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1. oliwarner · 1791156004 · focus · HN ↗

   It's helpful when journos put things in terms the layman can relate to.

   I had no idea what 13 million gallons of water was until they pointed out it was like when I filled up my olympic swimming pool 20 times. That was a slow summer.

   Given the pressure construed on resources, why not use personal or household usage averages?

   Maybe ~450 people-years doesn't have the same impact as Olympic pools.

   1. jrflo · 1791174010 · focus · HN ↗

      As soon as I saw the headline I knew they’d use Olympic swimming pools as the comparison point, as this is seemingly the international unit of volume for journalism

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