Since we've recently learned that the value of a lost life is inversely proportional to the population of the country, we need a way to concisely and conveniently discuss tragedies and their relative values. Using 9/11 as the defining constant, we define one (1) Bush as the death of 3000/285,000,000 ≈ 0.00105% of a nation's population. Perhaps easier to remember, 1 kB (kiloBush) is approximately equal to the death of 1% of the population.

Some examples for reference:

9/11 is 1 Bush (of course)
total annihilation of a countries population is 100 kiloBushes (the largest value possible under relativistic models)
1 man in Vatican City choking to death on a hotdog is approx. 124 Bushes.

These changes will be voted on in the 2024 General Conference on Weights and Measures and are expected to pass unanimously.

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[–] ProfessorAdonisCnut@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Okay, the February 28 incident was in the ballpark of 250-400 Bushes, while Tiananmen Square was between ~20milliBushes (official figures) and ~85milliBushes (high end of Amnesty International's estimate).

So apparently Feb 28 was the equivalent national tragedy to massacring ~3-4.7 million people in China in 1989, whereas Tiananmen was equivalent to killing 1.5-6.5 people in 1947 Taiwan.

Incredible moral framework, no notes.