I was pissed when I found out about them too. Calling them "imaginary numbers" didn't help I think. You lose people with snappy slogans like imaginary.
I had a moment like that when I thought I was being smart but was actually being an idiot. In like first grade reading there was a question about why a joke in the book was funny, and instead of explaining the joke I deadass tried to explain the concept of humor because I couldn't process what they were actually asking.
Me in 6th grade math class
I was pissed when I found out about them too. Calling them "imaginary numbers" didn't help I think. You lose people with snappy slogans like imaginary.
Lol I legitimately got laughed at by my class for asking what a "real" number was because of this.
I was just a philosophical layer ahead of them is all. I'm totally not a dumbass
I had a moment like that when I thought I was being smart but was actually being an idiot. In like first grade reading there was a question about why a joke in the book was funny, and instead of explaining the joke I deadass tried to explain the concept of humor because I couldn't process what they were actually asking.