• StenSaksTapir@feddit.dk
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    1 year ago

    It’s actually kinda weird that they use dollars and cents and not pounds, shillings, pennies and farthings, because that feels much more compatible with the imperial way of thinking.

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      1 year ago

      You’re right actually, when you think about it $1 being 100 cents is basically communism. $1 should be 57.93 cents

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        1 year ago

        I think even using decimals like that seems un-American, because I’ve always been told that fractions are what makes imperial so easy. Everyone loves calculating fractions after all, so perhaps a cent should be 1/37th of a dollar.