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IronLionZion

(50,427 posts)
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:21 PM 7 hrs ago

The Internet Cannot Stop Laughing At MAGA Completely Missing This Joke (Arabic Numerals)

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/arabic-numeral-troll

The account @Polymarket posted this claim that mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would "require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals."



MAGAs in the comments melted down.



We have "Didn't Trump just make English the official language of the USA? This is asinine."



Another person said, "No! American numerals only! Not terrorist numerals."



And a bunch of people saying something to the extent of: "The Islamification of New York begins."



This was enjoyable!

More links:

https://www.10news.com/news/fact-or-fiction/fact-or-fiction-mamdani-to-introduce-rules-requiring-schools-to-teach-arabic-numerals

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-mamdani-arabic-numerals-new-york-schools-11079540
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The Internet Cannot Stop Laughing At MAGA Completely Missing This Joke (Arabic Numerals) (Original Post) IronLionZion 7 hrs ago OP
OMG....well, kind of expected from the maggot class. Lochloosa 7 hrs ago #1
Turning NY islamic is as easy as 1 2 3 lame54 7 hrs ago #2
just wait until Mamdani requires lapfog_1 7 hrs ago #3
And then there will be Arabic Astronomy VMA131Marine 7 hrs ago #5
Ohhh, NOESSSS!1!!!1!! 😱😱😱😱 electric_blue68 6 hrs ago #11
And don't forget Greek symbols Rigpa108 4 hrs ago #15
Needs to be required reading for all sentient Americans over the age of 5. OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #4
The ones who need it can't read at that level...... lastlib 7 hrs ago #7
While we chuckle..... OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #8
Sines and cosines must be bi-trans. rubbersole 5 hrs ago #14
DUZY😺 I_UndergroundPanther 4 hrs ago #16
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9....... Jack Valentino 7 hrs ago #6
Sounds like great trolling to me. OAITW r.2.0 6 hrs ago #9
From a short film from the sixties "Why Man Creates" Thunderbeast 6 hrs ago #10
Young Sheldon talks about zero. Norrrm 6 hrs ago #12
Funny but scary. 3catwoman3 6 hrs ago #13

lapfog_1

(31,456 posts)
3. just wait until Mamdani requires
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:29 PM
7 hrs ago

the middle schoolers to learn Arabic equations! It even has a terrorist name al-gebra!!!

VMA131Marine

(5,127 posts)
5. And then there will be Arabic Astronomy
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:45 PM
7 hrs ago

Many of the brightest stars have names based on Arabic words

Aldebaran
Rigel
Vega
Achernar
Betelgeuse

Etc.

lastlib

(27,202 posts)
7. The ones who need it can't read at that level......
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:56 PM
7 hrs ago

And wait'll those kids get exposed to that radical Greek terror group, Trigonom-etri! Their cells are called "triangles", and to solve them, their sines and cosines have to be known. And they ARE allied with some of those Arabic numerals and al-Gebra terrorists. OMG! They'll be going off on some crazy tangents when the kids have to get into that!

OAITW r.2.0

(31,098 posts)
8. While we chuckle.....
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 12:01 AM
7 hrs ago

that level of intelligence is being imparted to future US voters.

Thunderbeast

(3,728 posts)
10. From a short film from the sixties "Why Man Creates"
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 12:10 AM
6 hrs ago

Cartoon Characters

Man 1: Allah be praised! I've invented the zero!

Man 2: What?

Man 1: Nothing, Nothing...

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