numbers

the way we read numbers is pretty inefficient
you have
that car cost me $499000
you read
that car cost me
then you hit the $ sign and jump to the end to see what the number is called then jump back

that car cost me [jump to end] (hundreds, thousands) [jump back] four hundred ninety-nine thousand dollars

and that slows down reading
and sure you can do
that car cost me 499k
but you have to remember that k=thousand and have to use context to see that it means money

so I came up with a new method

we are currently $13943743060000.99 in debt to anime land
would be
we are currently 5*13,943743060$99¢ in debt to anime land

normally you would read

we are currently [jump to end] (cents, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, trillions) [jump back] thirteen trillion ninehundred forty three billion seven hundred forty three million sixty thousand dollars and ninety nine cents in debt to anime land

but reading with the method I came up with it would be

we are currently (5* is 5 places, trillions) thirteen (comma end trillions at 2 numbers) trillion nine hundred forty three (3 numbers so the place is filled) billion seven hundred forty three million 60 thousand (dollar sign ends so we don't have to read through the hundreds and we automatically know its 000) dollars and ninety nine cents in debt to anime land

and if there's a number like $739000530637000
it would be written as 5*739-530637$ because the - means you skip that place since its empty but there's numbers after

and if you have $930000000000000000.54
it would be 6*930$54¢

this is much more efficient and lets a person read faster since it flows better and you don't have to jump around to read it
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dont be
therse ~4*7,500 people who can be confused instead
 
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@TotalInsanity4
thats still alot and way below half what cars here are sold for
 
You know many languages are read right-to-left. That doesn't make them less efficient.
The only part that takes any additional time is the moving of your eyes to the right to read the end first. Which is near instant.
 
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