Do you know Arabic math is now being taught in public school

[Duncanpup]

Last edited Thu Mar 25, 2021, 08:02 AM - Edit history (1)

Now as I mentioned I work with a lot of young teamsters that vote GQP.

Qanon teamster- That bitch of a Vice President is mandating that our kids be taught Arabic math.

Duncanpup a teamster for 34 years holding a Union card. - you mean like the numerals 0 -10

Qanon teamster- I’m not having this bullshit taught to my kids.

Duncanpup- Bro weren’t you a F.O in Marine corps as former infantry I knew a couple of arty dudes. So you guys just used American math.

I turned to a friend and asked where in the fuck do they come up with this shit.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. The stupid, it burns

[donco]

11. As retired

Central States Organizer WHO enjoys VERY MUCH his VERY PENSION much energized tell them 2+2 equals=4.

[hlthe2b]

2. The ignorance of the RW can surely make for satire, but I'm now too irritated by it

to laugh. Healthier to laugh, though, I suppose.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. You Work With Some Morons, D

Tell them to do math with roman numerals.
But, don't translate to the numerals we know. They can't! X*L = D? How?
One has to know X is 10 (in ARABIC numerals) and so on.
But, they're too dumb to grasp that concept.

[PJMcK]

17. A big problem with Roman numerals

There is no zero.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. That , Too!

Given the colosseum, the pantheon, aqueducts, & roads, scholars are quite certain romans had numerals for math, & didn't use roman numerals except for buildings & documents.
Makes sense.

[griloco]

35. A problem for the GQP which has many zeros...

[Captain Zero]

34. Good thing those Moran's have a union

Otherwise they'd be living under the 7.25/hr bridge.

[Chipper Chat]

4. 0h 1he h 00 r0r

[multigraincracker]

5. First rule of Sharia law.

Death for getting or giving an abortion.

[Duncanpup]

6. Same place

The GQP talibangilest want to take us to

[flor-de-jasmim]

7. you could get subversive and ask if they'd rather add/multiply etc using Roman or Arabic numerals.

[twodogsbarking]

8. What next?

Binary code?

[wnylib]

18. What? All those Arabic 0s and 1 s?

They should give up their computers, then.

[diverdownjt]

21. 001100011101001110

exactly

[twodogsbarking]

27. On, off, on, off

JFC pick one.

[central scrutinizer]

9. Not strictly Arabic

Hindu mathematicians developed the place value system which required the invention of zero. (The Mayans independently invented zero and place value). If you want to trigger your RWNJ tell him his kids are learning Indian math as a tribute to Kamala Harris.

[wnylib]

19. LOL. Love it. Their alternative choice

to the Arabic/Asian Indian zero based math comes from those Mexicans that their orange hero warned them about.

[Dr. Strange]

20. Oh come on. Zero?

That's nothing.

[mcar]

10. That's an episode in the last season of Veep

[AllaN01Bear]

12. like algerbra. calculus

[bucolic_frolic]

13. GQP genius children should develop their own math system

[CaptainTruth]

33. Like GQP equals 0

[AllaN01Bear]

14. this is like the victory fries nonsense that was used when we had yet another hisssy fit with france

and french fries were invented in belgium, not france . and it is the way the fries are cooked . they are flashed fried in hot cooking oil.

[diverdownjt]

22. my dad to this day hates france....

[keithbvadu2]

15. Are English numbers Arabic?

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=arabic+numerals

Are English numbers Arabic?

The numbers English speakers use every day, known as Arabic numerals, were developed in the Maghreb during the 10th century. They made their way into Europe through Arab scholars in Al-Andalus (modern-day Andalusia in Spain), hence they are called Arabic numerals.
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Why do we call them Arabic numerals?

The Hindu-Arabic or Indo-Arabic numerals were invented by mathematicians in India. Persian and Arabic mathematicians called them "Hindu numerals". Later they came to be called "Arabic numerals" in Europe because they were introduced to the West by Arab merchants.
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[TheRickles]

16. It's not just the numbers - what about algebra?

If "X" is your hourly wage this year, and your union contract guarantees a 5% COLA, what will you hourly wage be next year?
Arabic math comes in handy!

The word "algebra" comes from the Arabic "al jabr", the reunion of broken parts, ie. the healing of a broken bone. So the great basketball player Kareem Abdul Jabbar's last name is actually the same word as "algebra", and he solved some pretty tough equations on court. Often words that start with "al-" are Arabic in origin, as it is the definite article, "the": alcohol, alchemy, alfalfa, Alcatraz - but not Alabama!

[mwooldri]

23. Next they'll be teaching the kids the Latin alphabet. NT

[sarge43]

25. Don't forget (wait for it) ... COFFEE!

That insidious poison, the low end of the speed spectrum. I'd hazard that former Marine lived on it.

The quickest way to destroy the US armed forces is cut off its coffee supply for about week.

[Duncanpup]

28. I have PTSD from instant coffee

[sarge43]

36. I believe it.

Instant coffee is Satan's snot.

[question everything]

26. Of course they prefer Roman numbers; no zero..

[appleannie1]

29. 1-2-3-4-5- The audacity

[róisín_dubh]

30. Tell them to switch to Mayan math...

. .. ... .... __

. .. ... .... __
__ __ __ __ __

Looks something like this (1-10). I forgot, they had zero too, but I can't make the symbol for it.

[Evolve Dammit]

31. The right can spew whatever they can make up, as fast as they can make it up and the rabid base laps

it up, gets angrier and passes it along to anyone who will listen. No reality required; just a mutual hatred of anyone "different" than themselves, which is essentially everyone. And so they stay in a constant state of lather and froth, until they either snap or die of whatever.

[Wounded Bear]

32. And it's 1-2-3 what are we fighting for?