They’re also trying to teach that in math classes (it gets called “new” math) but the boomers are freaking out because “why can’t they just do normal additions like we used to, this is so complicated”.

So, as a childless Xennial, I have to ask… is today’s “new math” the same “new math” that people complained about in the 60s?

https://youtu.be/W6OaYPVueW4

If so, that’s an awfully long time for something to be shunned as “new.”

we never need to just do a long division.

Truth. I recently got a neuropsych evaluation and part of it was an unexpected (to me) IQ test. And staring me in the face, for the first time in ~30 years, was a few pages of arithmetic problems. Took me a minute to recall how to do decimal multiplication but it did come back to me. Long division? Nope. Had no freaking clue. Given that it was timed I just left blank anything I couldn’t work out in my head. Maybe if I had time for trial and error I could have eventually figured it out. But one thing is for sure… the odds of me ever needing that skill again are fairly low.

As an American a couple months out from not being able to pay housing costs, I appreciate the empathy. Sorry about the cultural exports that have been going north.

Oh lord, this is the worst news to come from this week.

It was a high bar, but they cleared it.

They did (in the US). Bain Capital bled them dry and then sold off the scraps. There have been a few attempts to revive the brand but to my knowledge nothing has stuck yet.

Yes… yes I do.

Saw this posted recently and it fits quite nicely.

Bruh. Can I get some of that mellow? All I got is, like, the harsh, man.

Just give the head back and melt down the rest.