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Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools? (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 2 months ago by solrize@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Another post from betting market company Polymarket read: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals." The post has almost 14 million views.

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[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago

Get me the fuck off this planet.

[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 15 points 2 months ago

Ragebaiting at its finest 🤌

[–] LitTheFox0@pawb.social 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

is it same lie was made on Kamala Harris during the 2024 election? now on Zohran Mamdani?

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago

Newsweek is seriously trying to take a dry and completely humorless approach on this "story"

:-\

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I sure fucking hope so. They're way more common than the Roman ones.

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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

The left posts the meme to point out that there are people ignorant enough to believe that nonsense. I did it yesterday. The right posts the meme because they are ignorant enough to believe it or are rage baiting people who are ignorant enough to believe it. We are not the same.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

Fortunately, Donald Jesus (republican vesion) Trump will sign executive order banning Arabic numerals nation wide. Thanks to a political contribution from Disney, we will all be forced to use the Predator number system to help movie tickets for Badlands. All computer systems will have 1 month to update.

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Where do they think numbers in English came from

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

My god, the red conservatives and the blue conservatives are so incredibly hysterical.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

You voted for this! reeeEEEEEEE

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Jesus Christ, people are fucking idiots.

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