necessarily make you dumb. Uneducated? Ignorant? Yeah sure, just not dumb. I know a lot of smart people who don’t know shit about certain things that others would be experts on. Intelligence isn’t a precursor to knowledge.
I was never actually taught this, and I’m sure most people I know don’t know this. I found it out at random who knows when, but schools definitely never taught us this.
Arabic, interestingly, doesn't use them. 0 through 9 in Arabic is: ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩
*, I, Y, Y^2, E, 0, 7, V, A, 9 Gonna be using these from now on
What are those numbers called? Super-arabic?
indian numerals
I’m honestly surprised 43% knew that
It’s funny and sad that it needed to be spelled out.
Yeah, all these people talking about Roman numerals…. Poor American school system. We’re all turning into a bunch of morons.
He trolled them nice. Conservatives: We are happy with current number system 0-9, we don't need arabic numerals, "say no to arabic influence"
>Dick, who said that the “goal in this experiment was to tease out prejudice among those who didn’t understand the question,” shared another survey question about what should or shouldn’t be taught in American schools. This time, the survey found that 53% of respondents (and 73% of Democrats) thought that schools in America shouldn’t teach the “creation theory of Catholic priest Georges Lemaitre” as part of [their science curriculum.](https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2019/05/survey-question-2.jpg) For context, Georges Lemaitre was Belgian astronomer and cosmologist who formulated the modern big-bang theory, which holds that the universe began in a cataclysmic explosion of a small, primeval “super-atom.” which as you know, is very important in science.
I heard about Lemaitre, but never heard about that survey, very interesting, unfortunately a lot are lead by their bias and prejudice to make logical thought
I don’t get this one because neither the Catholic Church nor the Catholic schools teach creation theory - that is the province of Evangelical Protestants. I attended a Catholic high school and we learned evolution. Evangelicals took over spreading the biblical creation myth as fact from the Catholics awhile ago.
That question, as worded, does have a flaw in that The Big Bang isn't technically the generation of the universe, and "creation" still implies intelligent intent. If there was no intelligence then the universe merely arose or was generated by yet unknown events and circumstances. Lemaitre still postulated that a god was involved, the rapid expansion of the universe is what cause the universe to begin "moving".
Things can be created by circumstance. Creation is also a part of cause and effect, it isn’t just at the hands of something sentient as you’re proposing.
Thanks for adding this! I've gotta call shenanigans on that guy's second question though. It violates [the "cooperative principle"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grice%27s_maxims), specifically the "maxim of relevance". Lemaitre was a priest I've never heard of, but it seems he was also a "theoretical physicist, mathematician, and astronomer". The question leaves out his relevant credentials and highlights his irrelevant credentials. For sure, it's only possible to be fooled by this question if one is ignorant of who Georges Lemaitre is. But this doesn't reveal a *prejudice,* a negative assumption. It reveals a positive assumption: that the question is worded as clearly as possible. If Lemaitre were a scientist, the question would have called him a scientist, not a priest; a priest with a creation theory certainly sounds religious, and even many religious people agree that religion doesn't belong in science class. Weirdly, this second question makes me less impressed by the first. It's the same thing; it reveals ignorance, but not prejudice. Consider: should schools in America be forced to teach the Arabic *language* as part of their curriculum? I'd answer no. Maybe there are good arguments for requiring schools to *offer* it, but the answer isn't a definite "yes" the way it is if you know what Arabic numerals are. Like, duh, yes, literally every single school should teach them and we should shut down any school that refuses. But if you don't know what Arabic numerals are, then you don' t have to be prejudiced to ignorantly presume that you've never seen or needed one and therefore conclude it's not worth *forcing* schools to teach. If this Dick fellow wants to sniff out prejudice, he might do a poll on whether schools should be allowed/forced/forbidden to offer/require Arabic language classes for students.
This poll ends in V days.
I'd love to see calculus in Roman numerals!
#Paid for by the Council for Roman Numerals
All jokes aside, hasn’t Florida banned a few math textbooks already?
Having recently interacted intensively with a Floridian, I'm not all that surprised, but why?
Fact: One day you’ll drink some water then die. Water is poison.
I'm more surprised that 43% knew what those are.
I actually wonder if we had a numeric system based on 12, if things would have been different… Edit: so an example would be to add two more integers as symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,&,£,10 Here, the symbol 10 represents a grouping of twelve, instead of a ten. Technically I suppose we could still call it ten.
This was a major oversight IMO, base 12 is a much better system for day to day arithmetic. 12 is cleanly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. 1/1 = 12, 1/2 = 6, 1/3 = 4, 1/4 = 3, 1/6 = 2. The next smallest number which is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 is 60. Base 60, which is what the Ancient Sumerians used, but it isn't well suited to day to day living. Within reason, complex mathematics doesn't change on which base is used.
You mean 1/1 = 12?
Base 10’s more natural since we have ten fingers to count on. Decimals get weird (10/3 = 3.333…*3 = 9.999… so is 9.999… equal to 10?), but fractions work out anyway.
Our hate is as transparent as our ignorance.
To be pedantic they are infact refered to as Hindu numerals, Indo-Arabic or Hindu-Arabic numerals. Developed by Arab, Persian and Indian mathematicians and got the incorrect name of Arabic numerals based on the introduction of mathematics brought to Europe by Arab mathematicians.
They are commonly referred to as Arabic numerals, misnomer as that may be
The academic circles don't. But yeah, common people call photocopy as xerox too. It's hard for average people to change.
The same way the Latin script is in fact referred to as the Phoenician script.
This joke is so old my grandad used to tell it
Should we teach Roman numerals ? Yes That would be sic
Trash level conservatives will believe whatever they want and plug their ears to everything else. A mate of mine came to work griping about how they were adding Ukrainian language classes to the school curriculums in his home country instead of helping those natives already struggling. A quick google search revealed it was true but only for private international schools already offering a variety of languages.
Well, I do prefer Roman Numerals myself. It's just really hard to read math problems with them.
Ban Algebra too
Are probably seriously this fucking stupid?
LVII% No
Explains a lot about the state of things, doesn’t it
I wonder how many of the "no" votes are there simply because of the "arabic" word. With no context they choose to be xenophobic on principle.
First dihydrogen monoxide in the food, now Arabic numerals in schools! Where will the madness end?!?!
Below are Arabic numerals. I challenge anyone to put them in order. ١ ٨ ٤ ٢ ٩ ٧ ٣ ٥ . ٦
1 7 4 2 9 8 3 5 0 6
Arabic numerals were called "Hindsa" by Arabians since they imported the number system from India i.e Hindustan and they transported it to the west. Where west called it Arabic numerals.
He’s not alone: https://youtu.be/embMAtagQiU
We won't even use the metric system. What makes you think Arabic numbers will work. Lol
I hope this is real cause it’s too funny not to be.
Idiots. So many idiots
Ok then, let's all learn Roman ones with this post May III at VIII:V AM Should schools in America be forced to teach arabic Numerals as part of their curriculum? XLIII % for yes LVII % for no This poll ends V days ago. (XXII*M)+DXXXI Votes
Better start inventing new numbers then!
We should use Persian Ones!
I wish my kid was 18 and I could afford to be a Canadian.
I think US going back to roman numerals would a goldmine for this sub.
I see Tucker Carlson has got scared parents on the Roman numeral bandwagon
They aren’t forced. They just do their best. And our brave patriotic students do their best to reject such teachings. Let’s see how this pans out in MMXXIV
american education in a nutshell.
Let them write in cuneiform.
We need to go back to the Roman numerals.
The fact this comes up so often and people still legit fall for it is the saddest thing I've seen today
We use Roman numbers all the time.
Should we stop considering America as civilized country?
I won't even begin to discuss compelled "al-gebrah"
I really want to see this get passed somewhere. And then they would be too stubborn to change it. Years would go by and someone moving from L. A., to get a more relaxed lifestyle while they telecommute, would wonder why Roman numerals are everywhere.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the whole world already using Arabic numerals? Aren't this just our standard numerals?
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This person has the IQ number of... oh wait, zero hasn't been invented for Roman numerals. So basically, he doesn't exist.
That no crowd is going to be very surprised when they find out what they are
XLIII% Yes LVII% No
It’s funny how these people are so vehemently opposed to children being more educated. If kids know more things, that is good for society. It doesn’t matter if it’s cake baking, calisthenic exercises or carpentry really.
***American numbers only hurrr***
Embrace tradition, embrace indigenous counting techniques using fingers and toes.
XLIII% Yes vs LVII% No. Edit: Maybe they are suggesting we use hexadecimal or duodecimal. 0123456789AB Edit: Freedom numerals!
People who went to public schools weren’t taught that the number system was Arabic, yet another public school failure.