AaronGas stations about to have a Y2K problem when prices exceed $9.99 9/10
aburka 🫣@benaar they may finally have to drop the 9/10s bullshit
Christian Kent 𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥@aburka @benaar Why did that start? It’s unique to US petrol, not just petrol
(Oh and if we want to discuss “gas vs petrol” then I’m going to pivot into why we don’t measure energy in megajoules like we do with methane gas, and somehow got stuck with kilowatt-hours for some forms of energy, even mixing them on the same bill)
@whophd @benaar (I mean it's bad enough that "gas" is a liquid, but anyway)
supposedly it's because of a flat tax back in the 30s https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/why-do-gas-prices-always-have-9-10-of-a-cent-added-to-the-price/ar-AA1MQ8Rz
it is just on gas though? other goods never have fractional cents pricing. unless you're just talking about the general practice of pricing things at $9.99, is that uncommon in other places?