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Boys will be boys (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by Riker to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 119 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I mean the dollars means it's not Europe

[–] shneancy 31 points 5 months ago (2 children)

honestly not necessarily, i've converted my currency to dollars when talking about prices before because i know there's just a lot of Americans online and everyone else has already adapted to understanding how much a dollar is in their currency anyway

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

You know, the US is not the only country to use a 'dollar' as the term for its currency.

[–] NorthWestWind 4 points 5 months ago

I had once been flamed by people who didn't know that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I convert Australian dollars to USD when talking about prices before because i know there’s just a lot of Americans online and everyone else has already adapted to understanding how much a dollar is in their currency anyway

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Huh? No we haven't? Just put AUD next to the dollar amount.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have. A US dollar is worth about 1.5 Australian dollars. If you don't care about accuracy and just want an easy conversion you can double the price. I don't usually convert currencies into Australian dollars, rather put the approximate conversion next to it. But I definitely have adapted to understanding and interpreting what the yanks say

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Why though? Making everything US-centric helps no one. Have you started talking about one-sixteenth of an inch and tipping people?

Yes we have a dollar and it can be confused with other dollars around the world. Putting in AUD clears up any confusion there and people can do their own conversion and learn something about another country.

[–] shneancy 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

yes but when someone says "dollar" on the Internet the chances are they mean USD

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

$20 says otherwise

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Aww Canadian money, this is worthless.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It isn't worthless, it is washable!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

everyone else has already adapted to understanding how much a dollar is in their currency anyway

I don't think that's true.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I can think of anything in Europe, but it could technically be the Phillipines too if we are just going off the $ symbol.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Who said that's a dollar sign?