• I really want to have a good discussion about this

    says person who deleted their previous post when I proved how wrong it was 😂

    it is not possible with your debate style

    There’s no debate - the rules are in Maths textbooks, which you want to pretend don’t exist

    You fail to understand the argument your opponent is making

    You haven’t got one. That’s why you keep pretending Maths textbooks don’t exist

    By divorcing each partial statement from its surrounding context

    says person who deleted one of their posts to remove the context. 😂 The context is the rules of Maths, in case you needed to be reminded 😂

    you are likely to change its meaning

    Nope. I’m still talking about the rules of Maths 😂

    You are not making a point of your own

    Ok, so here you are admitting to comprehension problems. Which part did you not understand in addition and subtraction can be done in any order? 😂

    You are simply stating facts, opinions, or misunderstandings as if they are self-evidently true

    You left out backing it up with textbook screenshots and worked examples 😂

    without knowing why you believe them to be true.

    There’s no belief involved. It’s easy enough to prove it yourself by doing the Maths 😂

    it’s very easy to state two contradictory things without realizing it

    And yet I never have. Why do you think that is? 😂

    “No they can’t. The rules are universal”

    Which is correct

    “It’s only a convention, not a rule, as just proven”

    Which is also correct, and in no way contradicts the previous point, and I have no idea why you think it does! 😂 The first point is about the rules, and the second point is about conventions, which isn’t even the same thing

    this also makes it hard for people to find the mistakes

    That’s because I’m not making any 😂

    I can see that you don’t fully understand what I mean by “operator precedence”

    Says person who in their other post claimed “addition first” for -1+3+2 is -(1+3+2) = -6, and not +(3+2)-1=4 😂

    If your opponent also used this debate style,

    Which you don’t, given you have no evidence whatsoever to back up your points with 😂

    ends up entirely divorced from the initial meaning

    I’ve been on-point the whole time, and you keep trying to deflect from how wrong your statements are 😂

    Please do not take these as insults

    Well, obviously not, given I just proved they were all wrong 😂

    allows you to understand why people know the brackets matter.

    Except I’ve proven, repeatedly, that they don’t, and so now you’re trying to deflect from that (and deleted one of your posts to hide the evidence of how wrong you are) 😂

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      I’m falling for the troll here but I feel compelled to point out that you did NOT read the post I deleted lmao. I deleted it because I posted it before you “responded” to my points. Go check it out, I just restored it.

      I should clarify that I haven’t responded to your “points” because there is nothing worth responding to. Your arguments can all be debunked by reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations, so I didn’t bother doing it myself.

      To avoid any further temptation to respond I will be blocking you. Your absence from my future will be greatly appreciated. I feel that the deleted post is in itself a very good final word to this disappointment of a “conversation” even if it is not entirely accurate. Goodbye.

      • I’m falling for the troll here

        Just as well for you I’ve provided all the necessary evidence to prove them wrong then

        I’m honestly disappointed that you just downvoted and left

        BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I DIDN’T leave, quite demonstrably.

        Challenging your beliefs with contrary ideas is the only way to improve them and understand the world in a more comprehensive and accurate way

        So how come you won’t then?

        I should clarify that I haven’t responded to your “points” because there is nothing worth responding to

        In other words, you have been proven wrong by them

        Your arguments can all be debunked by reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations

        Wikipedia can be comprehensively debunked by MATHS TEXTBOOKS - you know, those things you refuse to look at because they prove you are wrong 😂

        I didn’t bother doing it myself.

        So in other words, Wikipedia is all you had, and, having been disproven by Maths textbooks, you’ve got nothing

        I will be blocking you

        An admission of defeat then

        I feel that the deleted post is in itself a very good final word to this disappointment of a “conversation”

        Feel free to unblock me when you’re ready to take your own advice

        if it is not entirely accurate

        Just like all your other posts then

        Goodbye

        Don’t let the door hit you on the way out