Just FYI, that is for indicating sarcasm, of which my comment was completely lacking.

Lol it's not even satire, it's simply joshing around in good fun, how is that not obvious?

Anyways, thanks for at least accepting the explanation!

You really truly are one of those that think I posted that seriously aren't you?

I'm having a really hard time comprehending how anyone could possibly take my comment as being serious.

Could you make our man here wink, or wiggle his ears, or flex his pecks or something? It's just coming across as a bit fake to me...

Edit: Sorry for forgetting to clarify this is nothing but a joke intended to add light to an absolutely fantastic job. Sheesh.

Lol you take this way too seriously dude...

But since you have, of course we can pick and choose which measure is most important. OH, and now we're looking at a difference of opinion...fancy that.

Lighten up. Life's too short to take things like this that seriously.

You're missing the point: That format works fine in context where parties understand formatting used in finance.

That does not include the general public.

So replace 17 characters with 18? Bit of a wash.

I'd argue for replacing the finance formatting of negative numbers with a more traditional minus sign. If you know what numbers in brackets in the context of financial reports, then all good...but I suspect most people don't find that obvious, especially when presented on an infographic.