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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 34 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Body camera video equivalent of 25 million copies of "Barbie"

Is this a typical unit of measurement in journalism? Like what even is this? Crappy in-article advertising? Some weird SEO shit? An odd attempt to be cool and hip?

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's America; anything but metric.

[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And which "metric" unit of time measurement do you prefer?

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I prefer seconds since 00:00:00 on Jan 1st, 1970

[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the metric measurement of time. My favorite.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Your point? It's still not really a valid comment. Just a braindead joke that's played out even when it's actually relevant lol

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

It's the kind of phrasing you use when you're paid for how long an article is, but not how good it is.