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minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoMy favorite is gas is (for example) 2.99 and 9/10ths. Talk about desperately reaching for that left-digit bias.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoWhenever I visit the US and see the gas stations with the 9/10 cent sticker pasted on the signs it makes me laugh internally.
minus-squareHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoHere in the UK our petrol prices end in .9 pence 🙃
My favorite is gas is (for example) 2.99 and 9/10ths. Talk about desperately reaching for that left-digit bias.
Whenever I visit the US and see the gas stations with the 9/10 cent sticker pasted on the signs it makes me laugh internally.
Here in the UK our petrol prices end in .9 pence 🙃
So… 2.999?