So few opportunities to use the word "decimate" literally. And now, one fewer.
this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2025
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Most people don't know the historical definition of decimate, so using here it would be confusing or redundant.
I use it in a mortal combat voice whenever I eat a tenth of something and it always makes my husband laugh (somehow)
How often do you eat a tenth of something?
A few times a month, maybe? A lot of things come in ten packs and the bakery I work at sells five rolls for a discount, so I’ll get two of those relatively frequently
This is the kind of shit that either gives you a raging authoritarian boner or like in my case, radicalises you toward anarchism, because fuck the state, fuck absolute power.
Turns out South Korea was a brutal military dictatorship under the backing of the US way longer than you'd think
USA and brutal dictatorships, name a more iconic duo!
North Korea and brutal dictatorship
The Kims never killed 30 thousand people in a few days
Russia and brutal dictatorships? They're both up there
The anti-socialist views of the southern government and worry about losing control to the north played more into it than the strike.