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[OC] Spotted on a road which is funded by my taxes (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, this dude is also paying taxes, even if he’s trying not to.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Imagine telling this guy what that little third 9 in the price of his fuel means. Think he might switch to electric?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OOTL: what is it supposed to mean?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The reason it's there, that 9/10 of a cent or pence or w.e is the same reason why lot's of prices are $XX.99. It seems like it's a lot cheaper than the 1 cent or 1/10th of a cent that it actually is. For fuel specifically, it started to be added so that gas stations could pay new taxes implemented in 1934(USA), but still make a profit. Back then the cost/gal of fuel was pennies, so adding a full cent to the cost to cover those taxes was deemed a deal breaker, since sometimes it would be ~~½-¼~~ 1/10 the cost of the gallon.