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minus-squareJaymesRS@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·1 year agoTheir subscriber numbers have been absolutely decimated by Bezos’ decision.
minus-squareDrinkMonkey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up96·1 year agoIt’s down 10% which is the literal definition of decimated!
minus-squareJaymesRS@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year ago
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThe description goes first, then the link.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoLiterally decimated would be “down to 10%” aka down 90% I think I was wrong
minus-squareifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year agoAll you had to do was click the link and you would have found out that you are wrong.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoYeah you’re right I’m the one who mixed it ip
minus-squareseaQueue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoDecimation means killing 1/10th of a group or population.
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year 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-squarecrowbar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTo be human is to err sometimes, it’s okay, you are good
Their subscriber numbers have been absolutely decimated by Bezos’ decision.
It’s down 10% which is the literal definition of decimated!

The description goes first, then the link.
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