People can't be this stupid, can they?
this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2025
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Maybe they were exposed to too much dihydrogen monoxide?
It appears some of them were baptised for too long.
I'm stealing this.
Not long enough.
I heard he exposed his epidermis in public!
what next giving children dihydrogen monoxide?
Pumping the classrooms full of mostly nitrogen gas….
They can, they are, and it's not the lowest they can go.
Here. Eat a tidepod. Maybe you're just hungry.
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?
Yes.
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.
KnowYourMeme has been a fantastic resource for Internet history imo.
Think about how stupid the average person is, then realize half of them are dumber than that.
- George Carlin
Have you not seen who we elected to be recently President? Again.
Not only are people this stupid, but those people have a vote, too. (At least if they are citizens)
there was someone on Grindr telling insinuating me that they had a price. I asked them to tell me in Arabic numerals. then they Google translated it to spelling it in Arabic.
American sorely needs to invest in education.
Oh yeah.. I mentioned this one a few days ago, as my husband's co-workers brought it up..
People can be that reactionary when they don't know shit.
I used to hope that, but these last couple of decades have brutally beten such optimism out of me.
This article cites two X posts and makes vague assertions that "The claim caused a stir online, with some X users condemning Mamdani." How much of a stir, how many users, and how many of them were criticizing Mamdani for the topic at hand is unclear.
I doubt many people were taken in (though I'm not surprised to see a west virginia lawmaker involved, state legislators are truly the dregs of our society), and I think Newsweek mostly made this up.
First day on Earth, huh?
These opinion pieces really need to focus on more important messages. They ought to literally read:
"If you understand 1, 2, and 3, you use Arabic numerals. Who told you New York's mayor was introducing 'Arabic numerals'? They did this to scare you. They are trying to manipulate you. They think you are stupid, and that they can control you. Block them."
This should've been two sentences, max:
Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools?
False. New York schools have used Arabic numerals for centuries because that's what "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0" are, dumbass!
Umm… I hope so?
What have they been using up to now?
Proper Roman numerals, like a true patrician.
They’re called "Arabic numerals" because the system was transmitted to Europe through medieval Arabic scholars, but they are universal
Funny thing is the Indo-Arabic/Hindu-Arabic numerals aren't the only ones used in Arabic-speaking countries. I've seen prices like ٣٥٠ (350) in places like Jordan and Egypt. Here's a chart:
I would say the familiar 0-9 system is understood globally, but I don't know about those Alpha Centaurians.
Wtf is Tamil doing??
they are fancy as fuck
I assume those are probably the actual Arabic numerals (before they got the Indian numerals, hence why it doesn’t have a symbol for 0, which also came from India.)
You cannot grasp the true form of Tamil 5's attack.
Teachers need to make up a permission form to teach Arabic numbers. Then put those kids to learning Roman Numerals.
Give them a choice between Arabic and Chinese :D
This joke is already so old it had grandkids.
If I was the Newsweek editor who had to shepherd this article through publication, I’d probably be dead of alcohol poisoning.
fart check:
Who's gonna tell 'em?
LMAO!