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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21049862

The only numbers I will ever spell are one and zero, and only when using them as a pronoun, or for emphasis, respectively.

Is there ever a reason to not to use symbols when dealing with numbers? Why would "fourteen whatevers" ever be preferable to "14 whatevers". It's just so much easier to read numbers as symbols, not spelled out.

(Caveat, not including multipliers, like "273 billion").

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[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Zero.
One.
Zero.
One.
One.
Zero.
Zero.
One.

[–] ValenThyme@reddthat.com 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

🎶The humans are dead! 🎵

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's one way to summarise what that number sequence is tied to.

[–] elollie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ValenThyme@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

looollllllllllllllll you!!!!! 🩷❤️🥰😍🩷