this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 22 hours ago

I’M LAUGHING SO HARD. NO IDEA WHY.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He can count just fine, though. It's multiplication he has trouble with 🤷

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Which is basically just counting a certain distance as long as it's just integers.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I remember the day I learned how multiplication worked.

I described it as adding repeatedly.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's like saying algebra is just spelling with a twist 😄

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

How so? Isn't using the successor of a successor until you reach 0 or 1 standard for natural numbers or ints?

[–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this an arithmetic problem or a vocabulary problem?

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'M LAUGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW, HE SAID SHIT TO HIS OWN SON!

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

So happy that last part was left on otherwise I wouldn’t have known to laugh so hard

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't get it. It's this a reference to something else?

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Well, people didn't have computers to replicate a drawing into their cartoon at that time.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

HAHA that is funny as hell!