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IronLionZion

(50,486 posts)
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:21 PM Nov 22

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 Nov 22 OP
OMG....well, kind of expected from the maggot class. Lochloosa Nov 22 #1
Turning NY islamic is as easy as 1 2 3 lame54 Nov 22 #2
just wait until Mamdani requires lapfog_1 Nov 22 #3
And then there will be Arabic Astronomy VMA131Marine Nov 22 #5
Ohhh, NOESSSS!1!!!1!! 😱😱😱😱 electric_blue68 Sunday #11
And don't forget Greek symbols Rigpa108 Sunday #15
Needs to be required reading for all sentient Americans over the age of 5. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 22 #4
The ones who need it can't read at that level...... lastlib Nov 22 #7
While we chuckle..... OAITW r.2.0 Sunday #8
Sines and cosines must be bi-trans. rubbersole Sunday #14
DUZY😺 I_UndergroundPanther Sunday #16
Great job of double meaning/use of tangent. Norrrm Sunday #18
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9....... Jack Valentino Nov 22 #6
Sounds like great trolling to me. OAITW r.2.0 Sunday #9
From a short film from the sixties "Why Man Creates" Thunderbeast Sunday #10
Young Sheldon talks about zero. Norrrm Sunday #12
ROFL! They should do imaginary numbers next IronLionZion Sunday #17
Funny but scary. 3catwoman3 Sunday #13
Some history of Arabic numerals Norrrm Sunday #19

lapfog_1

(31,489 posts)
3. just wait until Mamdani requires
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:29 PM
Nov 22

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

VMA131Marine

(5,130 posts)
5. And then there will be Arabic Astronomy
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:45 PM
Nov 22

Many of the brightest stars have names based on Arabic words

Aldebaran
Rigel
Vega
Achernar
Betelgeuse

Etc.

lastlib

(27,266 posts)
7. The ones who need it can't read at that level......
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:56 PM
Nov 22

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!

Thunderbeast

(3,739 posts)
10. From a short film from the sixties "Why Man Creates"
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 12:10 AM
Sunday

Cartoon Characters

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

Man 2: What?

Man 1: Nothing, Nothing...

Norrrm

(3,573 posts)
19. Some history of Arabic numerals
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 12:01 PM
Sunday

Last edited Sun Nov 23, 2025, 12:56 PM - Edit history (1)

Arabic numerals are the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 that are part of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system. This system is the most common number system worldwide today, though its origin is in ancient India, not the Arab world. The numerals spread to Europe via the Arab world, which is why they are often called "Arabic numerals".

The real Arabic numbers in the Arab world are different than what we commonly know as the "Arabic numerals", but folks cannot expect the radical right to know the difference.

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