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Re:The rise of the anti-work movement by staticman2 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @11:58AM (#30102933)
Why would you write "2400%" unless you were trying to mislead people?

It's like saying I traveled 1,609,344 millimeters because it sounds like more distance than saying than I traveled 1 mile.

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Re:The rise of the anti-work movement by didgeoridoo on Thursday January 27, 2022 @12:23PM (#30103298)
Is “24x” better for you? The claim was that inflation has outstripped the rise in minimum wage. That claim was incorrect. Minimum wage has approximately doubled the inflation rate. It doesn’t matter how you write it.
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Re:The rise of the anti-work movement by cuteboy19 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @02:34PM (#30105174)
Curious, increased by 2400% always felt like 25x to me. For example if we said increased by 50% then no one would think twice about 1.5x
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Re:The rise of the anti-work movement by bart_spoon on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:21PM (#30104088)
Increase measured as a percentage is commonplace.
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Re:The rise of the anti-work movement by missedthecue on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:44PM (#30104411)
I would say "raised by a measly $7" is far more misleading than percentage terms.
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