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The difference between $12 and $14 is not equal to 50% of $12.

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There are other currencies in the world.

Euro is going from 8 to 12.5, which is higher than 50%

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That’s 36% but I’m sure it’s higher in some other currencies. 50% would have to be 16.

edit: This is the worst comment I have ever left on this website. I’m leaving it up so people can see what happens when you do math early in the morning. Embrace it, learn from it, live with it.

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You divide by the old price, not the new one:

12.5 / 8 = 156%

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No, it’s a 56% increase. The increase is based on the before number, not after. 8->16 would be a 100% price increase

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12.5/8=1.5625, so the Euro price went up by 56.25%

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50% would have to be 18

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50% of 8 is 4, so increasing from 8 to 12.5 is an increase of over 50%.

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But we’re starting at 12

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Read the comment you originally replied to and then come back and tell me why we’re not starting at 12.

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you’re trolling bro wtf

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I shouldn’t do math right when I wake up.

Enoril
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Not sure, took me some time to remember we were talking about % increase.

Not everybody is natively good at math ^^

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That’s fine, but then they shouldn’t go around correcting people.

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8 eur to 12.5 eur is a 56.25% increase. 16 would be a 100% increase.

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OP said it’s 20% to 56% depending on currency.

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Then he should put that in the title.

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Thats fair, but equally you should read the post.

Like you have never had to dilute a clickbaity title before…

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What we should do is blame OP for deliberately choosing a title that makes it look worse than it is.

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Just to be clear, by “read the post” do you mean go through all the comments of the mega thread OP shared? That seems unreasonable as opposed to “OP could’ve been clearer”. I’ve read both OPs post as well as the jagex website linked by Reddit and neither have enough information to back up OPs claims without prior knowledge.

Is there a more summarized version then “all the reddit comments on a mega thread” anywhere? Because that is basically halfway to telling someone to “do your own research”. At least quote some specific comments that could be taken as secondary sources.

We’ve had to dilute clickbaity titles before, we’ve also been pissed off at clickbaity titles before. I’d rather that shit not be normalized, personally.

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By “read the post”, I assume they mean “read the 2nd sentence”.

The increases range from 20% to 56% in price depending on currency.

Sure, to verify this claim would take a bit more work. But the comment in question was just “14$ is not 50% more”.

The more appropriate thing to point out is that the increase in US $ is just 16%, anyway.

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I also made the 16% error lol, math is hard.

Yeah I realized the difference is unpacking the clickbait as opposed to providing a verifiable claim.

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The second sentence in ops post here on lemmy.

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Ah that’s fair, lol.

I realized we’re talking about two different things, you’re saying that the post unpacks the clickbait, and I’m saying that there’s no documentation of price increases, which tbf isn’t OPs main point anyways.

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But $12 to $14 is <20%…

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Different currencies…

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But there’s more than one currency.

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