Innerworld@lemmy.world to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoU.S. Cities at Risk of Sinkingwww.visualcapitalist.comimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down14cross-posted to: dataisbeautiful@lemmy.world
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minus-squareGeobloke@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoMight just be because I’m not rich enough, but who has a 5cm thick credit card?
minus-squareOverspark@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoConfused 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.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI genuinely think it’s a running joke with the industry.
Might just be because I’m not rich enough, but who has a 5cm thick credit card?
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.
I genuinely think it’s a running joke with the industry.