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Taste buds are arranged by flavor in four sections of the tongue. Complete load of horseshit.
Multiplication tables (I still know them mostly). I have a calculator on damn near every device now.
Things will always get better <-- this one is the biggest lie of them all
The multiplication table is still fact even if you have a calculator.
6 x 6 mothefuckers. Y'all tell me that didn't immediately form "36" in your brain.
I was thinking of a bed for some reason
Nope, went through "(6 Γ 5) + 6". Slightly slower, but much more flexible since you can do that with any (base 10 representation of a) number that has a reasonable number of digits.
What? How is multiplying by 5 more convenient than any other number?
When dealing with base 10 representations, multiplying by 10 is a simple matter of adding zeroes;
dividing numbers that end with a zero by two is (usually) an afterthought;
doing both operations in that sequence is (usually) equally trivial, the only effortful thing I have to do is adding or subtracting a multiplicand, once or twice or thrice.
It's not easier than having the result imprinted in my memory, but it cuts away ~ three quarters of the table.
Is it so bad to know your multiplication tables? Itβs lowk a quality of life thing yknow. imo itβs just a good thing to know so you arenβt entirely reliant on the calculator for an answer.
I need to use multiplication at work every single day, it's extremely handy to remember them.