jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 23 days agoWashington Post cancellations hit 250,000 – 10% of subscriberswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1631arrow-down15cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareDrinkMonkey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up96·23 days agoIt’s down 10% which is the literal definition of decimated!
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·edit-222 days agoLiterally decimated would be “down to 10%” aka down 90% I think I was wrong
minus-squareseaQueue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·22 days agoDecimation means killing 1/10th of a group or population.
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·22 days agoIt means removal of 1/10th. deci 1/10 matus remove. So yes decimation was the name of the Roman punishment where 1/10 of a group was killed. But it can be applied to any group of people or things.
minus-squareifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·22 days agoAll you had to do was click the link and you would have found out that you are wrong.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·22 days agoYeah you’re right I’m the one who mixed it ip
minus-squarecrowbar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoTo be human is to err sometimes, it’s okay, you are good
minus-squareJaymesRS@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-222 days ago
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·22 days agoThe description goes first, then the link.
It’s down 10% which is the literal definition of decimated!
Literally decimated would be “down to 10%” aka down 90% I thinkI was wrongDecimation means killing 1/10th of a group or population.
It means removal of 1/10th. deci 1/10 matus remove. So yes decimation was the name of the Roman punishment where 1/10 of a group was killed. But it can be applied to any group of people or things.
All you had to do was click the link and you would have found out that you are wrong.
Yeah you’re right I’m the one who mixed it ip
To be human is to err sometimes, it’s okay, you are good
The description goes first, then the link.