Yeah, I didn’t consider the Latin roots. However, I purport that very few people actually mean “reduced by one tenth” when they say “decimated”. As you pointed out, even the author doesn’t mean that.
Yeah, I didn’t consider the Latin roots. However, I purport that very few people actually mean “reduced by one tenth” when they say “decimated”. As you pointed out, even the author doesn’t mean that.
Wow, 1/3… that’s not “decimated”. There are still enough people on there that it frequently gets referenced. This post and article are proof of it. Shit article.
When it it’s down to 5-15% of what it previously was, then we can speak of “decimated”.
Didn’t they just ban a political party for criticising the royal family and also ban weed again? This was definitely unexpected news.
People still use winamp? Is there nothing better out there? I didn’t understand a word of what’s going on in that issue, honestly. You aren’t allowed to fork? Didn’t know you could fork code. Can you also spoon it or knife it? Maybe cut, slice and dice it?
Maybe that’s windows should do.
Free canon fodder.
You think Italy’s and Israel’s problems are due to their form of democracy? 🤣🤣🤣
38 million only? I thought there were way more gamers out there. Isn’t it a market bigger than TV and cinema combined? (maybe even sports included?)
They did. They proposed a candidate and she wasn’t accepted.
*looks at FPTP countries with two party systems* yeah, they are doing grand.
The West could’ve treated this countries as equal partners or partners who need a hand. Instead they saw people they could exploit. Which they did and are still doing. They are so desperate and angry that they take bad deals from China and Russia just to get away from the West. Who can blame them?
Yeah, it’s hypocritical. Tradition and religion are good tools to control people, but they sometimes conflict with the goal of exploiting those lower on the totem pole. A sufficiently indoctrinated populace won’t resist (much) though. Especially when we are distracted by things like “ermagerd, look at those less fortunate than you!” or “look, she was born a woman but wants a dick, isn’t that TERRIBLE???” or “celebrity did that yesterday, isn’t it despicable???”.
Let’s be honest now, every country wants people to be fucking to produce more workers to exploit. It’s the entire point of our fixation on growth: more people = more consumption = good. We see countries like Germany, South Korea and Japan scrambling to get people to jizzing into each other but don’t want to give anything up: no diminished work hours at the same or higher pay, no extended parental leave, no free childcare facilities, remote work is looked down upon, working less is looked down upon, etc.
Countries just want more drones that they can throw at the next “patriotic duty” and Russia’s current “duty” is to participate in an invasion with no regard for life. All to fulfill the feverish dreams of an increasingly hostile man wishing to restore non-existent former glory.
Please name a date so I can book my flight.
There is hope that the West will finally take it seriously after the EU commission voted on strikes in Russian territory. If they inflict enough damage, drive out the invaders, and create a buffer zone, maybe the war will end in Ukraine’s favor. I guess only time will tell.
I appreciate the difference, but what is really going to stop Putin from boiling the frog? He doesn’t have an imminent threat, but just by prolonging this war, it might turn into one or be presented as one. Actually it was even presented as an imminent threat to justify the invasion.
I know where I’m moving to next!