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What a stupid headline. I have no idea how many times the size of Brazil is normal. Is this 3x as large? Is it 10 percent larger? The whole measure is completel

• pjmlp 3y ago
  Apparently it is common in US publications to use such comparisons instead of proper measurements.
  • irrational 3y ago
    Even a proper measurement wouldn't tell me anything. Is 1500 kilometers across big or small for this kind of thing? I have no idea.
  • tuatoru 3y ago
    So what is that in Manhattan Islands?
• chiefalchemist 3y ago
  That's part of the clickbait-ness. "Surely the actual article uses real numbers, let me click and see..." Also, this is the problem with current (what gets passed off as) journalism. The quality of the reporting is replaced with creativity, hyperbole, etc. It's hard to take the profession seriously when it doesn't follow its own rules, doesn't bother to police itself, etc.
• eastbound 3y ago
  Also, thickness. The “hole” is not a perforation, it’s an area with less density.