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Tax the Billionaires, they'll be fine (lemmy.zip)
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[+] -13 points 5 months ago (8 children)

i see this lame poem parroted all over the internet for the last few years and i am still baffled with why it should convey the message better than "it is 1000 times more". people are really not good at counting in 365-base number system. if anything, it obfuscates the situation.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    I always phrase it like this:

    A thousand seconds is a coffee break, a million is a vacation, a billion is a career and a trillion is over three hundred centuries.

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  • [–] -4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    really. well i am not really having casual conversations with people involving conversion of multiples of ten to random units. but i guess americans will really do anything to avoid metric system 😂 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    You should try talking about wealth inequality with strangers more. Maybe we’ll get somewhere.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    If you asked me on the spot how many years 1000 times 11 days was, I could not tell you.

    Also, how many times in my life have I needed to count in a 365 base? What the fuck else uses a 365 base? Not every year is 365 days anyways.

    Your comment is stupid and you should feel ashamed.

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  • [–] -4 points 5 months ago

    If you asked me on the spot how many years 1000 times 11 days was, I could not tell you. Also, how many times in my life have I needed to count in a 365 base? What the fuck else uses a 365 base?

    right? which is exactly my point. you are arguing in my favor and don't even know it, which is hilarious.

    just because you don't understand something doesn't make it stupid. maybe the stupidity is on the side of the recipient. i will leave up to you whether you want to feel ashamed 😂.

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