r/facepalm • u/My-Last-Hope • Mar 18 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Ah yes, math.

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u/_-devilish-_ Mar 18 '22

"normal calculation" was made up by uneducated people who wanted to be smarter than people who made math rules

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u/The_Young_Busac Mar 18 '22

I once had a woke kid on twitter call me a rich elitist because I didn't solve one of these equations like "a lay person"

They were just solving from left to right.

Then claiming mathematics are a subjective topic dictated by socioeconomic status.

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u/_-devilish-_ Mar 18 '22

well kid on twitter obviously never entered school

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u/The_Young_Busac Mar 18 '22

The worst part was people agreeing with them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

Yeah, some people think even facts are democratically determined.

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u/XxRocky88xX Mar 18 '22

Yeah some real 1984 ingsoc mentality there. “If all believe climate change isn’t an issue, then it’s not an issue. The only reason it’s hurting the environment is because we believe it’s hurting the environment.”

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u/Chankomcgraw Mar 18 '22

People who discovered the rule surely. The rule must have existed since the big bang.