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You have 15$. How would you spend it so that you'll be the happiest you can be for 15$ ? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by red_pigeon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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And yes you have to spend it all

Edit: There are a lot of little good things in these answers that I often ignore. Thanks everyone.

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[–] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Buy an internet ad that tells people the damn dollar sign goes BEFORE the number.

[–] red_pigeon@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

It is funny to see comments like these trying to find creative ways of being pedantic lol

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Not in Europe. We put our currency behind the number and our decimal is a "," instead of a "."
Instead we divide thousands by empty spaces or "." (at least in Germany).

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but this is specifically a dollar sign, and in every country that uses dollars, the $ goes before the number.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not in Canada.

The prices in French have the dollar sign at the end, while in English it's at the front.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

More accurately, in English the currency type precedes the number, regardless of what currency it is.

[–] ECB@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly, in europe this seems to vary by country!

I was just thinking that I wasn't sure which was correct, but it seems both are actually acceptable in Germany although after the number is preferred

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

Interesting. Didnt know nor expected a whole wikipedia article about that topic alone....

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

And then there's whatever they do in India, where a comma indicates the thousands place, but then they put commas every two numbers....

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

not always. It's a combination of 3 spaces for some, and 2 for others.

[–] the_doktor@lemmy.zip -1 points 5 months ago

Why is your decimal a comma and the separator a full stop? A comma continues a thought just like it continues a number, and a full stop (period) separates sentences, much like it separates a whole and fractional part of a number. Your system is ass-backwards and you fucking know it. You should be ashamed of it.

[–] mihor@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

But which is 'before' the number? We use arabic numbers so they're actually reversed...