Question for none American comrades. Do other countries measure things in some form of 9/11s? (hexbear.net)

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Do you guys compare more recent tragedies to some past event to try to gauge the level of atrocity? When 9/11 happened did people in the UK say this is 6 times worse than the troubles or some shit? Or is that just an American thing?

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Fuck, if you though standard measures were confusing can you imagine trying to remember how many Mai Lais to the Dresden

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