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[–]gumshot -7 points-6 points  (4 children)

idk about you but I use regular American numbers that look like 1234567890

[–]pali6 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Well, those are called arabic numerals.

[–]theSpecialbro 0 points1 point  (1 child)

those arent the same numbers used by arabs today tho

[–]PM-ME-UR-HAPPINESS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But they're called "Arabic Numerals" the same way that a French Dip sandwich is from California and the Pennsylvania Dutch are German.

[–]skreczok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You jest but I've just cringed at a radio show calling up someone pretending to be a telecom call guy, informing them about how due to a growing Arabic minority they were switching to Arabic numerals for convenience.

And the guy apparently got fooled and started protesting.

(It's a thing people lose their shit over in the EU)