The tweet and corresponding article are click bait. The order of operations isn’t a rule in math, but a rule among mathematicians to convey... order. Otherwise, equations are ambiguous (i.e. meaningless). Don’t waste your time.
I don't know why this equation stumped the internet. Order of precedence is something very, very axiomatic. If anything this equation proves or stating is the fact that ambiguous equation is total nonsense.
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