Is this an arithmetic problem or a vocabulary problem?
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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I'M LAUGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW, HE SAID SHIT TO HIS OWN SON!
So happy that last part was left on otherwise I wouldn’t have known to laugh so hard
He can count just fine, though. It's multiplication he has trouble with 🤷
Which is basically just counting a certain distance as long as it's just integers.
That's like saying algebra is just spelling with a twist 😄
I remember the day I learned how multiplication worked.
I described it as adding repeatedly.
To me repeating something a finite number of times implies iterating in order which is basically counting. But that might be because I do a lot of maths and programming.
I don't get it. It's this a reference to something else?
Well, people didn't have computers to replicate a drawing into their cartoon at that time.
HAHA that is funny as hell!
I’M LAUGHING SO HARD. NO IDEA WHY.