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minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoHis concept of combat power is the same as the regular definition, but raised to the tenth power. So reduction from 100% to 50% in his metric is really a reduction from 100% to 93.3%.
minus-squareCicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoWhat’s funny is even reducing Russian combat power by 5% in 2 years of proxy war actually sounds impressive to me, but I’m no general.
minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYeah, I debated whether to do something more extreme like 100th power… That said, this says a lot about the original comment if you think about it.
minus-squareCicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt does. Though whether it says a lot about the speaker (that he’s dumb enough to believe such an exaggeration, or thinks Americans are), or the American public for foolishly believing something so outrageous, idk.
His concept of combat power is the same as the regular definition, but raised to the tenth power.
So reduction from 100% to 50% in his metric is really a reduction from 100% to 93.3%.
What’s funny is even reducing Russian combat power by 5% in 2 years of proxy war actually sounds impressive to me, but I’m no general.
Yeah, I debated whether to do something more extreme like 100th power…
That said, this says a lot about the original comment if you think about it.
It does. Though whether it says a lot about the speaker (that he’s dumb enough to believe such an exaggeration, or thinks Americans are), or the American public for foolishly believing something so outrageous, idk.