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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You need to phrase that differently.

It's not 20% raise, it's 1/5 more. And it's not 2% dues, it's 1/50 less.

See the dues are definitely worse!!!!!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The sad thing is, there are people who wholeheartedly agree with that reasoning…

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

One of the most vivid arithmetic failings displayed by Americans occurred in the early 1980s, when the A&W restaurant chain released a new hamburger to rival the McDonald’s Quarter Pounder. With a third-pound of beef, the A&W burger had more meat than the Quarter Pounder; in taste tests, customers preferred A&W’s burger. And it was less expensive. A lavish A&W television and radio marketing campaign cited these benefits. Yet instead of leaping at the great value, customers snubbed it.

Only when the company held customer focus groups did it become clear why. The Third Pounder presented the American public with a test in fractions. And we failed. Misunderstanding the value of one-third, customers believed they were being overcharged. Why, they asked the researchers, should they pay the same amount for a third of a pound of meat as they did for a quarter-pound of meat at McDonald’s. The “4” in “¼,” larger than the “3” in “⅓,” led them astray.

Did Third-of-a-Pound Burger Fail Because People Didn't Understand Fractions? by Snopes, June 17, 2022

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's actually way worse than that. 1/50!!! Huge number

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Ugh... I failed. Fixed in edit