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U.S. Cities at Risk of Sinking (www.visualcapitalist.com)
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[-] Geobloke@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Might just be because I'm not rich enough, but who has a 5cm thick credit card?

[-] Overspark@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Confused me as well, but they don't mean the thickness but probably the shorter end of the rectangle. As usual American metaphors for simple distances are confusing as fuck.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 16 hours ago

I genuinely think it's a running joke with the industry.

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