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[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Depends if the kid said "four!" or "four factorial"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

all maths must be said in a neutral tone lest you imply factorials

[–] Dasus 12 points 6 months ago

Almost as if the joke relies on the fact that in written form those are the same.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s how I say factorial though I just yell

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

So Italians mathematicians put everything in factorial