"People who say fractions are better than decimals…

“People who say fractions are better than decimals are missing the point” is a math pun that was posted on Twitter by Jack McFadden on July 24, 2015. “If you are converting decimals to fractions, you are missing the point” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on January 25, 2018. “My friend refuses to believe that working with decimals is easier than working with fractions. He is missing the point” was posted on Reddit—3amjokes on September 14, 2018.

The missing “point” is the decimal point.

Wikipedia: Decimal separator
A decimal separator is a symbol used to separate the integer part from the fractional part of a number written in decimal form.

Twitter
Jack McFadden
@ledzeppjack
People who say fractions are better than decimals are missing the point.
11:25 AM - 24 Jul 2015

Twitter
Diana
@DayanaOryas
“People who prefer fraction over decimals are missing the point” 😂👏🏻
11:18 AM - 1 Oct 2017

Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/porichoygupto January 25, 2018
If you are converting decimals to fractions, you are missing the point.

Twitter
Tim Henry
@melaexec
If you are converting decimals to fractions, you are missing the point.
12:16 PM - 26 Jan 2018

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/porichoygupto January 27, 2018
If you are always converting decimals to fractions,
you are missing the point.

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/porichoygupto March 6, 2018
If you never convert fractions to decimals,
You are missing the point.
COMMENTS
SerGeffrey
True. But if you try to move the denominator into the numerator, you’ve crossed the line.

Reddit—3amjokes
My friend refuses to believe that working with decimals is easier than working with fractions.
submitted September 14, 2018 by porichoygupto
He is missing the point.

Twitter
Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
My friend refuses to believe that working with decimals is easier than working with fractions.
He’s missing the point.
10:57 AM - 17 Sep 2018

Reddit—3amjokes
Posted by u/porichoygupto April 23, 2019
My friend thinks it’s easier to deal with fractions than with decimals.
I think he’s missing the point.