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still less than a quarter
by MasihMinawal 1y ago
still less than a quarter
- BugsJustFindMe 1y ago34% is more than a quarter
- morkalork 1y agoHah, it's like a meme came to life! https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/06/17/third-pound-burger-fractions/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/06/17/third-pound-burger-fr...
- detourdog 1y agoI combed that story over and couldn't find out if it was true. Did it fail because 4 is biffer than 3?
- morkalork 1y agoHuh, yeah the article just kind of... ends. Strange. The fiasco has a wiki article so make of that what you will: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-pound_burger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-pound_burger >This misunderstanding stemmed from consumers focusing on the numbers "3" and "4," leading them to conclude that one-third (1/3) was smaller than one-fourth (1/4), even though the opposite is true I wonder if there's a correlation between those consumers and Trump voters?
- BugsJustFindMe 1y agoThe CBC article is also great. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/how-failing-at-fractions-saved-the-quarter-pounder-1.5979468 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/how-failing-at-fr... > More than half the people in the focus groups questioned the price of the third-pounder. They wanted to know why they should have to pay the same price for a third of a pound as they did for a quarter pound at McDonald's. They said A&W was overcharging them. It really makes you think.
- MasihMinawal 1y agohaha yes