Not with a Bang
As a city burns in the background, one figure admits rounding 8% interest (×1.08) down to ×1.
Content note: Mild disaster imagery (burning city).
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-01-06-not-with-a-bang/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Caption] "This is how the world shall end: not with a bang, but with a rounding error."
A: "It said 8% interest... that's the same as multiplying by 1.08... so I rounded to 1!"
B: "You reckless fool..."
[Background: city in flames]