@[email protected]M to [email protected] • 26 days agoWashington Post cancellations hit 250,000 – 10% of subscriberswww.theguardian.commessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1629cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish64•26 days agoTheir subscriber numbers have been absolutely decimated by Bezos’ decision.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink95•26 days agoIt’s down 10% which is the literal definition of decimated!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-226 days agoLiterally decimated would be “down to 10%” aka down 90% I think I was wrong
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•26 days agoAll you had to do was click the link and you would have found out that you are wrong.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•26 days agoYeah you’re right I’m the one who mixed it ip
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•26 days agoDecimation means killing 1/10th of a group or population.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•26 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•25 days agoTo be human is to err sometimes, it’s okay, you are good
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-225 days ago
Their subscriber numbers have been absolutely decimated by Bezos’ decision.
It’s down 10% which is the literal definition of decimated!
Literally decimated would be “down to 10%” aka down 90% I thinkI was wrongAll 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
Decimation 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.
To be human is to err sometimes, it’s okay, you are good
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