The term "political bombshell" starts to lose its punch when applied to the fourth scandal in five days.
@dredmorbius this is an interesting (and unexpected) perspective, thank you. For context I was referring to Trump's multiplying troubles and snarking on how media overuse of a term tends robs it of its emotional impact. If one considers the American democracy as the target of these "bombshells", I see what you mean about becoming terrified/numb/traumatized by the situation.
@tetron Desensitisation /is/ a thing.
Sometimes we see terms overused because they're being diluted. Sometimes it's because the ground-base situation has escalated. It can be difficult to tell the difference, it's a variant of the gague problem.
(Synopsis as I first heard it: how would you know, with a simple voltmeter, if you lived on a planet with a base (ground) charge of zero vs say 1 million volts?)
Language is full of watered-down words, it's awesome!
@tetron Talk to the survivors of long-term bombing attacks.
The 8 months of the London Blitz.
The weeklong bombing of Hamburg in July of 1943.
The fact that bombs fell yesterday and the day before and the day before /that/ doesn't mean they're not still falling. Just that you're thinking much more of killing /yourself/ simply to stop it.
But yes, things continue apace.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II