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TroutPaste
08/28/19 6:20:08 PM
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Yes or no - Results (26 votes)
Yes
69.23% (18 votes)
18
No
30.77% (8 votes)
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Alteres
08/28/19 6:20:54 PM
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No, only roman.
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Unsugarized_Foo
08/28/19 6:23:30 PM
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No,fuck math

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Cosmic_Diabetic
08/28/19 6:24:37 PM
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Original topic/10
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Damn_Underscore
08/28/19 6:27:39 PM
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you should ask this to people on the street and film it, that would be hilarious!
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Paragon21XX
08/28/19 6:31:41 PM
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Why stop? Math is so much easier with Arabic numerals than the rest of the alternative number systems out there. What would we use instead, an abacus?
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Tyranthraxus
08/28/19 6:40:15 PM
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Paragon21XX posted...
Why stop? Math is so much easier with Arabic numerals than the rest of the alternative number systems out there. What would we use instead, an abacus?
Let's use the old base 60 Sumerian cuneiform

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foreverzero212
08/28/19 6:42:09 PM
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I still like to get people with this
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ThePrinceFish
08/28/19 6:42:29 PM
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We'll carve those Arabic numeral runes into the MOAB that we drop on the terrorist capital of Agrabah.

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Vita_Aeterna
08/28/19 6:43:35 PM
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It's not Arabic numerals. It's Indian numerals.
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Tyranthraxus
08/28/19 6:43:50 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
We'll carve those Arabic numeral runes into the MOAB that we drop on the terrorist capital of Agrabah.
I heard they got so much oil there that a single lamp is enough energy for like a whole fireworks show and a feast for half the kingdom and it's menagerie

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Middle hope
08/28/19 7:08:44 PM
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Cheese_Crackers
08/28/19 7:11:14 PM
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Vita_Aeterna posted...
It's not Arabic numerals. It's Indian numerals.
Hindu-Arabic is the common catch all designation.

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TroutPaste
08/28/19 7:25:21 PM
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Cheater87
08/28/19 7:33:02 PM
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They already are lol.

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TreyFlowers
08/28/19 7:33:54 PM
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If you vote no unironically you are 100% racist
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SoIidLegacy
08/28/19 7:41:20 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
you should ask this to people on the street and film it, that would be hilarious!


I'm pretty sure that's been done quite a few times already.

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TroutPaste
08/28/19 9:07:31 PM
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SoIidLegacy posted...
Damn_Underscore posted...
you should ask this to people on the street and film it, that would be hilarious!


I'm pretty sure that's been done quite a few times already.


I think that was his sarcastic point
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Tyranthraxus
08/28/19 9:13:13 PM
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EIiza posted...
100% never. Keep that mess out of our education system. Parents should be able to decide. Its not up to the schools
You mean C%

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Dathrowed1
08/28/19 9:15:41 PM
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It's too late for me since I learned the classic Arabic numerals in school and I also learned the modern Arabic numerals

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Bad_Mojo
08/28/19 9:17:42 PM
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Should? Not really, but I think it's valid option to have if that's something you want to study. The issue is the budget

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ultimate reaver
08/28/19 9:47:31 PM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
Should? Not really, but I think it's valid option to have if that's something you want to study. The issue is the budget


glad at least one person fell for it

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Broseph_Stalin
08/28/19 9:51:28 PM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
Should? Not really, but I think it's valid option to have if that's something you want to study. The issue is the budget

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AngryRedHatter
08/28/19 9:53:21 PM
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We already have our own numbering system. It's worked here for over 200 years now.
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jumi
08/28/19 9:54:55 PM
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American numerals = Roman numeral with a gun and a flag

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Damn_Underscore
08/28/19 10:05:54 PM
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tbh the majority of the Arab world uses Eastern Arabic numerals, so this isn't even a good trick question.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu-Arabic_numeral_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghreb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashriq
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hockeybub89
08/28/19 10:13:22 PM
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MudKip_Master
08/28/19 10:25:47 PM
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No
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