d_barbz t1_jdp286p wrote
Reply to comment by dreamchains in [NASA on Twitter] Newly-discovered asteroid 2023 DZ2 will pass Earth more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) away–about half the distance to the Moon–making its close approach at 3:51 p.m. EDT (12:51 p.m. PDT) by ICumCoffee
He didn't need to clarify it until you misunderstood it.
If you wanted to add to a cool fact your sentence would have been better off starting with something along the lines of "And", "Also" or even "However" rather than something that's attempting to be contradictory like "Not quite".
r0ckH0pper t1_jdp6w3g wrote
Um, please keep this theoretical. No experimenting. Please.
dreamchains t1_jdpbeoa wrote
You clearly don't understand what "not quite" means, so not sure why you're being so pedantic. It's not contradicting anything. It's saying his comment was "not completely or entirely" (definition straight from google) true. Really don't understand why you guys feel the need to get so defensive on behalf of someone I wasn't even attacking.
d_barbz t1_jdpey9h wrote
The same reason you spoke up in the first place mate. We're all a bunch of pedantic fucks
MinniMemes t1_jdsmtcj wrote
The pedantry started with your comment. “Not quite” starts with a negation. There’s no need to negate something that was already true. You can clarify without negating. In fact, it’s much more fun that way. Share first, rather than using language that is ‘gatekeep-y’.
dreamchains t1_jdt2f08 wrote
You clearly still don't know what "not quite" means, even though I literally just copy pasted it. How much more could I possibly spell it out?
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