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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 5:17:03 AM
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normally commas are used to separate thousands, and . is used for the decimal point
why do people reverse this
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ZangsBeard
10/08/22 5:17:18 AM
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Oh look, it's this topic.

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frozenstar
10/08/22 5:17:27 AM
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lol

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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 5:19:05 AM
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ZangsBeard posted...
Oh look, it's this topic.
ok bought account
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ZangsBeard
10/08/22 5:19:40 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
ok bought account

Awww, did you have to come up with a pathetic response because someone didn't suck you toes with an older account? LOL

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Laserion
10/08/22 5:20:03 AM
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In the Americas it is done the way you posted. The reverse I have seen from Spain.

Is this a flippybreads/hoppyloop topic?

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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 5:20:47 AM
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ZangsBeard posted...
Awww, did you have to come up with a pathetic response because someone didn't suck you toes with an older account? LOL
*eyeroll*
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ZangsBeard
10/08/22 5:22:16 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
*eyeroll*

Awwww, did you have no actual comeback from that pathetic attempt at trolling because you didn't get your toes sucked?

lol.

Make better topics lol

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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 5:25:01 AM
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you're just mad i saw through you like glass

coming on pretty hard with the "awww" cringe there buddy boy. probably why you need to keep buying accounts
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UnholyMudcrab
10/08/22 5:26:48 AM
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What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin' on here?

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ZangsBeard
10/08/22 5:30:48 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
you're just mad i saw through you like glass

coming on pretty hard with the "awww" cringe there buddy boy. probably why you need to keep buying accounts

Awww, did you have to repeat your same incorrect claim because you make bad topics? Too bad.

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Trumble
10/08/22 5:34:55 AM
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There are definitely places which use . to seperate thousands and , as a decimal marker. However, America is not one of them. Germany is the first example to come to mind that does; this actually caused a bug in some of my code when users from Germany tried to run it and it tried to apply German conventions to how it interpreted numbers in a text file (and of course, the file itself was written the normal way).

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amdo
10/08/22 5:42:22 AM
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Technically, the comma shouldn't be used to mark thousands any more
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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 5:47:22 AM
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amdo posted...
Technically, the comma shouldn't be used to mark thousands any more
who said that

UnholyMudcrab posted...
What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin' on here?
some guy who bought an account has had enough of people calling him out
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ZangsBeard
10/08/22 5:55:22 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
who said that

some guy who bought an account has had enough of people calling him out

He literally is so unimaginative that all he can do is repeat himself. Maybe dont make bad topics. Lulz

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viewmaster_pi
10/08/22 5:57:57 AM
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america is so weird haha i think i will wear my shoes indoors and clap for myself

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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 5:58:42 AM
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how much was it?
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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 5:59:02 AM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
america is so weird haha i think i will wear my shoes indoors and clap for myself
the shoes inside thing is fucked up as well. so gross
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g0ldie
10/08/22 6:00:41 AM
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wait, I'm confused.

can you write out one million numerically, for example?

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amdo
10/08/22 6:07:07 AM
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g0ldie posted...
wait, I'm confused.

can you write out one million numerically, for example?
1000000
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g0ldie
10/08/22 6:10:16 AM
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...well played

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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 6:21:30 AM
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g0ldie posted...
wait, I'm confused.

can you write out one million numerically, for example?
$1.000.000,50

for 1 million dollars and 50 cents
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g0ldie
10/08/22 6:30:42 AM
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thanks.

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ROBANN_88
10/08/22 6:38:56 AM
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You're all wrong anyway, the superior method is to use a space

1 000 000


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indica
10/08/22 6:39:37 AM
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I was confused at the comma for the point when I was first in Europe but I've gotten used to it. It's not a big deal and shows how signs translate differently in different cultures.

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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 6:56:35 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

No. I said the . And , swapped, like in the example and in the OP
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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 6:57:50 AM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
You're all wrong anyway, the superior method is to use a space

1 000 000
How do you know thats not 1 followed by two 0s?
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Funkydog
10/08/22 6:58:45 AM
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Mainland Europeans will never get my approval while they type numbers out how they do.

Never.

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ROBANN_88
10/08/22 7:04:29 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
How do you know thats not 1 followed by two 0s?
Maybe i'm tired but i don't understand this question

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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 7:18:30 AM
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What are you failing to understand about it
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JustaSandwich
10/08/22 7:29:28 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
What are you failing to understand about it

Are you complaining that Americans use commas to separate thousands and periods for the decimal point? Or do you think it's the opposite?

I'm an American and I write "one million dollars and 50 cents" like this:

$1,000,000.50
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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 7:30:28 AM
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JustaSandwich posted...
Are you complaining that Americans use commas to separate thousands and periods for the decimal point? Or do you think it's the opposite?

I'm an American and I write "one million dollars and 50 cents" like this:

$1,000,000.50
Thats the right way and the way Im not complaining about. Dunno what dolomedes is going about, he needs to reread the OP
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Funkydog
10/08/22 7:31:14 AM
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This is some strange trolling.

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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 7:31:43 AM
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Just because you disagree with me, doesnt make it trolling. Thats some UR tier logic
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codey
10/08/22 7:34:38 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
Just because you disagree with me, doesnt make it trolling. Thats some UR tier logic

You didn't post anything to disagree with, you were just...wrong.

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DarkChozoGhost
10/08/22 7:34:48 AM
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$1,000,000.50 is correct, $1.000.000,50 sis wrong.

In language, a period is a full stop and a comma is a partial stop. A decimal point is between whole and partial numbers, which is an actual change. Whereas commas are just used to keep your place, and don't actually change anything mathematically. So the harder stop should be used for the real change.

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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 7:42:31 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

You need to reread the OP
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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 7:43:43 AM
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DarkChozoGhost posted...
$1,000,000.50 is correct, $1.000.000,50 sis wrong.

In language, a period is a full stop and a comma is a partial stop. A decimal point is between whole and partial numbers, which is an actual change. Whereas commas are just used to keep your place, and don't actually change anything mathematically. So the harder stop should be used for the real change.
This. I dunno why this is hard for people here to grasp
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NeoBowser
10/08/22 8:06:22 AM
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that and their metric system. make it make sense

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Mistere_Man
10/08/22 8:06:31 AM
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I have never seen it done like that before this topic honestly.

That being 1.000.000,50

This is is what I usually do and see 1,000,000.50

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DoesntMatter
10/08/22 8:11:18 AM
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do americans really swap the . and , in numbers?

no

topic over

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Kloe_Rinz
10/08/22 8:17:00 AM
#48:


Oh, so dolomedes actually doesnt know how to read. My example was an example of the wrong way, because the guy asked for an example of the periods and commas being used in the way I described in the OP. He could have just admitted he didnt understand the OP
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Mistere_Man
10/08/22 8:23:50 AM
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DoesntMatter posted...
no

topic over
Lol!

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