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by alpaca128 1879 days ago
> You could denote the difference with a sign, like “-30%” but that still confuses people

How? This doesn't seem to be a problem whenever a shop runs a sale.

You could write "shrunk by/to x%". Or, to stay with the app's theme, "Squooshed by 30%!"

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> This doesn't seem to be a problem whenever a shop runs a sale.

Maybe because they don't mind people misinterpreting the sale as larger? I've never seen 30% off mean "30% of the original price", so if people misinterpret it will always be too small.

my unhelpful take is that I like both