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[froodle]

Every time im watching something where a dude is all, "i lost (number) good men doing (thingie)", i always wonder if theres like a higher number of peeps who actually died, but the person talking hated them and is only sad about a small percentage of them.

Like, i lost five good men fighting roboinsectobots wearing hats, but actually like three hundred people were killed, but 295 of those people were worthless twats, so fuck those losers.

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[deifire]

You know, I never thought of this before, but I'm going to from now on!

[froodle]

See?! Its so specifically phrased!

[misura.livejournal.com]

And then they say numbers don't lie ... *g*

(Your example, incidentally, made me wonder for a few seconds how many men you lost who weren't wearing hats. Oh, English!)

[froodle]

Numbers may not lie, but the english language absolutely will!!