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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 117 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 day ago

Would have been a better headline!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 87 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

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

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Number one justification for islamophobia and sinophobia.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours 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.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] chetradley@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

Thy hips shall not speak falsehoods.

[–] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I, for one, enjoy Roman numerals.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Isn't it MMMIM? Only one extra character

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day 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 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 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

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe the symmetry made people more likely to overlook the conventional way of writing things. Still no hard rule, but more leniency if it looks cool.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)
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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I came up with MMMCMXCIX, but your one seems better.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Many machines on IX, new machines.

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

one for one? what does that mean?

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[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh Facebook must be lighting up with frothing boomers right now

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[–] PresidentCamacho@lemmy.ca 29 points 12 hours 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 6 points 10 hours 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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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Roman! Cousin, let's go bowling!

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

literally in the middle of a fucking mission

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day 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 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck, I would have enjoyed that course.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Homemade falafel and hummus is so much better than store bought and so easy. I just gotta perfect a pita recipe.

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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day 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 20 hours 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 23 hours ago (1 children)

It's more than half

[–] Bababasti@feddit.org 13 points 16 hours 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 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Bababasti@feddit.org 4 points 15 hours 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

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 12 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours 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.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago

According to a study, almost III out of V of those polled opposed this.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

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

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

TranscriptionA photo of Zohran Mamdani standing in front of an American flag. It is captioned:

Mamdani has announced his first policy: children in New York public schools will now be required to learn Arabic numerals

I support this wholeheartedly.

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