• @[email protected]
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    25 months ago

    One million seconds is a about 11 days, 1 billion seconds is just under 32 years. People underestimate the difference

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      25 months ago

      The one I’ve always liked is “the difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars is… about a billion dollars”

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        5 months ago

        Considering the horrifically shit quality of education in the US, you’re probably better off saying “the difference between a million and a billion dollars is 999 million dollars”.

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          15 months ago

          Considering the average American is more ignorant than Philomena Cunk, are we sure they can count that high?