Usernameblankface comments on What petty hill will you die on?

submitted 3 years ago by thrawn21@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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 13 points 3 years ago (2 children)

"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 3 years ago (1 child)

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???

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[–] Usernameblankface@kbin.social 1 point 3 years 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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