Jolly Platypus@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoIRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USAtalkingpointsmemo.comexternal-linkmessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1845arrow-down13cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1842arrow-down1external-linkIRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USAtalkingpointsmemo.comJolly Platypus@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square96linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareoutdated2139@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 days agoMost people have a hard time envisioning large numbers so half a larger number has more gravity than x of a smaller number.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·16 days agoWell the former is the reason “half” doesn’t work as well. Trillion, Quintillion, Zillion, it has less impact.
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.