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A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months (www.engadget.com)
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[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This kind of problem falls under “communicating badly and acting smug when misunderstood”.

No it doesn't. It falls under adults forgetting the rules of Maths.

Use parenthesis and the problem goes away

There is no problem, other than adults who have forgotten the rules.