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What petty hill will you die on? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by thrawn21@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[-] Usernameblankface@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

"times less" is not an intuitive, easy to understand way of referring to a decrease in some amount or percentage.

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Right? If something has "100x less" something, does that mean it has 1%? 0.99%? Some other random figure?? What are you even trying to convey???

[-] Usernameblankface@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I usually hear numbers less than 10 used with times less. Do you have an example for 100 times less? I'm curious to see this figurative trainwreck.

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