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Maybe the point was that they should have meant something by it. We're talking about death and misery on an immense scale, and certainly many of the people read
by giraffe_lady 4y ago
Maybe the point was that they should have meant something by it. We're talking about death and misery on an immense scale, and certainly many of the people reading any comment here will have been affected, will be sitting alone reading this when they otherwise wouldn't. Is it so awful to ask people to consider that, to weigh their words carefully, given this context?
- conductr 4y agoOr yet another possibility is “simply” meant that the concept of people dying earlier than they otherwise would have is just an easy to grep concept most laymen can understand and thus a simple concept to discuss. If only. This is a leaky medium for communication. It’s fast and casual and only text. Over analyzing each word is fine, but if you don’t like the word choice just move on. Trying to educate people to communicate how you want them to is a losing battle. Also this node of the conversation is about data and analytics and now pedantry more than the underlying topic of death.