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comment by coffeesp00ns
coffeesp00ns  ·  4078 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 11 Shocking Google Earth Before-and-After Photos

I know it's a headline, but I wish that websites and journalists, and media would stop using "Shocking" for things like this. "Fascinating" is a much better word, or "Engrossing", or "Captivating". Even if you want to use an attention-grabbing word, use "Gripping", or something.

these photos are interesting, fascinating, and telling. They show, especially, how everything we build and strive for can be wiped away in an instant.