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Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools? (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 40 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They can, they are, and it's not the lowest they can go.

Here. Eat a tidepod. Maybe you're just hungry.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Is the stupidity that people were eating tidepods.. or that they were tricked into thinking eating tidepods was actually trend when it was just a few individuals?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yes.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

It was like two different things. Small children were accidentally eating laundry pods because they look like candy and the packaging was poorly designed. Teenagers creating memes because it was hilarious boomer media was falling for it.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

KnowYourMeme has been a fantastic resource for Internet history imo.