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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

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submitted 5 days ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] crabArms@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

With a global birthrate of 140 milllion/year, that means each generation contains 2.8 billlon people.

How long has the global birthrate been 140M/yr? More than a generation?

Maybe the current "generation" contains 2.8 billion people. Not convinced that bears much relationship to an average generation throughout history

I also believe the term is typically used as exaggeration/puffery

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

No idea, but if that number is what youre fixated on, feel free to cut it down to 1/10 the size if that makes it easier. I think we can agree that even in Einstein's time more than 280 million people were born on earth in 20 years, right?

If a generation is hypothetically 280 million people, who gets to decied and what are the criteria for the literal "greatest mind of a generation?"

Im glad we both think the statement is puffery, but the person I was replying to was saying this was a literal statement, not exaggeration. I really want to know their take on the above, as I cant find a way to square the math.