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@NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Louisiana's new "Ten Commandments" law actually contains eleven commandments

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Louisiana's new "Ten Commandments" law actually contains eleven commandments

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@NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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There is absolutely nothing funny about the new law that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry just signed (as a child fainted behind him) that requires all public classrooms to display a…
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    35•1 year ago

    I mean aren’t numbers invented by Arabics anyway? What’s the point at ending with 9 and 10 when they could go full 9 and 11? /s

    • @punseye@lemmy.world
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      13•1 year ago

      Invented by Hindus in India, spread by Arabs.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu-Arabic_numeral_system

      • 𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢
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        17•1 year ago

        That joke flew over your head into a large office building.

        • @Maalus@lemmy.world
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          13•1 year ago

          I don’t think so, it just wasn’t funny

          • Flax
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            2•1 year ago

            nerd

            • @Maalus@lemmy.world
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              4•1 year ago

              K

    • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      7•1 year ago

      Haha, a racism! Much funny!

    • @Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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      2•1 year ago

      Ewww Arab numbers in MY FREEDOM LANGUAGE?!

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