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[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

I don't think it's misleading, "generating" implies gross profit, not net. It's not explicit, but it's also not misleading.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io -1 points 6 months ago
[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

Again, implying gross profit, not net. It didn't say "makes" 50 million profit. You are inferring something that is not otherwise implied.

[-] skeptomatic@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago

Nah he's right. Nobody buys a widget for 5 bucks and sells it for 10 bucks and says, "I made 10 bucks". By your rational I could buy a car new for 25 grand, sell it 10 years later for 12 grand and say I "made" 12 grand off it.
"Make" has typically implied profit for as long as I can remember.

[-] stray@pawb.social 3 points 6 months ago

I interpreted it as profit.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 3 points 6 months ago

Considering that I've seen conflation of revenue and profit from actual journalists, I stand by my previous statement.

[-] TheDudeV2@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

Buddy. Take a breath for a moment. I mean this constructively; it's an opportunity to learn.

What you've just said here is essentially this:

  1. Some journalists sometimes make errors.
  2. Therefore I choose to make an interpretive error.

Please remember, we all make errors (myself included). The best of us learn from them.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Not just that but I mean journalism geez. I can't think of a profession that has had more of a fall from grace in the last 20 years. Furthermore the implication here is video game journalism, which has always been the lowest form of Journalism.

[-] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I "make" my gross pay. I don't really talk about "making" my net pay. I don't much think about my net pay, outside of actual budgeting.

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