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  1. Brian Ó (blacksam@social.gibberfish.org)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2019 08:37:27 EST Brian Ó Brian Ó

    It bothers me a lot when "news" outlets use superlatives with arbitrary qualifiers for everything. ex:

    This is the worst x in modern history.

    "Modern history"? When does that begin? At whatever date justifies your factoid?

    This morning I heard a reporter claim that the tornado in Alabama was the "worst in US history since 2013". WTF kind of statement is that? It's like saying "These are the worst eggs I've ever eaten... since breakfast yesterday". Why can't things just be good or bad? Why does every event have to be framed as the "best" or "worst" or "deadliest" since some arbitrary cut-off?

    Sigh.

    In conversation Tuesday, 05-Mar-2019 08:37:27 EST from social.gibberfish.org permalink
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