▲ 120 ▼ Everyone Walks Out of U.N. Before Netanyahu Says a Single Word (newrepublic.com) submitted 3 weeks ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca [M] to c/palestine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago (5 children) In the title: "Everyone walks out" In the article: "nearly everyone" (of 193 countries) Later in the article: "dozens" permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] lemon@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children) Having just watched the clip I’d say ‘nearly everyone’ is accurate permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 weeks ago Nearly everyone is dozens. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago Agreed, nearly everyone is probably most accurate. But the title says it was "everyone". And "dozens" is a vague moderately sized integer. Was it 24 or 144? Just confusing overall without video context (which I didn't have). I get the importance of the act, but it was hard to infer the actual weight of the situation when the article contained contradictory statements and vague units. permalink fedilink source parent [–] moth@anarchist.nexus 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) yes, dozens would be accurate. maybe you are confused on how many a dozen is? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago 12? Unless you're a baker? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemon@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children) Having just watched the clip I’d say ‘nearly everyone’ is accurate permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 weeks ago Nearly everyone is dozens. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago Agreed, nearly everyone is probably most accurate. But the title says it was "everyone". And "dozens" is a vague moderately sized integer. Was it 24 or 144? Just confusing overall without video context (which I didn't have). I get the importance of the act, but it was hard to infer the actual weight of the situation when the article contained contradictory statements and vague units. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 weeks ago Nearly everyone is dozens. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago Agreed, nearly everyone is probably most accurate. But the title says it was "everyone". And "dozens" is a vague moderately sized integer. Was it 24 or 144? Just confusing overall without video context (which I didn't have). I get the importance of the act, but it was hard to infer the actual weight of the situation when the article contained contradictory statements and vague units. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moth@anarchist.nexus 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) yes, dozens would be accurate. maybe you are confused on how many a dozen is? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago 12? Unless you're a baker? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago 12? Unless you're a baker? permalink fedilink source parent