Counter argument: most people are so retarded they know if the word decimate but don't use it correctly. People use decimate as an incorrect synonym for "annihilate" when it's to kill or destroy 1/10th. The irony being that it was designed to not over do something (to not over kill). "We want to punish these bad soldiers but we don't want to kill too many of them because we still need them. So let's only kill a small number of them as punishment. How about 1 in 10?". Fast-forward and people retardedly say "the evil robots completely decimated the city!".
I seriously doubt that simply because of the words "decimal", "decibel", and "decimate".
They don't know what that means lol. "Decimate" functionally lost its original meaning centuries ago.
Grammar nazis decimated.
Counter argument: most people are so retarded they know if the word decimate but don't use it correctly. People use decimate as an incorrect synonym for "annihilate" when it's to kill or destroy 1/10th. The irony being that it was designed to not over do something (to not over kill). "We want to punish these bad soldiers but we don't want to kill too many of them because we still need them. So let's only kill a small number of them as punishment. How about 1 in 10?". Fast-forward and people retardedly say "the evil robots completely decimated the city!".