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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)
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[–] potoo22@programming.dev 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reminder that a McDonald's new burger campaign failed because people thought a ⅓ lb burger was smaller than a ¼ lb burger.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 10 points 2 months ago

They really should have started selling ⅕ lb burgers to make up for their losses