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Nuance and degrees exist. A title of "humans are dying" could _literally_ mean 2+ people died in a local car accident, or all of humanity is dead, or an article about actuarial life expectancy, or an ongoing war/crisis, or an opinion piece about how AI _might_ kill us all. That's a valid "summation" of any of those. Pretty much can't be wrong because it conveys nothing, except clickability.

The point is that was not the best way to phrase it given the actual details of the situation and the surrounding context.

Technically correct is not always the best kind.

Even "SF payroll firm Rippling has to delay payouts by 1 day after Silicon Valley Bank collapse" is infinitely more clear and communicative.




Again, the simplicity of "payouts are delayed" is quite succinct. I do not understand why you further wish to split hairs, and I no longer have an interest in continuing this conversation.




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