osxmatt Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/most-americans-arabic-numerals-not-132502258.html?ncid=facebook_yfsocialfa_wje3x23a50w&utm_content=buffer71b5e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=yahoofinance SMH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keyser_Soze Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 We should switch to Japanese numbers, it's much easier and would probably make kids better at math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Reminds me of the poll where like 80% of people said they should have labels saying their food contained DNA, of course they probably wouldn't have come up with it themselves had they not asked, but still, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I don't recall ever being taught that the number characters we use were called "Arabic numerals." I remember reading a story were a guy from earth goes to fantasy land and the guy commenting that the people write out the numbers long-hand and didn't use any type of Arabic numerals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 To be fair, I agree. Arabic numerals should be taught at home by a loving mother and father. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Shockingly, I love the twitter thread on this. People are trying so hard to poke holes in it and the guy is just slapping them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 This is like when polled many people hated Obama care, but loved the idea of the Affordable Care Act. Ignorant dicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 48 minutes ago, chakoo said: Shockingly, I love the twitter thread on this. People are trying so hard to poke holes in it and the guy is just slapping them down. URL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, SilentWorld said: URL? Click the tweet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 This was a running gag on the last season of Veep. Also: It’s going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 40 minutes ago, MarSolo said: This was a running gag on the last season of Veep. Also: It’s going to happen. popcorn.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Reminds me of the petition from Penn and Teller to ban dihydrogen monoxide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 8 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: This is like when polled many people hated Obama care, but loved the idea of the Affordable Care Act. Ignorant dicks. My favorite poll was a few years back that said a majority of Americans support bombing Agrabah. Yes, the fictional city from Aladdin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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