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[-] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People suck at math and this is how they confuse people into not caring what the actual price becomes when they have to add multiple items together.

What’s 19.99 + 21.75 + 4.99 + 3.99 + 1.99? Can the common person do that math in their head while grocery shopping? What about adding the tax to that total? Not a chance.

Most people probably don’t even know what the sales tax is in their own state.

[-] koberulz@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

Weirdly, my brain went through those numbers as "20, 22, 5, 3, 2."

[-] ne0phyte@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

So they did get you at 3.99 -> 3!

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