Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater

Re:Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater by imr_ on Saturday December 23, 2017 @02:11PM (#15995687)

Hence the definition of sinking...

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Re:Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater by Someone on Saturday December 23, 2017 @03:07PM (#15996006)

”To sink” has multiple definitions, one of them ”to fall or drop to a lower place or level” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sink)

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Re:Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater by choward on Saturday December 23, 2017 @02:27PM (#15995782)

Good point. The "so fast" part actually means nothing.

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Re:Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater by forinti on Saturday December 23, 2017 @02:52PM (#15995927)

Maybe they meant it's so fast there's no time to do anything about it.

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Re:Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater by Sylos on Saturday December 23, 2017 @02:57PM (#15995947)

Yeah, it's not easy to convey how pressing the issue is by just stating that Jakarta is sinking, but that really is a surprisingly dumb headline for an otherwise solid article.

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Re:Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater by dang on Saturday December 23, 2017 @03:00PM (#15995967)

"Sinking" is used in the third sense of http://www.dictionary.com/browse/sink?s=t. The headline is just fine.

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