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> does that mean most tech layoffs ever

why would it mean that?

historic= famous or important in history, or potentially so.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/historic

Historic means the year must be notable for something. Otherwise, it is just being used as embellishment here. I doubt 2023 layoffs will actually make it into the history books.

True but that still has nothing do with "most layoffs ever" which you used to discredit that comment.

Well I assume that GP wasn’t around for the dot com bust or 2008.

“We are all ready to win, just as we are all born knowing only life”

- Han (Enter the Dragon)

Every layoff is “historic” to those affected