Basic arithmetic Memes

The question is literally 2 + 2 × 4, and thanks to PEMDAS (order of operations), the correct answer is 10. Multiplication comes before addition, so it's 2 + 8 = 10. Simple enough, right? Except 59% of people confidently chose 16, presumably by just going left to right like they're reading a cereal box. They did 2 + 2 = 4, then 4 × 4 = 16, completely ignoring the mathematical hierarchy that's been around since forever. Meanwhile, poor 10 is sitting there watching itself get absolutely demolished in the polls, wondering what it did to deserve this disrespect. The real tragedy? The other 33% of people split between 15, 14, and 13—answers so wrong they require creative interpretation of basic arithmetic. It's like watching someone confidently solve 2 + 2 and getting 5. The number 10 really did suffer a coma watching humanity collectively forget elementary school math.

The mathematical epiphany after consuming certain substances is a time-honored tradition. Our protagonist is having a profound realization about multiplication properties that would make elementary school teachers proud (or concerned). He's rediscovering the fundamental properties of zero and one in multiplication with the intensity of someone who just unlocked the secrets of the universe. The expression on his face says it all - that moment when basic arithmetic feels like quantum physics. Truly the Archimedes of the couch, shouting "Eureka!" about something we all learned in second grade. Mathematical revelations hit different when you're... relaxed.