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[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

Intentionally writing equations shittily is a special type of brain rot.

40 - (32 / 2) = ?

Ftfy.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 32 points 9 months ago

The cleverness is that it works either way

40-16=4!

8/2=4

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

But then there's no joke/trick.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Nothing wrong with the way it's written - division before subtraction.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

fun fact, ? = sqrt(-|x| / 0) for all real x