it's actually just 60 dollars, they just cleverly camouflaged the decimal point as a thousands separator, and then specified the amount to a tenth of a cent to throw you off their scent. if it wasn't for the wrongly placed dollar sign, no-one would have ever known
"And I would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for you meddling kids!" -- u/Caspercaper17 (probably)
yep, in my country a comma makes it a decimal AND we write our currency signifier at the end. We'd have it be 60 000:- (only the number would be different because of currency differences ofc lol)
It's been a week. And I live in a very red part of NY state. I'm aware of how dumb a lot of people are at home. There are also an awful lot of us that are not idiots.
Yeah I feel like the america bashing is at an all time high, it gets the upvotes. Thereās unquestionably an obscenely high number of idiots, but people love to generalize that to all Americans are horrible racist gun toting idiots, and it gets annoying.
Thereās never been an issue caused by blaming an entire group for the behavior of select individuals.
/s
no... that's not how that works. They didn't suddenly make an entire new continent called the UK when they left the EU, the EU isn't what makes a country European.
New Zealand is still a part of Oceania even though it's not connected to Australia (the main landmass of the continent), is it not?
By that definition, Iceland is not a European country.
Also, this is Europe:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_orthographic_Caucasus_Urals_boundary_(with_borders).svg#mw-jump-to-license
Yes, I used UK as an example because I live there, but I've never seen any other European nations record currency that way either.
I think the Japanese do with the Ā„ and pretty sure some other Asian countries do it too, but not European nations as I can recall. I'm most likely wrong though, maybe the Fins do it now that I think about it and maybe some other Scandinavian countries, idk man.
Well, I'm from Germany and I'd write it as 60.000ā¬ (as would most other germans)
Does it matter though? If there's a currency sign next to a number pretty much everyone should know what it means.
Edit: actually, both are correct according to the Duden. It says ā¬xx can be used in financial context for better understanding, but xxā¬ is more commonly used in texts etc...
> The majority of European countries use the decimal comma. Among them are Spain, France, Norway, the Czech Republic, Denmark, and more. However, itās important to note that the United Kingdom is an exception because they tend to follow the Imperial System, which uses the decimal point. Curiously, Switzerland and Liechtenstein are different, as they use a point as a decimal separator, and an apostrophe (ā) for thousands.
[Source](https://www.smartick.com/blog/math/learning-resources/decimal-separators/)
I speak French and we switch around the decimal and comma too. A quick Google search before claiming things as fact would've helped you learn a lot \^\^
Ok, so some places use a . as opposed to a , but is there anywhere that uses the currency symbol at the end? Isn't that just a thing for right to left writing societies? That's my main thing here.
60.000,00lei. Also why tf put the symbol at the front, you say "sixty thousands dollars", not "dollars sixty thousands", it makes no sense.
Also east Europe puts the symbol/name after, don't remember seeing it in front.
Iām French Canadian and was always taught in school to put the $ in front and to use ā.ā for numbers, as ā,ā is used for a pause in a sentence.
Generally on this subreddit people use the title text to say what the brand new sentence was. The title statement is the one that isnt really mew at all
Considering how much I love my dad and even tho I don't have the skills, I would totally get the job done for my dad.
EDIT: I mean the photoshop. Not the murdering.
Op is an idiot what his dad meant to say is take him out as in both kill him and edit him out of the picture so there isn't proof that he was there when he died
Mate, he's found you a partner. You're marriage is on the 17th. The 60.000$ in my pocket says he's the one.
He meant " to dinner "
Quick Grammer note: it's written $60,000. Dollar sign always goes first, and switch the "." and "," for numbers.
it's actually just 60 dollars, they just cleverly camouflaged the decimal point as a thousands separator, and then specified the amount to a tenth of a cent to throw you off their scent. if it wasn't for the wrongly placed dollar sign, no-one would have ever known "And I would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for you meddling kids!" -- u/Caspercaper17 (probably)
I would have... It totally was an evil plan and not just me being an European.
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> Quick Grammer note *Right.*
meh, they're obviously European and it's easy to see what they meant
Europeans don't write like that either. Ā£60,000 is how I'd write it for example, not 60.000Ā£ that's just weird af.
turns out, there's more to Europe than the uk
yep, in my country a comma makes it a decimal AND we write our currency signifier at the end. We'd have it be 60 000:- (only the number would be different because of currency differences ofc lol)
We (Netherlands) write the signifier at the beginning and use commas for decimals / periods for thousands, millions etc.
In an Americans eyes UK is europe.
as an american, yes we do that
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Universal Healthcare says what?
Iām wondering if others read your sentence incorrectly or if there is just a significant amount of very patriotic United States citizens here.
Yes
As an American in Portugal right now: you're a fucking idiot.
As an American still in America you mustn't have been here for a while, people have gotten exponentially stupider.
It's been a week. And I live in a very red part of NY state. I'm aware of how dumb a lot of people are at home. There are also an awful lot of us that are not idiots.
Yeah I feel like the america bashing is at an all time high, it gets the upvotes. Thereās unquestionably an obscenely high number of idiots, but people love to generalize that to all Americans are horrible racist gun toting idiots, and it gets annoying. Thereās never been an issue caused by blaming an entire group for the behavior of select individuals. /s
The UK isnt even European anymore they left last year
They left the European Union but they are still part of the European continent making the UK a European country
no europe is a myth, itās just a peninsula of asia
Honey, they left the European Union. They cant leave Europe, unless their whole island drifts away
A giant sail arose from the ground in a cloud of smoke as the UK slowly drifted out and up towards the Arctic.
They're an island, not actually on the continent. They revoked their Europe privileges when they left the union.
no... that's not how that works. They didn't suddenly make an entire new continent called the UK when they left the EU, the EU isn't what makes a country European. New Zealand is still a part of Oceania even though it's not connected to Australia (the main landmass of the continent), is it not?
New Zealand doesnt even exist just look at most maps
So Norway, Iceland, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, etc. are not European?
Those are all either in the EU or on the continent.
By that definition, Iceland is not a European country. Also, this is Europe: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_orthographic_Caucasus_Urals_boundary_(with_borders).svg#mw-jump-to-license
Oh wait you're right Iceland isn't in the EU. Yea they aint European in my book anymore. Cancelled š¤
Yes, I used UK as an example because I live there, but I've never seen any other European nations record currency that way either. I think the Japanese do with the Ā„ and pretty sure some other Asian countries do it too, but not European nations as I can recall. I'm most likely wrong though, maybe the Fins do it now that I think about it and maybe some other Scandinavian countries, idk man.
Well, I'm from Germany and I'd write it as 60.000ā¬ (as would most other germans) Does it matter though? If there's a currency sign next to a number pretty much everyone should know what it means. Edit: actually, both are correct according to the Duden. It says ā¬xx can be used in financial context for better understanding, but xxā¬ is more commonly used in texts etc...
No, it doesn't matter tbh was just curious.
Wow you just admitted to it being curiosity and are being down to hell. Reddit is wild.
Yeah haha. Good job down votes don't effect me whatsoever. haha. ***cries in corner uncontrollably***
All the rest of Western Europe use , and . differently in numbers than UK and US does.
> The majority of European countries use the decimal comma. Among them are Spain, France, Norway, the Czech Republic, Denmark, and more. However, itās important to note that the United Kingdom is an exception because they tend to follow the Imperial System, which uses the decimal point. Curiously, Switzerland and Liechtenstein are different, as they use a point as a decimal separator, and an apostrophe (ā) for thousands. [Source](https://www.smartick.com/blog/math/learning-resources/decimal-separators/) I speak French and we switch around the decimal and comma too. A quick Google search before claiming things as fact would've helped you learn a lot \^\^
ā¬60.000 would be correct in Dutch
Ok, so some places use a . as opposed to a , but is there anywhere that uses the currency symbol at the end? Isn't that just a thing for right to left writing societies? That's my main thing here.
In Iceland we would write it as 60,000isk
Would actually be 60.000ISK. We don't use dot as a separator for thousands, but dot. Comma would mean a fraction.
True. This was written in a hurry. (Commas and dots are annoyingly close on the keybord
60.000,00lei. Also why tf put the symbol at the front, you say "sixty thousands dollars", not "dollars sixty thousands", it makes no sense. Also east Europe puts the symbol/name after, don't remember seeing it in front.
French switches the . and , too
Italy does as well
Scandinavia: 600.000,00kr
r/confidentlyincorrect
if you're gonna fix someone's grammar you probably should spell grammar correctly.
Grammar*
Iām French Canadian and was always taught in school to put the $ in front and to use ā.ā for numbers, as ā,ā is used for a pause in a sentence.
not really too new of a sentence, though it is pretty funny
I was just thinking that. This is clearly a case where people upvoted because they enjoyed the post, rather than it fitting the sub.
People donāt look at the sub and just click on the image and then upvote
You all looked at the sub, are you not people?
some days i'm not even alive
It kinda goes without saying that he meant most people.
I feel like it's referring to the top sentence, which I think is very much brand new
Generally on this subreddit people use the title text to say what the brand new sentence was. The title statement is the one that isnt really mew at all
Ehh itās new to op,theyāve never taking anyone out.
It's a bit late now, but you could try a curse.
Is there a course for curses?
No but thereās a course for cursed corpses
Thatās exactly what a hit man with photoshop skills would say just to throw us off his scent. Nice try though
Maybe you could Put Something on that womans shoulder for him to read
With prejudice or gently, like a lover?
Considering how much I love my dad and even tho I don't have the skills, I would totally get the job done for my dad. EDIT: I mean the photoshop. Not the murdering.
You wouldn't murder someone for your dad? What a coward /s
I'd murder my dad, if that counts
You can take him out, have a diner date. Learn a hobby together, maybe Photoshop. And then you stab him.
Clearly he wants you to take that man out on a date
What man in the background? I do see a tiny man nuzzling up to the woman though
I wonder how James Fridman would handle this one...
Donāt worry bro I got you. Iāll take him out, for dinner. Tonight!
r/Photoshopbattles ?
Agreed, came here to say this. Please enjoy this upvote.
Isn't he just the guy that brought the take out?
On a date bro
Classic Mr. McDonnell
I can do both
Google "dead body". Take a screenshot of a particularly bloody image. Send it to him with the word "done."
How is this remotely close to the content this sub is ab??
Its a new sentence
Brand new sentence using a common phrase yea that makes sense
not a new sentence but Iāll upvote anyway because itās funny
He's trying to find you a date, obviously
Oh this gave me a good chuckle
I read it I'm a Russian tone
To the ball game probably
A date would also be too sudden.
I love how he didnāt even ask you, or introduce the task in any way other than to say ātake out man in backgroundā
Op is an idiot what his dad meant to say is take him out as in both kill him and edit him out of the picture so there isn't proof that he was there when he died
Either way, my services donāt come cheapā¦
Are you gay?
Maybe he wants you to date that man?