• TheKingBee@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      No, it’s written poorly to drive engagement. People read left to right and try to do math that way too, but if you want to be mean to people who don’t remember things they learned in elementary school then never applied in real life you write it like OP.

      (8-5)5+2

      Far easier for most people, but then you don’t get the arguments…

      • Tyro@lemmy.world
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        6 hours ago

        Yes, thank you! Sure, it’d be great if people remembered arithmetic rules, but just write it better and it won’t matter.