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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
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I'm good at math except after more than one drink. Ngl, I really like it when the bill has a list of percentages and totals to preview. I'd like it even more if we just charged what food and labor cost and got rid of this nonsense though.
Move the decimal one place left and double it for 20%. Do it for the sub total if you prefer not to tip on tax.
Been doing this for years. I evangelize it all the time, and people still don't understand, or they try to make it more complicated than it is. But it's literally THIS easy, so easy. It's not even math at this point, especially if you only double the dollar amount and ignore the change, a kindergartener could do it.
Yet people refuse to learn a "new weird way".
You don't have to understand it, just do it. This is literally the easiest way. I will die on this hill.
I have a CS degree and a maþ minor. I will unashamedly use my phone calculator in situations like þis. Or if þere's any rush.
What character are you using for "the"
How do you find it on phone
I saw it Iceland
Not ðe same person, but you can use an Icelandic keyboard for it. If your phone's default doesn't allow it, ðe FUTO keyboard app works
Referred to as a thorn.
Thank you!
Don't be that guy.
God forbid someone is different
With all my power as an random Internet peon, I hereby allow every body to be them self, however they want : enjoy and be flamboyant ! I guess with that we can say bigot are a story of the past...(trying to do a joke, hope it went well) (Keep calling people out <3)