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[โ€“] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You know what really gets me about these threads? Everybody being like "Can you believe Americans are stupid enough to comprehend fractions? I'm too smart to comprehend fractions."

[โ€“] rutellthesinful@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

thinking that knowing that 1/3 * 1/8 = 1/24 is something that anybody wouldn't know is stupid

the point is the impracticality of the result being essentially equivalent to 95/3