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Why would you say “half” when you could say “500”?
500 Billion Dollars.
A trillion is larger than a billion, so half a trillion is a more rage bait headline.
Rage is the only reasonable response.
Humans can’t fathom the vast distances of space. How are we going to fathom a trillion dollars?
at least, in part.
truly disgusting. I saw an article that fElon and Drumpf are taking away payments that orphans get because they have no parents. Meanwhile, half a trillion is probably being redistributed to fElon and drumpf.
You didn’t see an article, you saw a screenshot of a tweet. As far as I can tell that was a lie. We should not be spreading lies when there are enough true horrible things they have done we could be talking about.
Unless I’m wrong and you’re the one person on Lemmy that actually saw an article supporting that claim. I’d like to be wrong, if I am could you please link the article?
I think you’re right. Maybe it was a screenshot. I can’t remember.
500,000 millions
Pretty sure one trillion is a million millions.
Correct. I’m referring to the posts half a trillion.
I think it’s the opposite. We’re all used to “a billion” now, even thought we can’t really concieve of it the way we can, say $100. But a trillion is just space money. Just make it a gazillion.
500 Billion has real competitive traction - people are billionaires, this is more than them, etc. A trillion is something you have nanoparticles of, something very small.
“Billion”, sadly, is a term that nowadays conjures an individual human or corporate level figure.
“Trillion” is an economy level figure and suitably conjures an idea of how fucked up you all are.
IMHO.
yup. especially we like our ancestors for quite some time back have only dealt in thousands back when the richest dealt in millions.
Be that as it may, it’s a significant amount of money that will not be collected but will now trickle down… excuse me, I have a very hard time keeping a straight face hahaha
it’s the direction the figure is no-doubt going. in six weeks, that estimate will be a lot higher.
‘half a trillion’ now is a very fair choice of wording.
Doesn’t half a trillion sound like more than 500 billion? Even though 500 billion is already a lot?
No, “half” sounds like half. 500 of something sounds like more than half of something. (Yes, trillion > billion, we’re not debating the actual facts - which are the same either way - just the way it’s perceived in a headline)
Half of dinners. 500 meals. Half a car. 500 auto parts. Half of all dealerships. 500 independent dealers. etc.
none of your examples make sense. “trillion” has more gravity than “billion” in headlines. simple as that.
Most people have a hard time envisioning large numbers so half a larger number has more gravity than x of a smaller number.
Well the former is the reason “half” doesn’t work as well. Trillion, Quintillion, Zillion, it has less impact.
Wrong.
Ok
The old quarter pounder Burger is bigger than a 1/3rd lbs because 4 is bigger than 3! Lol never change America.
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Are we winning yet? Are we great?
Eggs now cost 4 cents per dozen
Tomorrow: IRS has been fired.
Fired? Sued for hurting Musky feelings.
No because IRS is helping capture immigrants
How much did they allegedly “save”…when corrected for their basic mathematical errors?
They’re very efficient at destroying the country.
It ain’t fucking lost, it’s being re-distributed.
This was always the plan.
Lets see how long it takes them to turn US Treasury Bonds from their AAA+++ (or whatever) status down to D.
But it made Elon money and broke shit, so it served it’s unstated purpose.
STUPID Libtards thought DOGE would NOT be Efficient! They lost $500BILLION in ONLY a couple months! THATS efficiency!
IN A MONTH.
4 years of months left to go.
Maybe next time people can get off their fat fucking asses and vote. Or, if you did vote, maybe vote more intelligently next go around.
If we’re even allowed to vote ever again.
It’ll be allowed, but they’ve just got to make sure only the “right people” get counted.
No taxation without representation
He also lost nearly a trillion dollars for Tesla. Tells the Tesla employees to keep their stock, hinting at how great things are and how much better they will be soon, and then the entire c-suite sells off around a hundred million in stock…
Elmo really is the best of all humans… At evaporating the wealth of others
I’ve said this for nearly s decade now, Elmo is a lyoni scammer who got lucky, that is all
“He got lucky” is another way to also say that, as terrible as he is at everything he does, including hiding it, the people who give him literally anything are always clamouring to prove just how stupid they can be by simping for him at every turn.
“Lost”… yeah, “lost” it in their bank account.
Hmm, I wonder where it went /s
