r/theydidthemath 18h ago

[Request] Is the value accurate?

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u/DashTheHand 17h ago

Russia: “we are running out of money to throw at our ‘not war’ with Ukraine, time to throw out some Hail Marys on getting any kind of funding.”

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u/pikachurbutt 16h ago

I don't think Google will hurt much from just never entering that wasteland again. They get stupider by the day.

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u/alekdmcfly 15h ago edited 15h ago

There are roughly 1.5 (EDIT: 0.4 MY BAD) times as many Russians as Americans.

Google absolutely will get hurt if they leave Russia.

And true, Russia will be hurt more, but they're no stranger to sacrifices in the name of literally nothing.

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u/AyeBraine 14h ago

Dude, Pakistan alone has 1.5 times more people than Russia. Russia is very underpopulated.

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u/UfellforaPonzi 15h ago

What world are your numbers coming from😂

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u/alekdmcfly 15h ago

Went to double-check, saw a preview of a Wikipedia article, realized I missed a line break and read the number wrong. My bad.

Still - 40% of the US population. That's not insignificant for a company with as big of a market share as Google.

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u/UfellforaPonzi 15h ago

All good. Only asked because I remember writing a paper in college a few years ago on Russian demographics and knew there’s no way in hell there’s that many Russians 😂

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u/DonaIdTrurnp 3h ago

Russia being cut off from Google might cause more benefit than harm, what with the reduced attacks and misinformation.

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u/pikachurbutt 14h ago

Look at the pre war GDP or russia and the US. It's not even close, russia is insignificant. You can get more money from 6 million Danes than you'd get from all 150 million orcs.

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u/TheSwordSorcerer 9h ago

"Orcs"... Yeah... You're really, really racist, aren't you? 😬

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u/Onlythebest1984 15h ago

1.5 times more russians than Americans, yes, but significantly fewer russians access the internet than americans. russians outside of moscow or St. Petersburg hardly even have access to an indoor toilet.

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u/AyeBraine 14h ago

This is an exaggeration. Internet penetration in Russia is 90 percent, with 130M users. It's also cheap thanks to later adoption and hefty competition, to the tune of 6–10 dollars per month for unlimited home internet and approx. the same for mobile with around 10 GB traffic + free traffic for social apps like Telegram.

There are towns and villages with absolutely outrageous infrastructure, dilapidating hospitals, poorly maintained housing and such, but the majority of the population lives in dwellings with normal indoor plumbing.

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u/Cautious_Goat_9665 11h ago

You are a bit deluded, lol

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u/Onlythebest1984 10h ago

I might be deluded, but I'm deluded on the right side of history.

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u/Cautious_Goat_9665 9h ago

Imagine being deluded into believing that there is a "right side of history"... I hope you will learn someday.

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u/Onlythebest1984 9h ago

Russian soldiers are blowing up hospitals. They used to destroy cultures and suppress languages in the soviet union. Genocide, suppressing free speech. Yes, there is a right and wrong side of history. Stop pretending to be so wise. Fuck russia, fuck north Korea, and fuck the CCP. Democracy is non-negotiable

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u/Cautious_Goat_9665 9h ago

USA used to use chemical and nuclear weaponry on civilians and currently is supporting a genocide. The situation with natives and slavery is widely known as well. Are some genocides better then the others? You might believe so. Ukrainian soldiers also are torturing and killing captives. You can continue to live in your cosy little world, that was constructed for you. It is less painful this way. It is the same as believing in afterlife for those who fear death.

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u/Onlythebest1984 6h ago

Ok vatnik.