I learned about negative numbers in third grade itself. Although, I initially believed that subtracting 3 from 2 was an unforgivable sin. Weird, right?

i learnt about negatives in 2nd grade lol

Exactly

learning about the 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 states of matter.

I knew about negatives since first grade just weren't allowed to use them

Same

1-2=-1
4-6=-2
9-12=-3
|3-7|=4
-|4-2|=-2
-|2-2|=-0
???