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.

  • Bjarne@feddit.org
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    24 hours ago

    I love that too, but I feel like we have to make them smart and not angry :(

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        10 hours ago

        Fuck man! It’s called school!

        That mindset is just so disappointing… I mean, why would you even say that? It’s like a statement that immediately backfires, because it makes it sound like you’re the one not thinking!

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        20 hours ago

        Literally what schools are for (in this context where you are using stupid as a synonym for uneducated)

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      17 hours ago

      You cannot teach a pig to sing. Well, you can teach, but don’t expect it to work…