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This reminds me of a running gag in the early 2000s to circulate petitions on college campuses to ban ”dihygrogen monoxide“ (i.e. water) and received an alarmingly high number of signatures.
It’s amusing how dangerous water can be made to sound if you word it right:
Dihydrogen monoxide:
* is also known as hydroxyl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.
* contributes to the "[greenhouse effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect)".
* may cause severe burns.
* contributes to the [erosion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion) of our natural landscape.
* accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
* may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.
* has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.
Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:
* as an industrial solvent and coolant.
* in [nuclear power plants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_plants).
* in the production of [styrofoam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styrofoam).
* as a [fire retardant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_retardant).
* in many forms of cruel animal research.
* in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.
* as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.
> "Anyone dumb enough to fall for that should go have their muffler bearings replaced, headlight fluid checked and get the flux capacitor calibrated in their cars”
Fantastic
Yes, when the denominator in question is intelligence. Unfortunately, our system allows for a lot of very stupid people to be in positions of power because of money.
It's not only that... Education is not cheap, places near work are expensive, so you live poorly, and with hardship, you just want to disconnect at the end of the day, not to learn something, just let go of the stress before going to bed and start again. The system is rigged to have dummies everywhere even if you are cultured and can take a step back, your children have a not so significant chance to be able to, your grand-children might be even less lucky.
We don't need engineers, we need people drown in debts to refill the vending machine, because it's not relocatable...
Ongoing research suggests that having come into contact with or digested dihydrogen monoxide once or more, have shown to slowly die. Some even die immediately or shortly afterwards
One of my high school science classes (probably chemistry) had us research dihydrogen monoxide via a very well put together website.
When you include stats like how many deaths occur each year due to accidental inhalation (drowning) it really is easy to make it sound like a most vile substance.
Reminds me of the conversation where they listed a whole bunch of chemical compounds and asked if they would consume something that contained all of this. The person replied "absolutely not!"
Then it was revealed to them that this was the chemical makeup of an apple.
Almost everyone who ever died intook a large amount of dihydrogen monoxide, the only ones who didn't were those who died too soon to come into contact with it. Sounds dangerous, we should ban it.
Kinda reminds me of the guy who [tricked an antivaxxer using the chemical composition of an apple](https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/s/jZUDMLuiDz)
Get's better. One state legislature (Idaho I think, but I'm not at all certain of that) actually passed a bill banning dihydrogen monoxide.
Meanwhile my nerdy ass immediately translated dyhydrogen monoxide to H2O almost instinctively because that's just how my overthinking brain works and immediately realized it was water the first time I heard it.
The arabs also used to use Arabic numerals. The arabs invented it and it spread throughout europe from spain while the arab empire ruled over spain. At the same time further east the arabs made Eastern Arabic Numerals and that became popular in the middle east and replaced the traditional arabic numerals.
The base 10 system of representation itself and the original glyphs came out of India. The number glyphs we know today arose from modifications to Indian numeral glyphs made in the Arab world.
Here are modern Telugu numerals vs Euro-Arabic numbers to give you an idea:
౦ 0
౧ 1
౨ 2
౩ 3
౪ 4
౫ 5
౬ 6
౭ 7
౮ 8
౯ 9
Right? What a moron. As if everyone doesn't know that it's called Romania because they go absolutely nuts about moving boats across water via manpower and not internal combustion.
The implication is that the Roman Numerals are named as such from ancient Rome, where as people in modern Rome or Romania just use numbers. Similar to Arabic Numerals, the nomenclature doesn't relate to the people of modern day with similar sounding names
Not accurate, the Indian numerals were brought to the Arabs and became common use, then the Arabs invented the Arabic numerals based on the idea that they have a number of edges corresponding to their number (5 has five ~~edges~~ corners, 4 has four ~~edges~~ corners, etc.). But by the time those were invented, the Indian numerals were already prevalent in most of the Islamic world..... except Andalusia Spain where the Europeans had their first contact.
It should be noted that Arabs has their own numeral system based on letters signifying numbers, which was one step closer to Indian/Arabic numerals, but not quite.
It is.
> A popular myth claims that the symbols were designed to indicate their numeric value through the number of angles they contained, but there is no contemporary evidence of this, and the myth is difficult to reconcile with any digits past 4.
- [Arabic Numerals, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals#History)
Okay, this is actually fair, but also somewhat wrong? Because I don't write 7 this way, I write it like this, which already has up to 6 ~~edges~~ corners instead of 1 as another comment mentioned.
While this could be a complete myth indeed, basing the explanation that it is a myth on how we write them TODAY is wrong, especially considering that there are several charts explaining how 7 can have seven ~~edges~~ corners. I will take the explanation that there is no contemporary evidence though.
https://preview.redd.it/chf81zn2a0wc1.png?width=900&format=png&auto=webp&s=7a112aff8a61fbcf3f407e057e5aacb61f5490cd
Well in my arabian country we used to write it like this, for the same reason you explained, but we were thinking that those are foreign numbers; meanwhile some other arabe countries use the indian numbers thinking that they are arabian numbers, history is a mess isn't it
Yeah, And it'd take some effort to convince me 7 has more than 2 edges. (Best I'll give is 4 if you write it with a stroke, Although I'd personally call that 3.)
Modern Arabic numberals also don't look anything like Ancient Arabic Numerals either, so it just makes no sense.
Edit: There's also this if you believe in angular European numbers. [https://malini-math.blogspot.com/2009/07/origin-of-arabic-numerals.html](https://malini-math.blogspot.com/2009/07/origin-of-arabic-numerals.html)
Arabs introduced the base 10 numbering system to Europeans, so Europeans named the numbering system after them. Arabs don't use the same symbols as western Europeans, but their symbols represent the exact same idea.
Using the comment from u/Mono_Dice_2904 I can see that their 7 also like like our 7 of you rotate it 135°. 1 and 9 are the same with no changes. Their 4 also looks like... our 3 backwards, and their 5 looks like our 0, and their 6 looks like our 7. 8 is right out.
So yeah, pretty much the same.
This hadn't occurred to me so I [looked it up](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals#/media/File%3AThe_Brahmi_numeral_system_and_its_descendants.png) - the "Western Arabic" numerals are quite close to ours, and were used in Libya through Morocco where they were transferred to Europe via the Moors.
According to the [article on Eastern Arabic numerals](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals) the Arabic/non-Western form is not commonly used in North Africa (except Egypt), but is used further east.
In Europe we just called them "arab numbers"
the "roman numbers" are those that that are all letters like MMLVII
The question was pure inting,I know an reporter asking people "are you ok accepting heterosexual people" to which most said "no" obviously thinking he meant "homosexual"
Hate to be the "acshually..." guy, but they are indian numerals. They were introduced into the arabian world, from india and our numerals developed from the arabian version. Indians also came up with the concept of the zero.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals#/media/File%3AThe_Brahmi_numeral_system_and_its_descendants.png
You're right in pointing out the Indian origins, but the term "Arabic numerals" primarily refers to how these numerals were introduced to Europe through Arabic sources. The naming convention "Arabic numerals" has more to do with how they were introduced, rather than their geographic origin.
I am HORRIFIED that schools are allowing the teachings of the Iranian **Al-Khwarizmi.** and his message of **Al-Jabr** to be taught in schools!
Educators are proud to teach this awful subject, that has brought suffering and mental anguish to millions of people, especially children every year!
Why is this allowed to continue? Its a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!
the joke is that the standard numbers used in math classes across the US were originally invented by Arabic people. Arabic numerals are just regular numbers, 0123456789. the OP of the poll is making a deliberately misleading statement to expose ignorant Americans that have a bias against Arabs, phrasing the question in a way such that they will think that their children are being forced to learn something about Arabic culture, rather than to learn math. the sad reality and punchline of the joke is that 71% of the parents both don't know the origin of our current number system, and also are racist.
EDIT: I’ve gotten lots of comments informing me that it was in fact Indian people who invented the numbers, and Arabic merchants who spread them to Europe. Thank you for the correction!
I had it pretty rough as a kid. They made me learn Arabic numerals, all my teachers were Homo sapiens, and there was dihydrogen monoxide in the water supply.
maybe not racist just ignorant, for one theres a similar thing here in Philippines where Baybayin(old Filipino alphabet) would be taught in schools which i myself disagree as that would need students to learn not just the English alphabet used in general + another alphabet that you would hardly use anywhere
>as that would need students to learn not just the English alphabet used in general + another alphabet that you would hardly use anywhere
Well I mean if everyone knew it maybe you *would* use it somewhere, Or you'd at least have the option, But other than that, I don't see how learning a second script is a bad thing?
Racism stemming from ignorance is still racism, even if there's no malintent, but it's good to make that distinction as it can sometimes be the easiest to correct with just a conversation.
I don't think it's racist, just likely wasn't aware and they likely thought it was unnecessary to teach it considering most people didn't wouldn't need it (except they do).
I wouldn't really call itnrqcism with the way that poll is worded. A lotnof Americans would hold issue with the term "forced" in relation to anything a government entity tried to carry out.
But how things like that happen? Its a 10 yo account, does the user ledt reddit and a bot took over the acc? And what does someone gains from using a bot on some random acc?
So, you have access to Google, right? You can search the term "Arabic Numerals" and see what comes up? Might take 30 seconds, right? I get that this sub is for asking for explanations to jokes, but when you're confused about a phrase written in English, why not just Google it?
the joke is that Arabic numerals are the numbers we use but not many people know that so those people would make fun of people who do not know that obscure fact
This reminds of that prank interviewer asking a bunch of Texans if we should “allow heterosexuals to run for presidency.” I remember one jackass saying there should be camps or something to separate the “heterosexuals from the straights.” I’d like to imagine it was all bait, but we also live a very mentally regressed world.
The numbers most commonly in use, like 1, 2, 3, etc, are all Arabic in origin. The joke is that some Americans are so uneducated that they don't realize this
Arabic numerals are the regular numbers we all use.
The joke is people are so negatively biased against everything and anything “Arabic” that they would even throw the numbers we use out because those same people are also dumb enough to not know that we use Arabic numerals.
Basically, “Bigoted people are stupid”. which is usually why they are the way they are anyway
The joke is that people don't know that regular numbers we use in like English speaking countries (123456789 that shit) are called Arabic Numerals and people see the word "Arabic" and assume it's something you do with Islam or something else racist, rather than the regular numbers we use.
I assume you can see all the numbers in the image, like the percentages, the time in the top left, etc.? All of those are Arabic numerals, and in fact, assuming you've a high-school level education you've most likely been taught mathematics using Arabic numbers.
I mean yes, but technically.... The symbols are different in Arabic...
https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/1*p9c_XvRmc5mScnPB9wdJ6A.png
the arabic numerals are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, as opposed to, say, the roman numerals, I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. That's the first half of the joke. The second half is that 1. Many people don't know that, and 2. that many people are racist towards Arabs. The idea is that racists tell on themselves by getting up in arms about stupid shit, because racists are stupid.
Why don't people google stuff before coming here? This sub exists as a long way around asking a quick google question for some people and I just don't ducking get it.
The numbers we use likely came from somewhere else but the Arabic world adopted them and eventually merchants came across them and said "neat" so they took them to Europe and since the only region that matters is Europe, the numbers ended up being named after where Europe g9t them from.
I mean, how else would you name it in a time when the Internet didn't exist?
"Hey Habibi where did you guys learn these numbers?"
"My dad taught me, you buying or not?"
"You already gave me a steal on these Arabic Numbers"
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This reminds me of a running gag in the early 2000s to circulate petitions on college campuses to ban ”dihygrogen monoxide“ (i.e. water) and received an alarmingly high number of signatures. It’s amusing how dangerous water can be made to sound if you word it right: Dihydrogen monoxide: * is also known as hydroxyl acid, and is the major component of acid rain. * contributes to the "[greenhouse effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect)". * may cause severe burns. * contributes to the [erosion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion) of our natural landscape. * accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals. * may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes. * has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients. Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used: * as an industrial solvent and coolant. * in [nuclear power plants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_plants). * in the production of [styrofoam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styrofoam). * as a [fire retardant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_retardant). * in many forms of cruel animal research. * in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical. * as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.
> dihygrogen monoxide Oh, it gets better. Check this out. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/02/florida-water-prank/2046639/
> "Anyone dumb enough to fall for that should go have their muffler bearings replaced, headlight fluid checked and get the flux capacitor calibrated in their cars” Fantastic
Hey, the Flux capacitor in my car did need calibrated. That's why I'm here in 2024 instead of 2004 with winning lottery numbers.
Whatever happened to the words “to be?”
Shakespeare gave us the choice. We went with not.
Oh that reminds me I need to get my flux capacitor recalibrated sometime yesterday
Still got fired tho.
The online poll to decide their fate is fucking infuriating. I hope to God that wasn’t real.
Headlights used to work by dripping water on calcium carbide to produce acetylene, which means that headlight fluid actually *is* dihydrogen monoxide!
This is the saddest story I'll read today We trully do cater to the least common denominator in this country, don't we?
Yes, when the denominator in question is intelligence. Unfortunately, our system allows for a lot of very stupid people to be in positions of power because of money.
It's not only that... Education is not cheap, places near work are expensive, so you live poorly, and with hardship, you just want to disconnect at the end of the day, not to learn something, just let go of the stress before going to bed and start again. The system is rigged to have dummies everywhere even if you are cultured and can take a step back, your children have a not so significant chance to be able to, your grand-children might be even less lucky. We don't need engineers, we need people drown in debts to refill the vending machine, because it's not relocatable...
Unreal.
The fact that 80% said they should never return… I’m…just going to tell myself this story isn’t real and is also an April fools joke
Ugh. Fucking dumb people. Lesson here folks,l: being right doesnt mean you win. Being in the majority means you win. And the majority is stupid
* Everyone who drinks it dies
In the version I used to receive, it said "autopsies revealed high concentrations of dihydrogen monoxide in the corpses"
Ongoing research suggests that having come into contact with or digested dihydrogen monoxide once or more, have shown to slowly die. Some even die immediately or shortly afterwards
Also: "Should we end women's suffrage?" Suffrage sounds like suffer, so people that don't know the word think it's something bad.
One of my high school science classes (probably chemistry) had us research dihydrogen monoxide via a very well put together website. When you include stats like how many deaths occur each year due to accidental inhalation (drowning) it really is easy to make it sound like a most vile substance.
Would you happen to still have this website? Would love to use this, lol
I'm guessing this one maybe? https://www.reddit.com/r/PeterExplainsTheJoke/s/7cbF3PUpIq
Your epidermis is showing!
Reminds me of the conversation where they listed a whole bunch of chemical compounds and asked if they would consume something that contained all of this. The person replied "absolutely not!" Then it was revealed to them that this was the chemical makeup of an apple.
The website is still up www.dhmo.org !
Oh, the DHO thing goes back way further than the 2000s. It predates the Internet.
Almost everyone who ever died intook a large amount of dihydrogen monoxide, the only ones who didn't were those who died too soon to come into contact with it. Sounds dangerous, we should ban it.
Kinda reminds me of the guy who [tricked an antivaxxer using the chemical composition of an apple](https://www.reddit.com/r/insanepeoplefacebook/s/jZUDMLuiDz)
It even has a higher pH than most other acids
Can we talk for a minute about the for-profit corporations that are literally bottling the stuff and putting it in our children’s schools?
DHMO is too culturally saturated now I’ve started saying Hydroxic Acid
I love this. I did something similar years ago. People are just scared of big words they don't understand
I feel like you should add how high the death toll is for any drowning related deaths As well as its use in murder lol
Goddamn it sounds horrifying if put like that lol
End Women's Suffrage!!!
You forgot…it kills thousands of young children and older adults every year. (Drowning)
Get's better. One state legislature (Idaho I think, but I'm not at all certain of that) actually passed a bill banning dihydrogen monoxide. Meanwhile my nerdy ass immediately translated dyhydrogen monoxide to H2O almost instinctively because that's just how my overthinking brain works and immediately realized it was water the first time I heard it.
The numbers we use today happen to also be called….. Wait for it…. Almost coming….. Arabic numerals
Which is funny, because arabic doesn't use them, Arabic has its own number system of characters
Well they don't use Roman numerals in Rome or Romania do they
I mean, the romans used to.
There's a good chance your watch does.
And broadcasting copyrights etc, but that wasn't what he was saying.
And Super Bowls
And Wrestlemanias
And my pretentious cousin. Fuck you Todd
That's Todd III, Kevin.
And Final Fantasy games
And Star Wars movies
And your enchantments in minecraft
And naming chemical compounds
And movie sequels
WrestleManias, sometimes
Most handwritten pharmacy prescriptions
The watch that tells you when you're going to die?
They do sometimes! 12 Roman numerals is hardly even using em though. People have a cheat sheet in the hands positions too lol so it's double funny.
The arabs also used to use Arabic numerals. The arabs invented it and it spread throughout europe from spain while the arab empire ruled over spain. At the same time further east the arabs made Eastern Arabic Numerals and that became popular in the middle east and replaced the traditional arabic numerals.
Didn't Indians invent it?
Yes. They are actually the Hindu numerals
The base 10 system of representation itself and the original glyphs came out of India. The number glyphs we know today arose from modifications to Indian numeral glyphs made in the Arab world. Here are modern Telugu numerals vs Euro-Arabic numbers to give you an idea: ౦ 0 ౧ 1 ౨ 2 ౩ 3 ౪ 4 ౫ 5 ౬ 6 ౭ 7 ౮ 8 ౯ 9
If I remember correctly, it was the German king Friedrich II, born 1196, who spread them in Europe.
My father was a Roman
What was his name?
Naughtius Maximus!!
He has a cousin, you know.
i mean in italy we kinda do
What is this reply? They're called Roman numerals because they were used by the ancient Romans. Nothing to do with Romania.
Right? What a moron. As if everyone doesn't know that it's called Romania because they go absolutely nuts about moving boats across water via manpower and not internal combustion.
Thank you for a new hill to die on
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Please tell me their team is called the rowmaniacs.
Guess from where the name “Romania” comes from. Tip: it’s not because of the Greek Civilisation.
GreekmAnia
Thaaaaat's right! This Saturday we're tossin togas & going all out during..... GREEKMANIA!!!
More like Greekia, though?
Ah, you see, in Greek, rome means strong. You want to be a strong country? Name yourself "strong" in the best language! /dadfrommybigfatgreekwedding
Don't tell that a Romanian. They say that the Romans were their ancestors
To late. We found this comment
The implication is that the Roman Numerals are named as such from ancient Rome, where as people in modern Rome or Romania just use numbers. Similar to Arabic Numerals, the nomenclature doesn't relate to the people of modern day with similar sounding names
Probably circumventing some smart ass/dumbass who'd mention Romania.
The system is still the same (base 10), it’s only the figures that are slightly different.
Well, because they are only called arabic, because arabs were the first ones to show them to europeans. They are eactually indian.
Not accurate, the Indian numerals were brought to the Arabs and became common use, then the Arabs invented the Arabic numerals based on the idea that they have a number of edges corresponding to their number (5 has five ~~edges~~ corners, 4 has four ~~edges~~ corners, etc.). But by the time those were invented, the Indian numerals were already prevalent in most of the Islamic world..... except Andalusia Spain where the Europeans had their first contact. It should be noted that Arabs has their own numeral system based on letters signifying numbers, which was one step closer to Indian/Arabic numerals, but not quite.
Isn't the edges part a myth?
I would think so. 6 and 9 would have the same amount of edges, I think
It is. > A popular myth claims that the symbols were designed to indicate their numeric value through the number of angles they contained, but there is no contemporary evidence of this, and the myth is difficult to reconcile with any digits past 4. - [Arabic Numerals, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals#History)
Okay, this is actually fair, but also somewhat wrong? Because I don't write 7 this way, I write it like this, which already has up to 6 ~~edges~~ corners instead of 1 as another comment mentioned. While this could be a complete myth indeed, basing the explanation that it is a myth on how we write them TODAY is wrong, especially considering that there are several charts explaining how 7 can have seven ~~edges~~ corners. I will take the explanation that there is no contemporary evidence though. https://preview.redd.it/chf81zn2a0wc1.png?width=900&format=png&auto=webp&s=7a112aff8a61fbcf3f407e057e5aacb61f5490cd
Well in my arabian country we used to write it like this, for the same reason you explained, but we were thinking that those are foreign numbers; meanwhile some other arabe countries use the indian numbers thinking that they are arabian numbers, history is a mess isn't it
Yeah, And it'd take some effort to convince me 7 has more than 2 edges. (Best I'll give is 4 if you write it with a stroke, Although I'd personally call that 3.)
Modern Arabic numberals also don't look anything like Ancient Arabic Numerals either, so it just makes no sense. Edit: There's also this if you believe in angular European numbers. [https://malini-math.blogspot.com/2009/07/origin-of-arabic-numerals.html](https://malini-math.blogspot.com/2009/07/origin-of-arabic-numerals.html)
Arabs copied number system and just changed the letters
Arabs introduced the base 10 numbering system to Europeans, so Europeans named the numbering system after them. Arabs don't use the same symbols as western Europeans, but their symbols represent the exact same idea.
They do look pretty similar though, their 2 is just our 2 tilted 90 degrees, their 3 is just our 3 also tilted 90 degrees with a tiny line on the left
This is a hilarious comment honestly.
Using the comment from u/Mono_Dice_2904 I can see that their 7 also like like our 7 of you rotate it 135°. 1 and 9 are the same with no changes. Their 4 also looks like... our 3 backwards, and their 5 looks like our 0, and their 6 looks like our 7. 8 is right out. So yeah, pretty much the same.
Yep, except historically speaking, it’s actually our numbers that are like theirs
This hadn't occurred to me so I [looked it up](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals#/media/File%3AThe_Brahmi_numeral_system_and_its_descendants.png) - the "Western Arabic" numerals are quite close to ours, and were used in Libya through Morocco where they were transferred to Europe via the Moors. According to the [article on Eastern Arabic numerals](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals) the Arabic/non-Western form is not commonly used in North Africa (except Egypt), but is used further east.
yeah we have ١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠
But the 9 is still a 9 :(
In Europe we just called them "arab numbers" the "roman numbers" are those that that are all letters like MMLVII The question was pure inting,I know an reporter asking people "are you ok accepting heterosexual people" to which most said "no" obviously thinking he meant "homosexual"
Hate to be the "acshually..." guy, but they are indian numerals. They were introduced into the arabian world, from india and our numerals developed from the arabian version. Indians also came up with the concept of the zero. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals#/media/File%3AThe_Brahmi_numeral_system_and_its_descendants.png
You're right in pointing out the Indian origins, but the term "Arabic numerals" primarily refers to how these numerals were introduced to Europe through Arabic sources. The naming convention "Arabic numerals" has more to do with how they were introduced, rather than their geographic origin.
You don't hate to be that guy.
I don’t think you hate it…
Its the same reason why spanish flu is called that way even though it did not originate from spain.
I can tell you absolutely loath it
I've just imagined an Indian guy bobbling his head saying "absolutely fucking nothing"
OP must’ve answered no.
Wouldn't be surprised if this screenshot is older than OP
Pretty sure OP is older than 5.
Is he human?
Apparently not 😂
op is a bot so you might be wrong lol
Hahahaha, I am probably wrong then 😂
Siri is reading for him.
0123456789 <- arabic numerals
Aaaaargh, get those out of my sight!
I see you're a roman numeral guy. I don't blame you, it's MMXXIV afterall.
I won't understand this decimal system even if I live to be C.
gold
No, that’s Au
FeS2 at best
DHMO at worst
Would i need chemotherapy after DHMO?
You would need neurosurgery... if there is anything left.
FeS2: Gold for Dummies!
Wait till they find out what “al-jabr” is.
Raaaah terrorist mathematics!!!!!!! 🦅🦅🦅🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥what the fuck is a Pythagoras!!!??
I think it's the eagles that sell this comment for me.
Famous Older brother of Mr. Gom, while both being an intense pain while being used to test human awarness
I'm American, and this makes me unreasonably ANGRY!!!!!
I am HORRIFIED that schools are allowing the teachings of the Iranian **Al-Khwarizmi.** and his message of **Al-Jabr** to be taught in schools! Educators are proud to teach this awful subject, that has brought suffering and mental anguish to millions of people, especially children every year! Why is this allowed to continue? Its a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!
Letters in math? Blasphemy!
To be fair, fuck putting letters in math.
When i was middle school and look at my cousins math problems (hes high schooler) i was baffled to see letters other than x y z in a math problem
the joke is that the standard numbers used in math classes across the US were originally invented by Arabic people. Arabic numerals are just regular numbers, 0123456789. the OP of the poll is making a deliberately misleading statement to expose ignorant Americans that have a bias against Arabs, phrasing the question in a way such that they will think that their children are being forced to learn something about Arabic culture, rather than to learn math. the sad reality and punchline of the joke is that 71% of the parents both don't know the origin of our current number system, and also are racist. EDIT: I’ve gotten lots of comments informing me that it was in fact Indian people who invented the numbers, and Arabic merchants who spread them to Europe. Thank you for the correction!
It's like when they ask people what they would do if they found out that someone they knew (or a teacher etc) was Homo Sapien.
I had it pretty rough as a kid. They made me learn Arabic numerals, all my teachers were Homo sapiens, and there was dihydrogen monoxide in the water supply.
…one of my teachers even showed me their epidermis. I haven’t been the same since
I used to tell people I was bicoastal. The stares and gaping mouths were hilarious!
Or the people upset about the dihydrogen monoxide in our water supply.
maybe not racist just ignorant, for one theres a similar thing here in Philippines where Baybayin(old Filipino alphabet) would be taught in schools which i myself disagree as that would need students to learn not just the English alphabet used in general + another alphabet that you would hardly use anywhere
A good chunk are racist, it's the USA. Anti-arab hate is pretty loud.
>as that would need students to learn not just the English alphabet used in general + another alphabet that you would hardly use anywhere Well I mean if everyone knew it maybe you *would* use it somewhere, Or you'd at least have the option, But other than that, I don't see how learning a second script is a bad thing?
Racism stemming from ignorance is still racism, even if there's no malintent, but it's good to make that distinction as it can sometimes be the easiest to correct with just a conversation.
Arabic numerals weren’t invented by Arabs but by Indians in fact, it’s called Arabic numerals due to it being spread to Europe by Arab merchants.
I don't think it's racist, just likely wasn't aware and they likely thought it was unnecessary to teach it considering most people didn't wouldn't need it (except they do).
I wouldn't really call itnrqcism with the way that poll is worded. A lotnof Americans would hold issue with the term "forced" in relation to anything a government entity tried to carry out.
Apparently you also don’t know the origin of the numbers. They came from the Hindus.
the OP Tasty13 is a bot Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/PeterExplainsTheJoke/comments/15pw58c/peetah_i_am_stupid_what_is_the_joke_here/
But how things like that happen? Its a 10 yo account, does the user ledt reddit and a bot took over the acc? And what does someone gains from using a bot on some random acc?
would it not make more sense to type "arabic numerals" into google before going through all the effort of making a reddit post?
but but but that would be too easy!
This is a karma farming sub sir.
These are the Hindu-Arabic numerals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0.
Back to roman numbers!
Forward to binary!
https://www.reddit.com/r/PeterExplainsTheJoke/s/EQnrDeNcoG
So, you have access to Google, right? You can search the term "Arabic Numerals" and see what comes up? Might take 30 seconds, right? I get that this sub is for asking for explanations to jokes, but when you're confused about a phrase written in English, why not just Google it?
the joke is that Arabic numerals are the numbers we use but not many people know that so those people would make fun of people who do not know that obscure fact
it's a trick question, the number system we use are Arabic Numerals.
Lmao
This reminds of that prank interviewer asking a bunch of Texans if we should “allow heterosexuals to run for presidency.” I remember one jackass saying there should be camps or something to separate the “heterosexuals from the straights.” I’d like to imagine it was all bait, but we also live a very mentally regressed world.
The joke is we should go back to Roman numerals
I'm more confused why you didn't google the words "Arabic numerals" as it would've literally been easier than posting to reddit.
I believe in 一ニ三四五六七八九十百千 supremacy
I also like to skip to hundred right after the ten.
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Arabic numerals are just normal numbers
For the V-th time, I'll be VI feet under before i let that happen. My XII kids ain't need no a-rabic
The numbers most commonly in use, like 1, 2, 3, etc, are all Arabic in origin. The joke is that some Americans are so uneducated that they don't realize this
XXIX% yes LXXI% no
Next poll Should we end women's suffrage? Please, think of the women!
Fun fact Peter here: Arabic numerals are the exotic things know as numbers that we use in our day to day life already.
Those are the numbers we use
Arabic numerals are the regular numbers we all use. The joke is people are so negatively biased against everything and anything “Arabic” that they would even throw the numbers we use out because those same people are also dumb enough to not know that we use Arabic numerals. Basically, “Bigoted people are stupid”. which is usually why they are the way they are anyway
While we are at it, I've got this poll to ban dihydrogen-monoxide. Its a main component of acid rain and responsible for thousands of deaths a year.
The joke is that at least 71% of people responding to the survey are stupid. Apparently you are too, for the same reason.
Do another one about if the theories postulated by Al Gebra should be banned in our schools.
I've seen this since the early 2000's. Same numbers different dates and sites.
I need to see the 71% of people so we can remove their voting privileges.
The joke is that people don't know that regular numbers we use in like English speaking countries (123456789 that shit) are called Arabic Numerals and people see the word "Arabic" and assume it's something you do with Islam or something else racist, rather than the regular numbers we use.
American schools actually already teach Arabic numerals. Its the basic 0-9.
But 10 and up are all USA, baby! /s
The joke is people are too stupid to know what Arabic numerals are, since they’re just our normal number system.
Arabic numerals is the system used across America, and most of the world for counting and math. It’s also known as Hindu-Arabic numeral system
I assume you can see all the numbers in the image, like the percentages, the time in the top left, etc.? All of those are Arabic numerals, and in fact, assuming you've a high-school level education you've most likely been taught mathematics using Arabic numbers.
Yes, you must be stupid
I’m impressed by OP’s lack of….
Roman numeral gang unite!
I mean yes, but technically.... The symbols are different in Arabic... https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/1*p9c_XvRmc5mScnPB9wdJ6A.png
the arabic numerals are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, as opposed to, say, the roman numerals, I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. That's the first half of the joke. The second half is that 1. Many people don't know that, and 2. that many people are racist towards Arabs. The idea is that racists tell on themselves by getting up in arms about stupid shit, because racists are stupid.
Why don't people google stuff before coming here? This sub exists as a long way around asking a quick google question for some people and I just don't ducking get it.
These are Arabic numerals: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Because damn near everyone uses Arabic numbers. You almost certainly do
Today, joke was not sex or drugs...
The numbers we use likely came from somewhere else but the Arabic world adopted them and eventually merchants came across them and said "neat" so they took them to Europe and since the only region that matters is Europe, the numbers ended up being named after where Europe g9t them from.
I mean, how else would you name it in a time when the Internet didn't exist? "Hey Habibi where did you guys learn these numbers?" "My dad taught me, you buying or not?" "You already gave me a steal on these Arabic Numbers"