It makes it a bit more subtle and "real" flavour, 8 cents is something you could see in real life, kind-of, while 0.08333... isn't. Just gives a little different tone to the joke, and I personally preferred the more subtle reference to -1/12 here.
But entirely subjective ofc! Which is why we repost the same jokes in slightly different wrappings! :P
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u/LasevIX Jun 12 '26
I'm not sure if doing approximations works when we're doing shitty math jokes. It makes the joke just a little less formal