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To be fair, zero is a complicated number

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[–] Railison@aussie.zone 21 points 6 months ago (4 children)

The separate counter for 10,000 does my head in

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I lived in Korea for a while where they also do the ten thousand thing. I got used to it for numbers up to about ten million, but then would get quickly lost.

Since everybody was making a couple million won a month, knowing numbers that big was necessary.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

Shhhh they don't need to know that yet.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah, every time I see it i think "man"

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago

Same, my brain can't comprehend the counting behind that