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[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Me: consistently using the Distributive Law throughout the thread.

Nope. Let's go to the screenshots again...

I showed you two

Nope, you showed Wikipedia, which is known to be wrong, as per Maths textbooks

True, but reading again carefully would change what you thought was written

Nope. Still says add all positive numbers first! 😂

You think all maths knowledge only comes from school textbooks!

Never said anything of the sort liar, which is why you're unable to quote me saying that. I did say to you, repeatedly, that you are unable to cite any Maths textbooks that support you, and so far you have proven that to be true, since you haven't cited any maths textbooks. You really do need to work on that poor comprehension of yours 😂

Nope, see screenshot of you saying they are the same

Nope! That was you! Here we go...

so you don’t know what “context” is

Says person who can't even remember what he said, despite me posting screenshots of him saying it 😂

In which case they will often make mistakes, as shown by the “9 minus whatever plus something” equation I did

In which you failed that anyone at all has ever done it like that, other than you 😂

I get that you’re only on your “day two on the Internet” so you’re not aware of it, but these kinds of equations cause people A LOT of trouble

Says person who can't show anyone having trouble with it, thus revealing himself as the Day 2 person 😂

I get what you’re saying. That if

Where you then went on to say something completely unrelated to anything I said, thus proving you don't get what I'm saying 😂

I hope, you get where this line of thinking fails, right?

Which would maybe be why I never said anything of the sort 😂

so you’re saying that a site teaching maths is wrong

Yep, there's a lot of them. Welcome to what happens when people don't have to have Maths qualifications to write a Maths website. Welcome to the Internet Day 2 person! 😂

your proof is

Maths textbooks

A is not before S

So, it's not bedmAS and pemdAS?? 😂

A is equal to S in the order of operations

Which means you can do them in any order, including doing A BEFORE S, a concept you are having a lot of trouble with 😂 having claimed that led people to get wrong answers, like 9-3+2=4, which so far you've not shown anyone making that mistake other than you 😂

PEMDAS and BODMAS (where, I’m sure your keen eye will notice, the D and M are flipped)

and are not written as PE(MD)(AS) and BE(DM)(AS), which you claimed is important to remember, and still haven't backed up with any evidence whatsoever! 😂

Addition and subtraction also work together. You can do subtraction first, or you can do addition first

Yep, as I've been telling you all along. So where's this bit about "it's important to remember PE(MD)(AS)" then? Not anywhere in this source 😂

So, there’s that

Which doesn't support your argument that it's PE(MD)(AS), so there's that 😂

I thought you were capable of checking the sources on the bottom of the article.

Which also weren't Maths textbooks, as I already pointed out to you 😂

wouldn’t consider actual mathematical research as sources

Mr. Lack of Comprehension still not understanding the words MATHS TEXTBOOKS 🤣🤣🤣

I hope the university article links above will be good enough?

Do you need to get your mum to read this out to you to spot the difference between the phrases "Maths textbooks" and "University article"? 😂

You have an extremely weird fixation on brackets

You were the one who made the claim about the brackets. I'm just debunking your rubbish claim about the brackets 😂

The only thing we’ve debunked is your understanding of mathematical fundamentals and reading skills.

says someone who can't tell the difference between Maths textbooks, and any one of a dozen other things 😂

You caught me on misremembering one of the couple of examples I gave you!

Lying is the word you're looking for, and more than a couple

So now, again, why did you start talking about 1 + 3 if the examples were 2 - 2 and 2 / 2?

Take you own advice - go back and read it slowly this time 😂 Still says the same thing as when I first said it

Awww… You can’t answer these questions?

No, you can't defend your claim, so you keep deflecting

And where are the brackets, friend?

Speaking of being fixated on brackets 😂

as I see you’ll just never let go of this misconception of yours, here you are:

Still not a Maths textbook. Have you noticed yet that you haven't been able to cite any Maths textbook that supports your claims?? 😂

You can see the exact same notation as I used

That wasn't from a Maths textbook

When you read the rest of that Level 1 introductory lesson

It still won't be a Maths textbook

it’s OK to have a vivid imagination, but you’re just making yourself look silly when you talk about it with others as if it’s fact

The proof is in this thread 😂

Setting pronumerals to 1 is the same as just removing them from the notation completely

which means it is totally valid to add all positive numbers first, as per the textbook which had an example with pronumerals and did just that😂

I firmly believe that we can get you to understand the whole thing within a week!

says person who still doesn't understand what the words "Maths textbooks" MEANS 😂

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, mate, TLDR.

I skimmed through it, I'm glad you learned some new concepts, still find it hilarious that you're then trying to turn it around and pretend like I didn't understand something, but it's all good fun.

Enjoy your newfound knowledge and maybe work on not being so prickly.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, mate, TLDR

I'll take that as an admission of being wrong then

I skimmed through it, I’m glad you learned some new concepts

I've no idea whose comments you skimmed through, but clearly not mine. I've been saying the same thing from start to finish, and you eventually contradicted yourself 😂

you’re then trying to turn it around and pretend like I didn’t understand something

says someone trying to pretend he did 😂

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 21 hours ago

I’ll take that as an admission of being wrong then

Whatever makes you feel better. :)

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You incompetent fraud, that's a different person - me. It's easy to lose track when literally everyone is calling out your bullshit.

Here's you quoting a textbook that says to solve inside the brackets first, even without a mulitply sign.

Here's you quoting a textbook that says you must do the opposite of that.

And as a bonus, here's you getting 2(3+5)^2^ wrong.

I am looking for how to politely contact your instance's admins about your behavior.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 0 points 21 hours ago

You incompetent fraud, that’s a different person

That would be because you are replying to my reply to them and not my reply to you, which makes you the incompetent fraud 😂

It’s easy to lose track when literally everyone is calling out your bullshit

says someone who actually lost track and is replying to my reply to someone else 😂

Here’s you quoting a textbook that says to solve inside the brackets first, even without a mulitply sign.

In other words, The Distributive Law, as I've been saying all along, yes, and your point is?

Here’s you quoting a textbook that says you must do the opposite of that.

Nope! Says the exact same thing - Distribute BEFORE REMOVING BRACKETS which is exactly what the previous one did. I have no idea why you think they contradict each other 😂

And as a bonus, here’s you getting 2(3+5)2 wrong.

Nope! Getting it right, Brackets before exponents, as per the order of operations rules, found in Maths textbooks 😂

I am looking for how to politely contact your instance’s admins about your behavior.

Because there's something wrong with fact checking?? 😂 Students usually appreciate finding out where they went wrong, but not you, obviously, and somehow that's an issue for an admin?? 😂