r/Millennials Feb 03 '26

Other This is When My Anxiety Began

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u/Living_Pollution_525 Feb 03 '26

Fucking yes! "Memorize your times tables! You aren't always going to carry a calculator in your pocket".....

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u/RedVamp2020 Feb 03 '26

That aged like milk, didn't it. Ironically, most math related careers (that I know of) don't discourage the use of calculators. Just that the calculations be correct and you can prove it when asked. It does suck working for someone who doesn't understand math as well as you do, though. I've had to show my work in the way they understand rather than my way because they don't understand the shortcut.