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In reply to the discussion: This is the proportion of territory Ukraine is being asked to give up (not actual size): [View all]

twodogsbarking

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8. Percentages are often misleading, on purpose at times. A 50% increase in a disease could be from five to ten or
Reply to sl8 (Reply #2)
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 04:22 PM
Dec 2025

from five million to ten million. Good point.

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This is the proportion of territory Ukraine is being asked to give up (not actual size): [View all] applegrove Dec 2025 OP
Compromise Turbineguy Dec 2025 #1
that's right, comrade, Florida will take one for the team. Conjuay Dec 2025 #5
for you twodogsbarking Dec 2025 #7
No we won't! rubbersole Dec 2025 #16
Groan. nt Tommy Carcetti Dec 2025 #10
Ouch. rubbersole Dec 2025 #17
By percentages, maybe, but by actual area the two aren't even close. sl8 Dec 2025 #2
I'll update the op. applegrove Dec 2025 #4
Percentages are often misleading, on purpose at times. A 50% increase in a disease could be from five to ten or twodogsbarking Dec 2025 #8
Those are 100% increases JoseBalow Dec 2025 #12
Foolish me. So a one hundred percent increase could be five or five million. Thanks. twodogsbarking Dec 2025 #14
Actual Sizes: Venezuela, Texas, Ukraine, Oklahoma (to pick 2 countries in the news and compare them progree Dec 2025 #15
Mr. trump really enjoys appeasing Putin. Torchlight Dec 2025 #3
Of Course! Mr.Bee Dec 2025 #6
Hey - keep the east coast out of it! The mid-west and south will welcome putin. erronis Dec 2025 #9
They're not being asked Bayard Dec 2025 #11
Fuck No!!!!! BurnDoubt Dec 2025 #13
NO Way! NO How! Slava Ukraini! 🌻🇺🇦🌻 electric_blue68 Dec 2025 #18
Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2025 #19
I have a friend in Kyiv and he considers eastern Ukraine like we consider the southern states Wanderlust988 Dec 2025 #20
It is the industrial heartland of Ukraine. applegrove Dec 2025 #21
It was also an area whose population voted overwhelmingly for independence from Russia Emrys Dec 2025 #22
The constant obsession with simplistic estimates of acreage is typical when so many real estate hoodlums are involved Emrys Dec 2025 #23
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