• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
    31·
    3 days ago

    I always phrase it like this:

    A thousand seconds is a coffee break, a million is a vacation, a billion is a career and a trillion is over three hundred centuries.

    • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip
      15·
      3 days ago

      really. well i am not really having casual conversations with people involving conversion of multiples of ten to random units. but i guess americans will really do anything to avoid metric system 😂 🤷‍♂️

      • arrow74@lemmy.zip
        31·
        3 days ago

        really. well i am not really having casual conversations with people involving conversion of multiples of ten to random units

        Except you do so, twice

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
        31·
        3 days ago

        You should try talking about wealth inequality with strangers more. Maybe we’ll get somewhere.

        • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip
          14·
          3 days ago

          you missed the point by thiiii … … … … … … … … … … … … … iiis much.

          • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
            31·
            3 days ago

            Nah, I was ignoring you being rude and staying focused on my point. We all need to do that if we want to get anything done about wealth inequality.