Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoThe $20 USD bill is the new 5$ billmessage-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareThe $20 USD bill is the new 5$ billSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-text
Prices have inflated so much over the past 10 years that a $20 bill buys as much as $5 did back then.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoIf your ounce weighs 28g, you got shorted 2g… I guess for that price it doesn’t really matter, but it’s about the principle!
minus-squarebooly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours ago1 oz = 28.35 g Maybe that 1/3 of a gram is shorting someone, but a single ounce is closer to 28g than to 30g.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoOh shit, you’re right. My weed-addled brain got “1/8th = 3.5g” mixed up with “1/4 = 7g” and came up with “7.5×4=30” These things do happen…
If your ounce weighs 28g, you got shorted 2g…
I guess for that price it doesn’t really matter, but it’s about the principle!
1 oz = 28.35 g
Maybe that 1/3 of a gram is shorting someone, but a single ounce is closer to 28g than to 30g.
Oh shit, you’re right. My weed-addled brain got “1/8th = 3.5g” mixed up with “1/4 = 7g” and came up with “7.5×4=30”
These things do happen…