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mobeau69

(11,132 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2020, 07:54 AM Mar 2020

How did the idiot come up with 38 million for the population of Seoul?

One theory is that some WH staffer googled Seoul and saw "38 m" which is its elevation; 38 meters.

Saw this on Morning Joe and had to google it myself. Can they be this incompetent?

Seoul - Wikipedia

Seoul officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. With the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, ...
Region‎: ‎Seoul Capital Area Song‎: ‎"S.E.O.U.L"
Elevation‎: ‎38 m (125 ft) Bird‎: ‎Korean magpie

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How did the idiot come up with 38 million for the population of Seoul? (Original Post) mobeau69 Mar 2020 OP

yep they are THIS incompetent.... samnsara Mar 2020 #1

9.734 million. Trump doesn't use the Google... dchill Mar 2020 #2

Seoul, Tokyo what's the difference? They're not white. dem4decades Mar 2020 #3

Yeah, they can be. Igel Mar 2020 #4

samnsara

(17,604 posts)

1. yep they are THIS incompetent....

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 07:57 AM

Mar 2020

dchill

(38,441 posts)

2. 9.734 million. Trump doesn't use the Google...

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 08:01 AM

Mar 2020

... because they don't pay him to. Also, he can't read.

dem4decades

(11,269 posts)

3. Seoul, Tokyo what's the difference? They're not white.

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 08:02 AM

Mar 2020

Trump thinking there.

Igel

(35,274 posts)

4. Yeah, they can be.

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:01 AM

Mar 2020

I have students who'd read that as 38 meters, others who'd read that as 38 mass, others as 38 momentum, some as 38 million and others (a causa de espanol) as 38 thousand.

It's like those who round 1.33 x 10^8 as 1.3.

Can't get them to slow down and actually think. "What's 38 mass mean? Or is 38 momentum noticeably more than 380 momentum?" Why? Because there's a TikTok they have to watch, or they're worried they'll be disliked if they don't text their friends back quickly enough.

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