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> But, you've got my curiosity... what deep truth about "reality" is exposed by Gas Pump Golf? For non US players with little knowledge of the history of price
by gattilorenz 5y ago
> But, you've got my curiosity... what deep truth about "reality" is exposed by Gas Pump Golf?
For non US players with little knowledge of the history of prices of petrol in the US, it's a fun way of seeing how it changed (and how incredibly cheap it still is). But that's probably not what they were trying to point out.
Update: I think it's also interesting to see the different approach to filling up your tank. Why do you shoot for an exact number of liters? I've only had to do that with two strokes engines, so I know how much oil I need to add for the correct mixture. Otherwise it's either a full tank or a certain amount of money to avoid getting small coins back (if I pay cash).
- klyrs 5y agoThe paranoid motivation: prices are in tenths of a penny. Buying exact multiples of 10L is optimal in the sense that rounding is easily verifiable. Though, in Canada today, going $.02 past an exact dollar amount and paying cash beats out whatever games the station might be playing with tenths of pennies. The gamer's motivation: most pumps I see have 3 digits past the decimal. Exact dollar amounts are easy-mode, exact volumes are hard-mode.