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minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down23·5 months agoLife is hard when you don’t know how to use a dollar sign
minus-squarePrivateNoob@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·5 months ago$ Bros I’ve used the sign. Finally life will be easy!
minus-squareMeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoOne day at a time, small victories.
minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·5 months agoSmall failure so far but keep at it
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoI honestly like this usage better. It matches verbal useage (fourty dollars), and also matches other units (40kg, 40kph, 40cm, and so on).
minus-squarekabilinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoI agree and always write it like that at first, but it’s also true that for example fifty kilodollars (50k$) just looks better as $50k …although it might just be silly enough that it works…
minus-squareGoodEye8linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoHave you considered that it looks better because you’re used to seeing it that way? It’s the same with Fahrenheit vs Celsius, the one you’ve grown up with make more sense and is more pleasing to the eye.
Life is hard when you don’t know how to use a dollar sign
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Bros I’ve used the sign. Finally life will be easy!
But not correctly.
One day at a time, small victories.
Small failure so far but keep at it
I honestly like this usage better. It matches verbal useage (fourty dollars), and also matches other units (40kg, 40kph, 40cm, and so on).
I agree and always write it like that at first, but it’s also true that for example fifty kilodollars (50k$) just looks better as $50k
…although it might just be silly enough that it works…
Have you considered that it looks better because you’re used to seeing it that way? It’s the same with Fahrenheit vs Celsius, the one you’ve grown up with make more sense and is more pleasing to the eye.
Or 50€