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This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Probably for the same reason we write -1 for the first integer below zero, but 1 instead of +1 for the first one above.

It might be more consistent to write more, but we're lazy and everyone knows what it means.