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Ray Bruns

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5. And don't get me started on how we are being forced to use those foreign "Arabic" numerals now!

Reply to Torchlight (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 12:58 PM

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Kick dalton99a 18 hrs ago #1

;-{)..... Goonch 18 hrs ago #2

But eggs are cheaper. progressoid 18 hrs ago #3

We'll be informed soon math is a liberal conspiracy Torchlight 18 hrs ago #4

And don't get me started on how we are being forced to use those foreign "Arabic" numerals now! Ray Bruns 18 hrs ago #5

All of STEM is a liberal conspiracy Soul_of_Wit 18 hrs ago #7

They love fuzzy math. littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #12

Wait til MAGA finds out English was invented in another country. yardwork 16 hrs ago #17

Don't worry, they'll probably do a purge of "non-English" words one of these days. "Non-English words means "words Martin68 16 hrs ago #23

It's those damned Arabic numerals, doncha know! 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #24

It's... BurnDoubt 6 hrs ago #36

Another kairos12 18 hrs ago #6

Bonus points for vocabulary! Googolplex indeed!! littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #13

You could use "gargoyle" in there, too. calimary 11 hrs ago #32

I'm fine, as long as I don't want to use electricity between 3 and 7 PM, from June thru September Soul_of_Wit 18 hrs ago #8

Gas will go down 50 cents and the general public will be appeased. See the pattern? twodogsbarking 17 hrs ago #9

Where is bread only $2.69 a loaf? wnylib 17 hrs ago #10

$4.99 here (SoCal) LoisB 17 hrs ago #14

In central Illinois, a 20 oz loaf of Kroger white bread $1.79 questionseverything 16 hrs ago #18

Wondered that too KT2000 13 hrs ago #27

Maybe he is looking at BidenRocks 17 hrs ago #11

We will be getting the whole: johnnyfins 17 hrs ago #15

Doesn't matter, they'll still blame Biden. Fil1957 17 hrs ago #16

Or you could say that all these items are worth the same, but the value of our money has gone down significantly. NBachers 16 hrs ago #19

Fixed It!!! BurnDoubt 6 hrs ago #37

exactly how i explain the dow jones average rampartd 5 hrs ago #41

As much as I would love to spread this meme ... aggiesal 16 hrs ago #20

"brings into question" Tasmanian Devil 15 hrs ago #25

The oil futures are just under $88 Old Crank 16 hrs ago #21

Well golly gee... Dave Id 16 hrs ago #22

Very useful! liberalla 14 hrs ago #26

Geez, where is that bread? Easterncedar 12 hrs ago #28

Do booze! Easterncedar 12 hrs ago #29

Thanks for the handy graphic! Hassler 11 hrs ago #30

Helping you go VIRAL! canetoad 11 hrs ago #31

All this "data" stuff is so woke. SpankMe 11 hrs ago #33

Source? Some numbers are suspect Betty Boom 8 hrs ago #34

Read a reference the other day... BurnDoubt 6 hrs ago #39

Get thee to a billboard Six117 7 hrs ago #35

Good list. GoodRaisin 6 hrs ago #38

A President asleep on the job struggle4progress 5 hrs ago #40