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minus-squareVagabond@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up68·7 months agoIt really bugs me that someone highlighted and circled this as if they found this ironic error when it was written as a joke headline in the first place and it went clear over their head. The equivalent of red circles and arrows on thumbnails
minus-squareMasimatutu@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-27 months agoYeah, I agree. Believe me, I really searched for one without highlighting but to no avail. Edit: I know this is 10 years old, but it’s the best source I could find. It seems as though it is unclear whether this was intentional: https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/mathematics/naughty-numbers-in-the-news/?amp=1 It is still not clear whether the classic, “‘We hate math,’ say 4 in 10 – a majority of Americans”, was a clever joke or stupidity.
It really bugs me that someone highlighted and circled this as if they found this ironic error when it was written as a joke headline in the first place and it went clear over their head. The equivalent of red circles and arrows on thumbnails
Yeah, I agree. Believe me, I really searched for one without highlighting but to no avail.
Edit:
I know this is 10 years old, but it’s the best source I could find. It seems as though it is unclear whether this was intentional: https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/mathematics/naughty-numbers-in-the-news/?amp=1
It was probably Jay Leno.