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Aussie105

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6. Well, high time they updated

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:32 PM

Nov 19

from the Roman numbering system.

I never got my mind around multiplying XVII by XIV!

But that is 17 times 14, and seeing my Roman calculator has a flat battery, I'm going to need to use my new fangled Arabic calculator.
(That's more of that there sarcy-asm!)

Great joke though. MAGA will spit chips!

What next?
Napoleonic Km and cms, L?

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BREAKING Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 OP

Boomer joke is cringe Seeking Serenity Nov 19 #1

Funny Alephy Nov 19 #2

. Sparkly Nov 19 #3

This seriously shows where we have landed Pachamama Nov 19 #4

This timeline is so fucked up fujiyamasan Nov 20 #11

And the Catholic Church will make pupils learn the Roman Numbering system. Jacson6 Nov 19 #5

Well, high time they updated Aussie105 Nov 19 #6

People often forget to carry the X sarisataka Nov 19 #8

Yes, Laura. It is both real and a joke. What you are missing is that . . . John1956PA Nov 19 #7

My friend is warning people that because Mamdani won New York, Sharia Law will be used. rickyhall Nov 19 #9

By God..my daughter, from now on, will use Roman Numerals. chouchou Nov 20 #10

Doesn't everyone think in binary now? It is the 21st century for goodness sake! pat_k Nov 20 #12

In accommodation to Laura Loomer's concerns, I ask her this: no_hypocrisy Nov 20 #13