*language nerds into your askbox like* that’s not really the correct usage of decimate. while in modern usage it’s accepted as meaning something like ‘to devastate’ the historical usage is actually from the ancient Roman army when they would punish mutinous legions by killing one in ten men. since a professor who was teaching or versed in classical languages would *know* this (or should at least) i am also calling false on that quoted polyamory post going around *nerds away into the night*