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0 pointsoasisaimlessly1y ago0 comments

An alternative interpretation:

"575M hours spent every year by Europeans" = 850 average human lifespans per year

Cookie banners in Europe have an effect vaguely comparable to "wasting" 850 human lives per year.

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You can use similar big scary numbers and words for a lot of much worse and more time consuming things.

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0 pointsoasisaimlessly1y ago0 comments

An alternative interpretation:

"575M hours spent every year by Europeans" = 850 average human lifespans per year

Cookie banners in Europe have an effect vaguely comparable to "wasting" 850 human lives per year.

You can use similar big scary numbers and words for a lot of much worse and more time consuming things.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse