cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/36161826
The Trump administration is reportedly considering giving about $10,000 to each Greenland resident as part of its plan to annex the territory
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250411133253/https://www.latintimes.com/trump-admin-considering-giving-10000-each-person-greenland-annex-island-580455
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It is funny, people always seem to default to the lowest number of a big number they can think of when thinking of a big number.
“I want a hundred”
“I want a thousand”
“I want ten thousand”
“I want a hundred thousand”
“I want a million”
I realize that for Trump and the US ten thousand dollars is like throwing pennies at a poor person assuming they will be overwhelmed by seeing “ten thousand”.
Same in movies, unless a guy is supposed to be super smart, they will only refer to money as:
They very seldom go, “I want 370000” unless there is a reason in the plot, never to just get more money.
I think it’s for the opposite reason shops sell you stuff for 9.99 / 99 / 995 etc but you’re right it does make it sound like a random number. I noticed myself people are less likely to hassle if it looks like a specific number (like 85 instead of 100 or 22 instead of 25)
In consulting, we never rounded off our quotes. $794,618.92 seems like more thought went into it than $800k.