The onion has a knack for writing jokes that go over the heads of the people it’s mocking.
If those kids could read [scientific notation] they'd be very upset
The Onion writers have been really witty recently.
They should switch to 4.3e5 notation. Slightly more precision will help me know if I'm paying $40000 or $43000 per gallon.
I don't have a car, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's not how those signs display prices. I know for a fact I've heard people read $18.5 as a dollar eighty five per litre. For some reason. I find it very strange.
Wouldn't that make 4.3e5 into $430.00?
I'm Canadian, though. We might just be weird here.
Are we buying the business?
this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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