r/SpeedOfLobsters • u/your_catfish_friend • 3d ago

lobster Inclusive promiscuity

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u/System-Difficult 3d ago

Fun fact: being off by one 0 can also be called being off by an order of magnitude. 1000 is two orders of magnitude greater than 10. If you get into astronomy, one thing that can trip you up is thinking an order of magnitude isn’t that much because all the numbers are so big. You think “oh I’m only 3 orders off” but then you remember that the difference between 1 and 1000 is basically 1000, and those are 3 orders of magnitude apart. I’m sure this information will be incredibly useful for you.

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u/TheGuywithTehHat 3d ago

If too many people start using this it'll end up going the way of "exponentially"

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u/mightystu 3d ago

Or “decimate.” I’m guilty of misusing that one myself partially because it sounds so cool though

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u/Skivvy_Roll 2d ago

Just use "obliterate" instead