• shneancy@lemmy.world
      365·
      2 years ago

      honestly not necessarily, i’ve converted my currency to dollars when talking about prices before because i know there’s just a lot of Americans online and everyone else has already adapted to understanding how much a dollar is in their currency anyway

      • smeenz@lemmy.nzEnglish
        153·
        2 years ago

        You know, the US is not the only country to use a ‘dollar’ as the term for its currency.

        • shneancy@lemmy.world
          41·
          2 years ago

          yes but when someone says “dollar” on the Internet the chances are they mean USD

        • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksdeleted by creatorEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          I convert Australian dollars to USD when talking about prices before because i know there’s just a lot of Americans online and everyone else has already adapted to understanding how much a dollar is in their currency anyway

              • boogetyboo@aussie.zone
                23·
                2 years ago

                Why though? Making everything US-centric helps no one. Have you started talking about one-sixteenth of an inch and tipping people?

                Yes we have a dollar and it can be confused with other dollars around the world. Putting in AUD clears up any confusion there and people can do their own conversion and learn something about another country.

      • MadBob@feddit.nldeleted by creator
        123·
        2 years ago

        everyone else has already adapted to understanding how much a dollar is in their currency anyway

        I don’t think that’s true.

    • Rediphile@lemmy.ca
      1·
      2 years ago

      I can think of anything in Europe, but it could technically be the Phillipines too if we are just going off the $ symbol.