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Turbam
03/02/24 9:54:42 AM
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When will this woke nightmare end?!?!?

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ai123
03/02/24 9:55:55 AM
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Muslim math!

https://youtu.be/embMAtagQiU

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El_Marsh
03/02/24 9:56:27 AM
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"I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA!"

*wantonly fires pistol*

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ablegator
03/02/24 9:57:18 AM
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My Grandpa shared this on Facebook earlier. Its really zany.

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Michael_Booth
03/02/24 10:15:27 AM
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I'm afraid your joke doesn't really work, as Western numerals are actually called "Hindu-Arabic numerals", as the symbols were actually invented by Indian mathematicians (and the country at the time was called Hindustan by other regions) in the 3rd-4th century, they were only later "adopted" by Arabic mathematicians in the 9th century.

They differentiate from Eastern Arabic numerals, which are commonly used today in the Middle East:
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Ricemills
03/02/24 10:56:14 AM
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Beware of the Al Gebra, they carry the Weapon of Math Destruction

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Revisited
03/02/24 11:52:19 AM
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Michael_Booth posted...
I'm afraid your joke doesn't really work, as Western numerals are actually called "Hindu-Arabic numerals", as the symbols were actually invented by Indian mathematicians (and the country at the time was called Hindustan by other regions) in the 3rd-4th century, they were only later "adopted" by Arabic mathematicians in the 9th century.

They differentiate from Eastern Arabic numerals, which are commonly used today in the Middle East:
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It's kinda crazy that as butt backwards as gamefaqs is, you can now post in them foreigner languages.

Also you may as well have posted if you were gonna post the other nine
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reincarnator07
03/02/24 1:16:31 PM
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Michael_Booth posted...
I'm afraid your joke doesn't really work, as Western numerals are actually called "Hindu-Arabic numerals", as the symbols were actually invented by Indian mathematicians (and the country at the time was called Hindustan by other regions) in the 3rd-4th century, they were only later "adopted" by Arabic mathematicians in the 9th century.

They differentiate from Eastern Arabic numerals, which are commonly used today in the Middle East:
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Hindustan?! That's like Afghanistan, right? Why we teaching all these foreign things when kids these days need to learn 'bout America?!!

/s, hope it was obvious...

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divot1338
03/02/24 1:17:49 PM
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I do not want to live in Candyland!

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Just_a_loser
03/02/24 1:25:08 PM
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Imagine being upset at a school for teaching knowledge.

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