The period decimal point separator (bottom) is the single example in which Burgerland has a superior formatting system to Eurasia CMV

I don't know, the period might feel stronger to you because you have already accepted this meaning for text. For others, the comma feels "stronger" in the context of numbers. Partly because they are used to it, but it makes some sense too, because it is larger and has a defined direction. A period is just a little dot and, when written by hand, could easily be mistaken for a random smudge and vice versa an accidental contact of pen to paper could more easily be mistaken for a dot than for a comma.
- You're right; it's because of the established meaning. If I were creating a writing system from scratch in a contextless vacuum I'd switch them.

come back to hexbear while taking a Christmas break
People are once again arguing that Fahrenheit is "objectively" better for laypeople.
Thank you, feels like I've never been gone

I don't care. Just unify it. If you work with data and databases in an international company it constantly fucks you over. Excel still falls apart when mixing seperators from different sources. It's so utterly dumb that we can't agree on how to write down numbers.

burgerland has a superior formatting system for once
superior formatting system or are you just used to it and have subjective biases
it's a superior formatting system ma'am
the period is "stronger"
- eh, i'm sure periods suck but a coma's surely worse
  
  Yeah, I'd rather have a period than a coma.

If you're going to use commas, just use the Oxford Comma.
110,042,500, and 38
- One of those jokes that you laugh really hard at and somebody asks you "what's so funny" and you just feel ashamed at having to explain it in a way that's verbally funny.

I use celsius in everyday interactions with Americans and it's fun to watch their face wrinkle up
- temperature is so easy to convert check it out:
  10 C = 50 F
  20 C = 68 F
  30 C = 86 F
  40 C = 104 F
  they're all 18 degrees F apart since a C is 9/5 of an F
  
  i just double it and add 30 since its easy to do and close enough for most room temperatures

No it isn't
- So you're saying there are more examples?
  
  There are no examples. More and more people are saying it.

In a sentence, the comma denotes a continuation of that sentence, whereas the period means full stop. Why should it be different for numbers?
A comma means you are continuing on the whole part of the number, whereas the period means the whole part is over, now on to the fractional aspect.
- I mean, wouldn't that lead you to spaces and commas being the actual choice
  after all, both space and commas continue sentences in different ways, but a full stop ends a sentence, so why would you use it in this context to actually continue the same number
  
  Because without a visible delineator readability rapidly declines. Using space means the reader has to interpret each page with regards to its kerning
- :this:

My favorite way to do it is this one:
10'000,00
- Based

The dot decimal separator is fine, but the comma should be left as a list separator. As in 3, 4, 10 000.0, 23, etc. So IMO none of them get it right. :)
- The CSV understander has entered the chat
- Why not just use a semicolon or colon? You'll certainly have fewer collisions than with a heavily used symbol.

If you write a check for 1.00, it's easier to turn it into 1,000.00 than 1,00 is to 1.000,00
Edit: when you write the tip on a check at a restaurant, it is just one field for the numbers, no words.
- A check? Hey grandparent, ever heard of the 21. Century?
- You just wrinkled my brain.
  That's one of the reasons why they make you write it in words I suppose. Ideally, we shouldn't base our writing system on an outdated payment method.
  Numbers existed before checks. Was the formatting system changed when handwritten checks were invented?
  
  The critique is valid for all written documents using the format, not just checks.
  Checks are not the only numbered document throughout all of history where tampering of said document would be undesirable.
- Either way it can easily be turned into 1,001.00 or 1.001,00. That's why there's a written out form of the number.

I agree. And in many (most?) South Asian countries its written like 10,000.00

I prefer 1e4
- IEEE 754

10 000 000.0f32 gang rise up

that's not even close to a eurasian thing
also there's way better things where burgerland is better. farenhite, for example, where the range of realistic temperatures goes from 0-100, instead of -17 to 37 (all positive, nice range, and higher resolution)
- Fahrenheit is dumb as fuck
  realistic temperature
  Burgerlander unable to conceive of other countries
  higher resolution
  Burgerlander unable to conceive of decimal points
  If you want a temperature range that is optimised for indicating the weather, you wouldn't use fahrenheit, you'd come up with something not based on "the freezing temperature of a solution of brine made from a mixture of water, ice, and ammonium chloride"
  
  yeah fahrenheit sucks lol it's hilarious when Americans are like "it's so intuitive" my friend that is not what intuitive means you just learned it since the age of 4
  
  If you want a temperature range that is optimised for indicating the weather, you wouldn't use fahrenheit, you'd come up with something not based on "the freezing temperature of a solution of brine made from a mixture of water, ice, and ammonium chloride"
  Poppycock! Next you'll be saying that it doesn't make sense for 100 degrees to be defined by the body temperature of a horse.
  
  Burgerlander unable to conceive of other countries
  do you just not know anything about other countries? tropical countries have an even narrower temperature range so Celsius would give them even less resolution
  Burgerlander unable to conceive of decimal points
  if you're using this logic then we should all just use Kelvin and eliminate the middle man
  If you want a temperature range that is optimised for indicating the weather, you wouldn't use fahrenheit, you'd come up with something not based on "the freezing temperature of a solution of brine made from a mixture of water, ice, and ammonium chloride"
  absolutely based that that mixture just happened to produce such a great scale (which could be slightly tweaked to perfection, but is still pretty good at the moment)
- Fahrenheit's range of temperatures goes from "salt water starts to freeze" to "slightly higher than body temperature". I guess if you live on the coast the salt water kinda sorta makes sense, but the only thing that makes it seem "realistic" to you is that you use it. Like really, your list of pros is that the numbers are positive - don't ask what happens when the salt water freezees - it's a "nice range" (what is that even suppoosed to mean), and that it's higher resolution, despite humans not being able to tell the difference between 72 and 73°F and scientific instruments using celsius or kelvin instead. It's all nonsense american exceptionalism.
  
  but the only thing that makes it seem "realistic" to you is that you use it
  nah, it's the fact that 95% of the places where 95% of people live, will 95% of the time be between 0-100 on an F scale
  -5 F is "really fucking cold"
  -5 C is just an average temperate winter's day
  hilarious that people are offended by this for whatever reason. The only legitimate reason would be if you're from a tropical country where differences between 93 and 94 F start making a huge difference, and you'd be better served by a different scale, but Celsius would be even worse at that.
  despite humans not being able to tell the difference between 72 and 73°F
  The celsius blind spot is bigger than that, and the "feelability" of small temp differences is higher at certain ranges
- I'm a chemist so I like celsius.
  
  I know Europe uses the decimal comma. I threw Asia in there because I assumed they had mix of everything I guess.
- I pick the nice round numbers and declare them sensible boundaries, then I convert them to the other system and remark! They are ugly numbers! Haha! Truly the superiority of my system is self evident.
- and higher resolution
  Celsius thermostats have temperature adjustments of 0.5° C. This is the first time in over a decade that I've dug up that memory.
  Over 40 is deadly, 35-40 is very hot, 30-35 is hot, 25-30 is warm, 20-25 is reasonable room temperature, 15-20 is cool, 10-15 is chilly (threshold of winter layers), 0-10 is cold, below 0 is freezing, below -10 you need multiple layers, below -20 moisture will freeze to your eyebrows and eyelashes and you can feel the air sucking the warmth out of your body.

as someone who grew up using the comma, I agree. Mostly because it's easier for computers to parse
- How is it easier? Computers don't care if it's U+002E or U+002C, it's literally a one character difference in code no matter how you parse it
  The only one that can cause problems for parsing is the space, and even then you should be able to parse it in a context where it matters
  
  yeah "easier" was not the right word. I meant comma has been historically used as a seperator for lists of values(which I think makes a lot of sense).
  It's not really just one character tho since with comma as a decimal point separator, something like "100,200" can be interpreted either as a number or a list of two number. For example with Excel, geniuses at microsoft decided to replace comma with a semicolon for some localizations which makes the program really annoying to use across multiple languages
  Edit: sorry I'm very sleep deprived so I'm not sure if any of it makes sense. To clarify: I'm assuming that comma as list separator makes sense because there is essentially no debate over "comma" vs "some other list separator", however there is such a debate for decimal separator. Having the same symbol mean two different things makes text harder to parse

Why do so many cultures accept using colons to separate divisions of time (posted around 08:30:45 local time) but none of them use it for separation of general numbers? (It is sometimes used for division or ratios, i.e. 10:1 for 10 to 1 odds.) Seems like we could use units (like with measurements) or prefix units (like with currency) to indicate different uses for numbers, and maybe ratios just use double colons?
Designing programming languages, you will spend way too much time obsessing over things like this. Some languages use underscores as a grouping separator. What about bases? Exponential notation?