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[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Their shape is beautiful (from 3 to 9) but why were they not written on the same line?

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Pure elistism. 0 1 and 2 were the original high digits created by imperialist powers that reigned supreme for thousands of years.

After the first number wars, 3-9 started to demand equal rights at the bargaining table.

In order to keep the hierarchy in place, 6 and 8 were empowered as class traitor pawns to subjugate the other lower digits. Hence their perceived elevated status.

Why did 6 hate 7? Because 6 and 8 86'd anyone who didn't fall in line. No one even knows about digit [redacted] anymore.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

lowercase numbers, check my comment above if you're interested