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> The phrase "spiraling downwards" is common for something falling out of control, and is the correct usage here in terms of a degree's value. But can something
by 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
> The phrase "spiraling downwards" is common for something falling out of control, and is the correct usage here in terms of a degree's value. But can something also "spiral upwards"?
Absolutely, especially in economics. The cost of American college degrees is a great example, or the cost of American real estate. Both are rising and quite literally out of control.
- nindalf 3y agoAre they moving upwards and to the right in a 2D plane, with time as the X axis? Or are they moving in a spiral? Something that’s falling rapidly is being likened to an aircraft that’s spiralling towards the ground. Is there a physical analogy of something that spirals upward?
- polarix 3y agoA large helium balloon with an open lip perhaps?
- solardev 3y agoI always thought of them as tornados, personally. Kinda fits the out of control destruction angle.
- 111111IIIIIII 3y agoSee: figure of speech