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until 1 million what?

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Preventable deaths from covid. Which is where we got when trump REFUSED to take any action for the health of this countries citizens.

In Ohio we have/had Mike DeWine as govenor. Now, DeWine is a republican. And if covid never happened, I wouldn’t like DeWine in any way. I don’t agree with his politics. I don’t agree with his policies. In general I don’t support him.

However, for the duration of covid, he listened to health experts. He put in place safety regulations and lockdowns designed to help every single citizen in the face of an at the time uncurable deadly pandemic.

He put aside his ego. He put aside his political party. He put aside all the bullshit and did what was right WHILE HIS OWN PARTY MEMBERS THREW HIM UNDER THE BUS FOR IT.

For that, I have to begrudgingly respect him for what he did. He put the human first at the cost of his own career.

Meanwhile, trump let 1 million plus people die, and shrugged.

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Same with Cuomo in NYC. Can’t stand the guy, but he took covid as seriously as Fauci suggested. It was rough, since the first hot spot was in New Rochelle and we didn’t know much about it at first. Nevertheless, people bitched and moaned about lost business while refrigerated trucks full of corpses were lining the streets.

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Is that when your lips touched?

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:(

I had coworkers that died… working at a hospital during that time was a nightmare

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What if I say “um” somewhere because I lost my place?

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Then it’s your fault for not saying “uh” instead!

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Nah, definitely happens at 300 with 三百

Edit: in japanese, but I didn’t list my language since OP didn’t bother.

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Empat

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apat (4), lima (5), anim (6), pito (7)…

The lip-touching streak breaks for just one number: walo (8) and another streak starts with siyam (9) all the way to siyamnapu’t-siyam (99) by how two-digit numbers are pronounced. For example: labing-isa (11), walompu’t-walo (88).

(I think) there’s a lip-touching streak that is longer than this: walong daan at siyamnapu (890) to siyam na raan siyamnapu’t siyam na bilyon, siyam na raan siyamnapu’t siyam na milyon, siyam na raan siyamnapu’t siyam na libo, siyam na raan siyamnapu’t siyam (999 999 999 999).

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In Chinese yes, in japanese, no (8 would be hachi, 300 is sanbyaku but that n before b is pronounced as m)

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that’s one hell of a water bill if you were in the shower counting to one million.

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Not if you count using a logarithmic base 10 scale!

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Just yell 10! and you’ve counted way further already

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When the thoughts get so deep you turn the water off and just stand there.

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In a lot of Indo-European languages you’re stopping right at 5, *pénkʷe. For example Greek (πέντε pénte) and Sanskrit (ञ्चन् páñcan).

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