@nicklecompte@mastodon.social To be clear I didn't write the reddit post! Nor could've. (Admittedly we do both have strange usernames that begin with a 'g'...)

Interesting that using non-meaningful symbols isn't apparently enough to make the issue go away either. Hmm.

FWIW being able to give a correct count "off the cuff" seems analogous to subitizing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subitizing