Kratzkopf comments on [Video] Chinese groom at wedding receives an ASUS ROG Astral RTX5090 which currently goes for $12,000

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[+] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world -20 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

Damn I'll take one for 12 bucks.

I assume a typo and you meant 12 thousand, and also in uhhhh chinese money? Yen?

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[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Other countries use a dot where you might use a comma lol

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[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Alright I see people really hate my shitty joke, but in all seriousness what do you do for cents then??

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[–] Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

The comma. Both separators just switch their roles:

12.000 - twelve thousand

13,12€ - thirteen euro and twelve cents

More info here, including a fancy map further down, which shows which separators are used where.

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[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

TIL. I feel like this is another thing that Americans do backwards for the sake of doing things backward but we dont know it is cause its just what we grew up with.