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[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s an odd combination of pedantry and ignoring facts.

i am not ignoring the facts, you just don't like my interpretation of them and you are twisting meaning of the word (or maybe you are ignorant of the meaning... do you see what i did there? πŸ˜‚) hoping it will support your argument. so i thank you for so nicely proving my point about the language abuse.

it is an odd pedantry to insist on calling 1,5% difference between two highly imprecise numbers, where one of them does not even exist yet, record breaking and historical, but you do you.

[–] walden@wetshav.ing 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What's your opinion of people dropping capital letters at the beginning of sentences over the years, especially in informal online spaces?

I just noticed one more thing. You confidently say that the current record is held by Apollo 13. In the link you provided earlier (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13#cite_note-130), it says they only beat Apollo 10 by 240 km. If 240 km is good enough for you to believe 13 holds the record, then how come you don't want to accept the upcoming record with a difference of 6602 km?