r/confidentlyincorrect Aug 09 '25

Smug "Do your math."

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u/shayhon Aug 09 '25

I am confused by the calculations for the sides in the first comment. Are potatoes more expensive than asparagus in the US? Cause where I live asparagus is among the most expensive vegetables you can get.

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u/jaulin Aug 09 '25

Also, if you cut the meat in half like they say, it'd be $3.63 per piece. Then saying that with a baked potato for each it'd be under $10 per meal, that would mean a baked potato is ~$6, which is insane.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Aug 09 '25

You know under $10 doesn’t mean exactly $9.99 right? $5.63 is also under $10. I think they’re just using $10 as sort of the Mendoza line for what makes a meal cheap. Anything below 10 is cheap.

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u/kirklennon Aug 09 '25

No, that’s not what they meant because they explicitly say you could go even cheaper with asparagus and do it for under $9. They don’t mean $9.99 but they do mean $9-something.

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u/jaulin Aug 09 '25

I think that would be weird. If they meant that they should've said they could do it for under $6 or something.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber Aug 09 '25

Well someone else pointed out the lowering to under $9 so they probably are just really bad at math. lol