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Mother of boy, 15, held at gunpoint by US immigration agents files $1m claim
(www.theguardian.com)
This is bullshit. They need to go for a lot more than 1mm.
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Like 9mm?
(I know it was a typo and I'm trying to make jokes)
It is a good joke.
The "mm" is m x m, which is 1000 x 1000, which is a million.
wait m =1000? I thought m was 10^(-3)^ (milli prefix) and k was 10^3^=1000 (kilo prefix)?
Yes, both are correct. I believe your definitions are more towards measurement and the sciences, whereas the usage I mentioned, and the intent of the parent commenter, is typically for finances or roman numbering.
So you say 1m is 1000?
"mm" is often used to denote "million" in various professions and locales. Not super common in the US
I thought mm was millimeters.
It's both. Different systems. Under the context of money, its million.
It doesn't matter with the astronomical budget that ICE now has. Despite all these completely justified lawsuits, there is still enough left over to build a well-equipped secret police force and sufficient concentration camps for all the political dissidents who need to disappear.
/s, obviously.
That sarcasm tag should keep you outta the gulags, don't worry
The "/s" refers to the fact that it is anything but irrelevant when government officials threaten people, and minors at that, for no reason. That is wrong and, of course, an abuse of power. The rest of the statement is simply a fact: ICE has an inexhaustible budget, and I am convinced that it is being used to build a secret police force.
Nevertheless, I have no intention of ever traveling to the US again as long as the fascists are in power—not because I'm afraid of them, but because I just don't like Nazis.
Drop the suit or you'll "disappear"
Wait, how is this sarcasm?
This isn’t sarcasm, this is a news article…
Yeah, replied to OP instead of another comment. Whoops. New lemmy client, who dis...
Lemmy is actually easier to get right than reddit IMO. That has to be sarcasm though, right? I guess the tone was sarcasm but the things were real? I can never tell anymore. I was always so bad at remembering to even put the /s I got banned from reddit long ago for I thought clearly sarcastic statements. I forget you can't imply things by text though, so... Yeah.
It is counterintuitive that if anybody could understand children with disabilities, you would think it's ICE agents. Being an integral part of the disabled children community themselves should have given them insight into their plight, and hopefully a little empathy, but alas!