Comment on Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools?

orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• nocturne@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The Facts
  Arabic numerals are simply the digits 0 through 9—the standard number symbols used in math, banking, street signs, phone numbers, government forms, and every classroom in the United States.

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    So, like, 9 11.

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  • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yes. I read the whole thing. It’s too long and filled with extra shit.

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    • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I find it hilarious that you refuse to read it because “too many words”, and you also didn’t know 0-9 are the exact numbers in question.

      You can’t make this stuff up

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      • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I find it funny that you didn’t see that I stated I had read the entire article.

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• Seleni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s called humor. You might want to try it sometime.

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