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		mulander on July 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide > Every tenth man in a group was executed by members of his cohort That is a 10% reduction. Killing nine out of ten would be a 90% reduction but 'in the classical sense' it would also mean that the lucky guy would have to kill the 9 remaining people.

dfxm12 on July 21, 2020 [–]

Why did you put 'in the traditional sense' in quotes, as if you were quoting the parent poster, who clearly wrote "in the classical sense"?

mulander on July 21, 2020 | [–]

My mistake, I wrote it from memory instead of copying or looking at the parent post. Edited and fixed.

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